Ang SINAGBAYAN (Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan) ay pangkulturang organisasyon ng mga artista at manggagawang pangkultura sa iba’t-ibang disiplina ng sining - literatura, musika, sining biswal, teatro, multi-media atbp. Ito ay isang pambansang organisasyon na may balangay sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas at naglalayon na paunlarin ang kasanayan at hilig sa sining ng mga kasapi nito sa pamamagitan ng paglunsad ng mga workshops at pag-aaral; at lumikha ng mga makabuluhan at makabayang sining sa pamamagitan ng kolektibong paglikha at pagtatanghal.
Ngayong tag-araw, inilulunsad ng SINAGBAYAN ang libreng palihan (workshop) sa iba’t-ibang disiplina ng sining para sa mga kabataang-estudyante at out-of-school. Kasama na dito ang teatro, literatura, musika, sayaw at galaw at sining biswal.
Ang unang batch ng palihan ay gaganapin ngayong ika-25-30 ng Abril, at ang pangalawang batch ay sa ika-16-20 ng Mayo mula alas-9 ng umaga hanggang ala-5 ng hapon. Bilang produkto ng mga palihan, ang mga kabataang artista ay magtatanghal sa mga komunidad (partikular sa mga urban poor communities), sa mga pagawaan, sa mga silid aralan at sa kalye. Sa pamamagitan nito ay higit na mapapalapit ang kanilang
likhang sining sa mga simpleng mamamayan na hindi nakakapanood ng mga pagtatanghal at makakapagbahagi ang mga kabataang artista ng kanilang mga talento at kasanayan.
Kaugnay nito, iniimbitahan naming kayo at lahat ng kakilala niyong kabataan (edad 13-35) para dumalo sa aming palihan. Hinihiling namin ang P10 kontribusyon para sa mga kabataang estudyante at mga nagtratrabaho. Libre naman ito para sa mga out-of-school youth at mga walang trabaho.
Nangangalap rin kami ng suportang materyal at pinansyal para sa matagumpay na pagtaguyod ng palihan: 10 meals, 20 snacks, workshop kits, blank dvds, mini-dv tapes at pamasahe ng tagapagtaguyod (facilitators).
Para sa cheque, pakidala ito sa Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan Inc. Para sa pagkain at suportang materyal, maaari itong kunin ng kasapi o boluntir ng SINAGBAYAN sa iyong petsa,oras at lugar.
Alinmang suporta ay malaki at malayo ang aabutin para maipagpatuloy ng SINAGBAYAN ang pagsanay sa ating mga kabataan at paghubog sa kanila bilang mga responsableng artista ng bayan. Inaasahang 90 kabataan ang makabenipisyo ng palihan at mahigit 1,000 mamamayan ang makapanood ng pagtatanghal nito.
Maraming salamat at mabuhay po kayo!
Lubos na gumagalang,
Joanna Melody Lerio Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera COORDINATOR MEMBER, BOARD of DIRECTORS SINAGBAYAN National
As we enter the New Year, here's a song and video link you can read, listen to, sing, watch and share with others to help drive out some of the topmost evil spirits in the world--the masters of war and terrorism that the U.S. military-industrial complex is.
I'm referring to "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan, probably one of the two finest protest songs of the 20th century (the other being "Strange Fruit" sung by Billie Holiday) and which rings relevant more than ever.
Let's all hope 2008 is a good one, without any fear.
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MASTERS OF WAR by Bob Dylan
Come, you masters of war You that build the big guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you know I can see through your masks
You that never done nothin' But build to destroy You play with my world Like it's your little toy You put a gun in my hand And you hide from my eyes And you turn and run farther When the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old You lie and deceive A world war can be won You want me to believe But I see through your eyes And I see through your brain Like I see through the water That runs down my drain
You fasten all the triggers For the others to fire Then you set back and watch While the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion As young people's blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the
mud
You've thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatenin' my baby Unborn and unnamed You ain't worth the blood That runs in your veins
How much do I know To talk out of turn You might say that I'm young You might say I'm unlearned But there's one thing I know Though I'm younger than you Even Jesus would never Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes it toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die And your death will come soon I'll follow your casket On a pale afternoon And I'll watch while you're lowered Down to your death bed And I'll stand over your grave 'Til I'm sure that you're dead
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Warmest greetings of solidarity from the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) as we welcome the New Year, 2008!
