What Kind of Leadership Could Bring Social Justice to the Philippines?
We Filipinos face, at this juncture in our socio-political evolution as a people, some of the following nagging questions about justice. What and where is justice if those who are supposed to uphold, administer and render justice where it is due have miserably bungled justice and made a mockery of it? Who are the credible […]
Indonesia’s Elections: The Burden of Brutal Global Neoliberalism
Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation and archipelago on the planet, has climbed the ranks of global neo-liberalism to become the world’s 10th largest economy, as many newspapers announced on May 4, 2014. Within a few decades, the nation managed to increase its gross domestic product (GDP) at a fast and steady rate, primarily by exploiting […]
Rise of ISIS: West, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are Responsible for Talibanization of Iraq
Geopolitics of chaos backfire Some call it ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), other call it ISIL (Islamic State In Iraq and the Levant), but whatever it is, this Jihadist army with territorial ambition has taken a new dimension. Jihadist fighters are nothing new. They’ve been around under other names like Mujahideen or “freedom […]
Homage to My Mothers: Restavek, Vodou, and Haiti’s Stolen Children
“There are no orphans in Haiti!” After a long silence at the other end of the line, my friend Jordan murmurs: “Come again?” He must be thinking I lost my senses. I realize how I sound. Someone else might imagine that I am ignorant of the extreme poverty in which most Haitians live, but Jordan […]
World Cup 2014: Beautiful Game Showcases Ugly Inequality
The biggest sporting event of the planet kicks off in Brazil on June 12, 2014. Football, or soccer as it is called in a semi-demeaning manner in the United States, is by far the most popular sport worldwide. As an example, more than 1.3 billion people watched the television broadcast of the final of the […]
