Tag: protest

Filipinos need to stop inserting themselves into Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

October 7, 2014October 8, 2014 FallenAngel 15 Comments

Or any other country’s democracy-oriented drive, for that matter. Admittedly, watching the unfolding of the Hong Kong protests – dubbed the Umbrella Revolution – gets one’s curiosity easily piqued. Given that the protesters have been issued an ultimatum to clear the streets, outside observers are hoping that things don’t end tragically. When the world recalls…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

What Filipinos need to learn from Hong Kong’s #UmbrellaRevolution

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 benign0 55 Comments

A lot of Filipinos have been following closely the massive pro-democracy protests that have rocked Hong Kong in recent days. After Beijing announced that it will be vetting candidates for the coming 2017 election there, Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets by the hundreds of thousands, virtually paralysing the prosperous former British colony…

Politics, Society

Noytard Free Zone

August 26, 2014 Gogs 16 Comments

I am a repeat offender. I went to last year’s abolish the pork barrel protest and as you may guess by now, things have gotten worse in the last 12 months. My one year old thoughts are found here. I am not a journalist by any stretch of the imagination. I just develop ideas and…

In One with the Gezi Park Resistance: I am also a ‘capulcu’ in solidarity to the Turkish People

June 9, 2013June 9, 2013 Jose Mario de Vega 1 Comment

This is a response to the call of the eminent and radical American Professor Noam Chomsky with regard to his call to the world to support the Turkish Resistance/Occupy Movement. I overwhelmingly concur with the great professor in his stern condemnation of Turkey authorities’ brutal police crackdown on protesters who merely are denouncing the demolition…

Politics

Dennis Rodman Reuniting With His Father In Mall of Asia Speaks To Pinoy Family Values

July 23, 2012November 7, 2014 Gogs 12 Comments

Some mention has been made by the fact Dennis Rodman reunited with his father after the game that was played in the Mall of Asia Arena. There has been no physical meeting since 1969.Â So everybody seems to be basking in the afterglow of a feel good moment. Count on me to look for the…

Culture, Environment, Lifestyle, Society