We thank you for endorsing, joining or supporting the activities of the ILPS in the anti-imperialist and democratic movement of the peoples of the world. May you continue to cooperate with the ILPS in activities to uphold, defend and advance the civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights of the people against imperialism and all reaction.
We look forward to the Third International Assembly of the ILPS to be held on 17-22 June 2008 in Hong Kong. We call on you to encourage anti-imperialist mass organizations to apply for membership in the ILPS and send delegations to the assembly. Such mass organizations may be interested in all or any of the 18 concerns of the ILPS which are listed below.
Once more we thank you. We wish you the best. May you enjoy good health and further successes in your work in the service of the people.
In solidarity,
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
EIGHTEEN CONCERNS OF THE ILPS
1. The cause of national liberation, democracy and social liberation against imperialism and all reaction;
2. Socio-economic development for oppressed and exploited countries and nations and social equity for all working people;
3. Human rights in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural fields against state violence, national oppression, class exploitation, gender oppression, fascism, caste-ism, racism and religious bigotry;
4. The cause of just peace and struggles against wars of counterrevolution and aggression and against nuclear, biological, chemical, missile and other weapons of genocidal and random mass destruction;
5. Promotion of trade union and other democratic rights of the working class, improvement of wage and living conditions against all forms of intensifying exploitation of labor and the destruction of working class organizations in their pursuit of the historic mission of fighting for social liberation;
6. Agrarian reform and rights of peasants, farm workers and fisher folk against feudal, semi-feudal and capitalist exploitation and oppression;
7. The cause of women's liberation and rights against all forms of sexual discrimination, exploitation and violence;
8. Rights of the youth to education and employment;
9. Children's rights against child labor, sexual abuse and other forms of exploitation;
10. Rights of indigenous peoples, national minorities, and nationalities for self-determination and decolonization against discrimination, racism, and national oppression by imperialism and local reaction;
11. The rights of teachers, researchers and other educational personnel and struggle against ideas and researches directed against the people;
12. The right of the people to health care and the rights of health workers;
13. Science and technology for the people and development, environmental protection against plunder and pollution and the destruction of the foundations of human life, the right to safe and healthy food and water and opposition to manipulation of genetic technology for imperialist profit;
14. Arts and culture and free flow of information in the service of the people and the rights of artists, creative writers, journalists and other cultural workers against imperialist and reactionary propaganda and oppression;
15. Justice and indemnification for the victims of illegal arrest and detention (especially political prisoners), violations of due process, torture, extra-judicial executions, disappearances, mass displacement, and other blatant forms of human rights violations;
16. Rights and welfare of homeless persons, refugees and migrant workers displaced by imperialism and local reactionaries;
17. Rights of aged people to a life of dignity and secure existence; and
18. Rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered against discrimination, intolerance and homophobia.
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Kindly broadcast to your networks the following statement and appeal. Thank you.
----- Forwarded Message ---- From: ilps2002 <ilps2002@...> To: caisphil@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 4:48:18 AM Subject: [caisphil] Fw: Release Govindan Kutty, the Editor of People's March Unconditionally
Release Govindan Kutty, the Editor of People's March Unconditionally
Withdraw False Case Fabricated on the Editor
On December 19th the Kerala Police, under the orders of Ernakulum Police Commissioner, raided the room of Govindan Kutty, 65, the editor and publisher of Peoples March which is not a banned publication and confiscated all his literature and computer hard disk. Govindan Kutty was arrested under the charges of spreading sedition and indulging in unlawful activities and was remanded in judicial custody by a lower court at Aluva in Kerala. He was implicated in a fabricated case under a number of clauses like section 134 A and 163B of Indian Penal Code and 13 of (1) b of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and sent to Aluva prison.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the State under the close instructions of UPA Government at the Centre resorted to this crackdown on the popular revolutionary magazine. Govindan Kutty, according to his lawyers, was harassed and psychologically tortured for a day in the name of interrogation before being sent to judicial custody. Ever since he was arrested he was on hunger strike protesting against the trampling down of his right to freedom of speech and Freedom of Press.
He continues his protest within the four walls of the prison demanding his unconditional release. His lawyer who met him two days ago said that his health condition was serious given his age and chronic ailments with which has been suffering. His life is in a serious threat.
The arrest of Govindan Kutty and the police crackdown on the office of the publication was an attack on the freedom of press.
As hundreds of thousands of people from all corners of the world know, the People's March supports all revolutionary movements including the Maoist movements in India, Nepal and elsewhere. It is a fully legal publication registered with Indian registrar of Newspapers of the Government of India with the RNI number KER ENG/2000/2051 and the postal registration number: KL/EKM/614/2007-09. The magazine has been coming out for over 7 years (since 1998) meeting all the legal requirements. The magazine has been freely available not only in bookstalls all over India, but also in prominent libraries in New Delhi and other major cities in India and abroad.
The People's March publishes news reports and interviews of Maoists, both from India and abroad like all other hundreds of magazines and newspapers in India.It is People's March today which is under attack, tomorrow all other media will face the same threat if we don't raise our voice against this attack on freedom of press.
A year ago the website of People's March was blocked by the Indian Government without assigning any reasons. When its editors started publishing the online magazine through a blog on googlepages, it was also blocked by Google in December 2007, under the pressure of Indian Government.
The arrest of the editor and the foisting of fake charges against him are nothing but an attempt of the Government of India to further stifle freedom of speech in the country. The so-called largest democracy in the world with a gigantic army, Paramilitary and police force feels threatened by a mere monthly magazine with a limited circulation of a few thousands in print. This action displays the fascist character of the Indian state and the cowardly action of the Kerala police.
The Revolutionary Democratic Front appeals to all democratic and revolutionary organizations and individuals to raise their voice against the arrest of the editor of People's March, a popular independent revolutionary newspaper from India.
We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Govindan Kutty and allow the continued publication of People's March. We hold the government entirely responsible in the face of any damage to his health or threat to his life due to hunger strike within jail.
Rajkishore
General Secretary
Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF)
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As a small but meaningful way of sending you Warmest Season's Greetings, let me share with you below the lyrics of "The Rebel Jesus", a Yuletide song written and performed by American rock poet laureate (and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) Jackson Browne, which I first heard as a track from his 1997 compilation "The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne". Here's a Youtube link to a rendition of the song performed by Browne with The Chieftains: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOALofnjqpg&feature=related . Enjoy!
Joel Garduce
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THE REBEL JESUS
All the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the music of the season
And the merchants' windows are all bright
With the faces of the children
And the families hurrying to their homes
As the sky darkens and freezes
They'll be gathering around the hearths and tales
Giving thanks for all god's graces
And the birth of the rebel Jesus
Well they call him by the prince of peace
And they call him by the savior
And they pray to him upon the seas
And in every bold endeavor
As they fill his churches with their pride and gold
And their faith in him increases
But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in
From a temple to a robber's den
In the words of the rebel Jesus
We guard our world with locks and guns
And we guard our fine possessions
And once a year when christmas comes
We give to our relations
And perhaps we give a little to the poor
If the generosity should seize us
But if any one of us should interfere
In the business of why they are poor
They get the same as the rebel Jesus
But please forgive me if I seem
To take the tone of judgment
For I've no wish to come between
This day and your enjoyment
In this life of hardship and of earthly toil
We have need for anything that frees us
So I bid you pleasure
And I bid you cheer
From a heathen and a pagan
On the side of the rebel Jesus
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Maraming salamat sa mga naging bahagi, sumuporta at tumangkilik sa Amado, Minamahal...Patuloy nating gawing inspirasyon ang buhay at pakikibaka ni Ka Amado.
Maraming salamat.
Abangan...dvd copy ng Amado,Minamahal...
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ILPS Supports the Strikes of Both the Writers Guild of America (WGA)
and the Stagehands of For-Profit Broadway Against the Biggest and Greediest Media Behemoths in History
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples' Struggle 22 November 2007
The International League of Peoplesf Struggles (ILPS) supports both the strikes of the more than 12,000-strong Writers Guild of America and the stagehands of for-profit Broadway over just compensation issues.
It is clearly the fundamental democratic right of the members of the WGA, who mounted the strike November 5, to demand the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for what is actually a small share of the hefty profits generated by the behemoth media companies from their work, in an industry definitively shifting toward new, digital media.
It is likewise the basic right of the members of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, who staged their strike beginning November 10, to demand the League of American Theaters and Producers to make new work rules more favorable to them.
Despite efforts of the big media companies to downplay the justness of the strikersf demands, public sympathy for the strikers and their demands is overwhelming. Recent surveys by US firms Pepperdine and Survey USA showed public sympathy at 69% and 63%, respectively, in contrast to the big media companies receiving only 4% and 8%, respectively.
The International Affiliation of Writers Guilds, which represents 21,000 screenwriters in guilds worldwide, has in fact set November 28 as an international day of solidarity to show support for the WGA strike and oppose moves to undermine the democratic action.
The strikes signify to all working people and even those from the gmiddle classhÝ in America and elsewhere, that more than ever, unions are necessary and effective in their fight for a fair deal, in pushing back the full offensive of monopoly capitalists to squeeze superprofits to the detriment of hundreds of millions of working people.
It has been part of the dogma of neoliberal globalization to demonize unionizing among all those oppressed and exploited by the big monopoly capitalists. It has been the longstanding effort of imperialism to scuttle, if not suppress, union efforts everywhere through schemes as contractualization, to accelerate its globalization agenda's real intent to ensure maximum megaprofits for the few.
The strikes highlight once again the extreme oppressiveness and greediness characterizing the strikers' true protagonists, the handful of powerful media conglomerates now lording over Hollywood and Broadway and the world's media industry at large. This handful of media supergiants are prime beneficiaries of neoliberal globalization advanced by the WTO and the commanding circles in the USA since the 1980s, especially after the emergence of the US as sole superpower upon the collapse of the Soviet Union.
With the unrivalled and unprecedented concentration of power in US imperialism, less than ten US media megaliths have gained totalitarian control over what the worldfs multitudes get to watch, listen and read.
The biggest of the US media overlords are part of the ruling neoconservative clique in the United States. They have connived with the Bush-Cheney fascist clique in perpetrating the deceits and suppressing the ugly truths characterizing the US global war of terror since 9/11. It is no mere coincidence that the US media conglomerates were behind the isolated moves of the US and Israel to counter the approval of the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions last October 17, 2005.
The US media hyperprofiteers are opposed to any effort to carve out cultural goods and services from the WTO/free trade regime, especially from the onerous terms of the WTO's General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) and significant bilateral and regional so-called "free trade" agreements. They are viciously consistent in strangling the writers, talents and workhands.
Clearly then, the fight of the WGA and Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees is the fight of working people everywhere, and of all forces and people struggling for real democracy, greater freedom and social justice against US imperialism and all reaction.
The ILPS urges all its participating organizations, allies and friends to take solidarity action with the WGA and Broadway stagehand strikers, both at the picketlines in the United States and elsewhere within and beyond the belly of the US imperialist beast. #
On November 30, four National Artists join forces in a concert to remember the work and words of the extraordinary Amado V. Hernandez.
The Blood of a Poet By Eric S. Caruncho (Published in Sunday Inquirer Magazine, 18 November 2007)
MANILA, Philippines - “Poets, too, must know how to fight.” Uncle Ho Chi Minh might have had Amado V. Hernandez in mind when he penned that line. While Ho was rallying his countrymen to drive the French out of their homeland, Hernandez—a poet who knew how to fight—was languishing in the New Bilibid Prison on a subversion charge.
This, however, did not stop him from composing his greatest masterpieces.The grateful Vietnamese named their capital after Ho, but how many Filipinos remember Ka Amado, our first National Artist for Literature? How many are still stirred on first reading “Panata sa Kalayaan” or “Isang Dipang Langit”? Or have their conscience awakened upon reading “Mga Ibong Mandaragit”? All too few. Yet Hernandez’s work is as relevant today as when he first wrote them half a century ago: the social injustices that he railed and fought against are still here, and so are the forces that put him in jail. The more things change…
On Nov. 30, a much-deserved tribute will be paid to Ka Amado’s legacy as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, in cooperation with the Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center, stages “Amado, Minamahal…,” a concert featuring the poet’s works. No ordinary concert, “Amado, Minamahal…” brings together the collective talents of National Artists Bienvenido Lumbera
(Literature, 2006), Napoleon V. Abueva (Sculpture, 1976), Ben Cabrera (Painting, 2006), and Salvador Bernal (Theater and Design, 2003), who collaborated on the script, stage design, posters and visuals, and costumes, respectively.
The concert will also feature the music of the late National Artist Lucio San Pedro (Music, 1991), which will be performed by a hundred-voice choir composed of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philippine Madrigal Singers and the Bonifacio Choir, and accompanied by a pure dance performance by the Ballet Philippines. Set to be staged at the CCP main theater, “Amado, Minamahal…” will be directed by Chris Millado.
Says scriptwriter Bien Lumbera: “The script for ‘Amado, Minamahal…’ has been structured according to the three dominant themes of his poetry, namely, freedom, justice and human rights.” He adds, “The three themes are the pressing concerns of our society today as the present administration has allowed the military to
exercise unwarranted power to enforce compliance with its political designs.” Lumbera believes that Hernandez’s works, though written in the 1950s, still have a message for contemporary Filipinos.
Explains this National Artist for Literature: “After he was released, Ka Amado was simply transported from the repressive confines of a prison cell to the repressive world outside where an anti-subversion law hang like a sword of Damocles over the heads of writers whose ideas could be interpreted as bearing traces of socialist or communist ideologies.” But Hernandez, says Lumbera, continued to think and write as a free individual. His works have much to say to Filipinos today. “His ’Panata sa Kalayaan’ is a message to the post-EDSA and post-9/11 Philippine society under the Arroyo regime, where the Human Security Act hangs over the heads of men and women who vigilantly struggle for freedom, justice and human rights.” Hernandez was the epitome of the engaged artist, a man
of action who nevertheless still had the sensitivity to give voice to the inchoate cries of the suffering masses. The need for men like him hasn’t diminished, says Lumbera.
Hernandez was born in 1903 in Hagonoy, Bulacan but grew up in Tondo, Manila. He was only 19 when he joined Aklatang Bayan, a literary group which included established Tagalog writers such as Lope K. Santos and Jose Corazon de Jesus. In 1932, he married stage actress Atang de la Rama, who would also become a National Artist. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, Hernandez became a guerrilla. It is believed that he first encountered the ideas of socialism through the Hukbalahap movement. After the war, Hernandez became a Manila councilor and a labor leader, organizing
the biggest strike ever in Manila in 1947, and coming to the attention of the military. In 1951, during a crackdown on the Huk rebellion then raging in Central Luzon, Hernandez was arrested and eventually charged with rebellion with murder, arson and robbery—a complex crime unheard of in Philippine legal history. The case became a celebrated civil rights issue, drawing the support of such legal luminaries as Claro M. Recto, Jose P. Laurel and Claudio Teehankee. Nevertheless, Hernandez wasn’t released until 1956, and he wasn’t acquitted until 1964 in a landmark decision that is still invoked to this day.
By that time, Hernandez had already written the works that he would be remembered for. He died in 1970, but his words live on: “Pilipino akong sa pambubusabos ay hindi susuko! (I am a Filipino who will never, ever give in to
oppression).”
Tickets available at all Ticketworld outlets. For discounted or group sales, contact the Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center at (02 )412- 0909 or 0916-7900671, or email avhrc_philippines@...
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A two-day run last month of a rare art exhibit left the public clamoring for another opportunity to view the genius of an "artist of the people's struggle." The event featured some 100 drawings and paintings of a Philippine countryside in resistance, all done by Mindanaoan Parts Bagani.
It was an art exhibit that would have surely sent the big guns of the National Press Club squirming. Now, they can do just that.
Due to popular demand, the works of artist Parts Bagani will again be shown in a four-day exhibit dubbed as "Sining Luwal ng Kanayunan." It shall open with a brief program at 10 AM, November 26, 2007 at Galleria 2, Faculty Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City. A forum on art and the freedom of expression is scheduled at 9 AM on November 29, 2007, Recto Hall, UP Facuty Center. Popular artists have been invited to perform.
While most artists bask in the atmosphere of Metro Manila and the big cities elsewhere, Parts Bagani opted to stay in the countryside where he was born. In Mindanao, he experienced the turmoil of conflicting forces, and painted a terrain of warfare. His works show his fluency in imaging an environment that is taboo for many an artist, but of which he has gained a profound understanding.
His art abounds with scenes of resistance even of warriors in repose, of schools in open bamboo structures in the forest, of people singing songs of victory, of battered shoes and the lowly rice pot. But most of all, there are the endless mountains and hills that have become host to the struggle itself.
The exhibit is sponsored by the First Quarter Storm Movement, Tag-ani Performing Arts Society, Asosasyon ng
mga Kabataang Artista, Kritiko at Iskolar ng Sining at Kultura (UP ASTERISK), UP Alay Sining, Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (Karatula) and the Congress of Teachers for Nationalism and Democracy.
The exhibit is a fund-raising project for the benefit of cancer-stricken UP Prof. Monico Atienza.
"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe."
-- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor
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(On the National Press Club- Neo-Angono Artists Collective Mural)
Painting over and revising an original art work of an artist by another is mortal sin. That is an artistic ethic that the National Press Club (NPC) failed to understand, much less respect, with regards to the mural they have commissioned the Neo-Angono Artists Collective to do. The painting was ?revised? so crudely, vandalized would be the more appropriate term. For example,
the slosh of paint that lengthened the hair and created a beard on the figure representing Mr. Randy David defaced his personality? It is like dabbing a Hitler-moustache on a Gloria M. Arroyo portrait, only this revision could be accepted as a more accurate representation.
Censorship reeks in the revision of the alibata K tattoo on Andres Bonifacio's left arm. NPC journalists would certainly know the meaning of the alibata K script. But the military could very likely read the script as subversive, considering its history of origin from American occupation troops which suppressed anything symbolizing Filipino nationhood.
Unfortunately, officials of the NPC succumbed and replaced the nationalistic symbol K (for Katipunan, the national liberation movement organization) with an arrow-pierced red heart (for love-struck), an inane and insulting symbol to place at the arm of the figure representing our
revolutionary hero, Andres Bonifacio). The alteration of the headline of the newspaper Jose Rizal is holding from Press Freedom Fighter's Son Abducted to Press Freedom Fight Is On erases the historical context of the mural. A Press Freedom Fight Is On headline could date back to the propaganda movement of Rizal, Lopez Jaena, del Pilar and other writers who were exiled, imprisoned, and/or executed by the Spanish conquistadores. While Press Freedom in the headline Press Freedom Fighter'?s Son Abductedis a segueway to show the current trend of abduction of freedom fighters. Equally questionable is the revision of the newspaper held by the central figure, which had on it a statement about the effects on press freedom of the Human Security Act (HSA), or the antiterror law. This was painted over with a bird in a cage, a symbolism used by our ancestors to represent colonial oppression. Symbolisms had to be used then because any expression tending towards independence was
unlawful. On the other hand, the HSA is a newly enacted law concocted by the ruling elite upon the inspiration of imperialist America, which is meant to suppress people struggling to break free from the bondage of neocolonialism.
Art is form and content, with stress on...and changing the form changes the content, as exemplified by the above. More than this elementary artistic consideration, art cannot be apolitical, like what NPC wants the mural to be. NPC should have realized that the theme they themselves have prescribed press freedom and/or threats to the press is extremely political. While taking together the theme and Pres. Gloria Arroyo who unveiled the mural is a political contradiction. Just like art, media cannot be apolitical nor not take sides. During this time of crisis and repression, freedom is asserted. It dies with fear and thrives on the courage of people taking the side of truth and justice. ###
Reference: Julie Po
Concerned Artists Of the Philippines
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What Press Freedom? Around three months ago, the National Press Club commissioned us to do an 8x32 foot-mural on the history of press freedom in the Philippines. A lot of problems were encountered during the production phase mainly because of the delays in the schedule of payment on their part, as stipulated in the contract we signed. Still, through the commitment and dedication shown by the members of our group, the mural was completed in time for the unveiling scheduled on October 26. Finally, we would be able to sleep a lot more easily.
Or so we thought.
We were shocked to be informed by one of their board of directors that changes were made in the mural without our knowledge.
We, the Neo-Angono Artists Collective, would like to express our outrage, revulsion and protest against the total lack of respect of the NPC for the integrity of the commissioned artwork, as shown by the slipshod alterations they caused in several parts of the said mural, to wit:
€ The erasure of a big portion of the newspaper held by the central figure, containing the statement of the International Federation of Journalists regarding the perceived effects of the anti-terror law on press freedom, and replaced by a hideous bird-monster in a cage;
€ The alteration of the headline of the newspaper Jose Rizal is holding from “Press Freedom Fighter’s Son Abducted” to “Press Freedom Fight Is On” and the defacement of Jonas and Edith Burgos’s pictures as well as the erasure of Jonas’s name;
€ The change of the tattoo on Andres Bonifacio’s left arm from the alibata “K” to a sappy red heart pierced by an arrow;
€ The erasure of the name of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines from the banners of the rallyists;
€ The lengthening of the hair and beard of the figure identified as academician-columnist Prof. Randy David beside columnist Conrad de Quiros;
€ The addition of beard and mustache and the change of hair color from white to black of the pugo and balut vendor identified as columnist and Martial Law detainee Juan Mercado.
1. We believe that the above-mentioned alterations were made by some unidentified artist/s with the authorization and consent of the NPC leadership (even with their disavowal of responsibility, considering that the mural was within their premises). We rail against these modifications not only because of the slipshod work and poor artistry but more so because of the censorship that is clearly at work here.
Isn’t it ironic that an institution such as the NPC would cause the censorship of a work that they themselves commissioned purportedly to promote press freedom? Isn’t the freedom of expression of the artist bound up with the very press freedom that they supposedly uphold? Aren’t these alterations a clear violation of the rights of authors/artists protected by the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines?
We call on our fellow artists, journalists, writers, and citizens to support us in this move to defend not only our artistic, but also our civic rights. We will highly appreciate it if you could send a short statement of support for our cause.
Please send it to info@neo-angono.com
To view the mural in its original state, please visit www.neo-angono.com. You may also visit the actual bastardized mural at the Headline Restaurant at the 4th floor of the NPC building.
Uphold press freedom and artistic expression!
- The Neo-Angono Artists Collective, October 31, 2007
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Greetings from the Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center (AVHRC)!
On November 30, 2007, we look forward to seeing you at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines for an exciting evening with our National Artists and their works of artistic excellence on Ka Amado V. Hernandez, National Artist for Literature.
Join us as Ka Amado pays tribute to Andres Bonifacio while National Artists Napoleon Abueva, Salvador Bernal, Benedicto Cabrera, and Bienvenido Lumbera work together as they pay tribute to their fellow National Artist in a night of remembrance entitled Amado, Minamahal..A compendium of Ka Amado's powerful poems on Freedom, Justice, and Human Rights shall be set by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Ballet Philippines, and grassroots cultural organizations into symphony, modern dance, and acoustic versions featuring an array of sounds from indigenous to contemporary tempo performed in a hundred-voice choir set-up. Special feature for the night are pieces on Ka Amado composed by Lucio San Pedro which shall be launched for the first time.
for inquiries pls contact avhrc tel
no. 4120909 or 09167900671
National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera, always at the forefront for nationalist arts and literature and common people's struggles will give a lecture on:
Teatro ng Pakikibaka sa Kalunsuran
September 20, 2007 2:00-3:30 pm 4th Flr Audio Visual Room-College of Engineering Polytechnic University of the Philippines
(PUP) Pureza Street, Sta Mesa, Manila
The lecture is 2nd to the Leo Rimando Lecture Series initiated by Concerned Artists of the Philippines,Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center and Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan (SINAGBAYAN).
Leo Rimando is a playwright, actor,director and scientist. He died in 2006 as a trueblue ARTISTA at SIYENTISTA ng BAYAN.
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Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center PUP-Center For Human Development Concerned Artists of the Philippines SinagBayan
invite you to the Launching of the...
Leo Rimando Lecture Series:
Lecture Series 1: "Culture of Repression"
Speaker: Bonifacio Ilagan Cultural worker/Director/Playwright
This will be held at PUP-Center for Human Development, Audio Visual Room on August 23, 2007 at 2pm.
For Details pls contact 4120909 / 9279260
Sino si Leo Rimando?
Si Leo Rimando ay isang batikang mandudula, pinamahalaan niya ang ilang dula ng Panday Sining, ang pangkulturang grupo sa ilalim ng Kabataang Makabayan. Ang mga dulang “Masaker sa Araw ng Paggawa”, “Hukumang Hubad”, at “Welga” ay naging mga popular na dula noong dekada ’70, dahil sumunod ito sa pamantayan ng mga militanteng dula na inilatag ng PAKSA (Panulat para sa Kaunlaran ng Sambayanan). Kumilos din sa hanay ng mga manggagawa si Leo bilang organisador ng mga grupong pangkultura. Noong itatag ang BUGKOS, siya ang naging unang Tagapangulo nito. Itinatag din niya ang Artists Inc. ng Timog Katagalugan.
Si Leo Rimando ay isa ding syentista—isang molecular biologist na nagtapos sa UP Los Banos. Nabigyan siya ng grant sa Princeton
University, pero hindi niya ito tinapos, bagkus bumalik siya sa Pilipinas upang ipagpatuloy ang pag-oorganisa ng mga grupong pangkultura.
Namatay si Leo Rimando noong 2006 at binigyang pugay siya ng mga artista, manunulat at manggagawang pangkultura. Siya ay itinuturing na huwarang artista ng bayan—mahusay, mapagkumbaba, at nag-alay ng kanyang tanging buhay para sa panglilingkod sa bayan.
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sa hulyo katorse, gigimik po ang ilang mga kaibigan para magpapansin sa Indang, Cavite sabay ng pagbubukas ng Mga Taghoy, Ungol at Angil mula sa Libingan ng Buhay, tula mula sa piitanngbilanggong pulitikal na si Axel Pinpin.
Inaanyayahan po ang lahat sa pagtitipon, sama-sama po tayong magbigkasan ng tula, magtugtugan at pasiglahin ang sining sa bayang pinagluwalan ng makata.
kami po ay naniniwala na ang sinuman ay hindi dapat makulong dahil sa kanyang pampulitikal na paniniwala at paninindigan lalu pa't kung ang layunin nito ay itaguyod ang kagalingan at paglingkuran ng higit na abang pinagsasamantalahan.
Writers to PGMA: shame on you to blatantly lie to the Pope!
This was the reaction of writers from the Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center (AVHRC) as Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo went to see Pope Benedict XVI the second time to do a Pontius Pilate
instead of a Paris Hilton surrendering herself to prison cells.“With more than 800 killings and almost 200 enforced disappearancesduring her term, GMA does not deserve the blessings of the Pope and the Catholic Church for that matter.”
Gilbert Lopez, media and information officer of AVHRC explained, “GMA is guilty of CAPITAL SINS against humanity such as constant lying, lust for power, gluttony, adultery in selling out the country's sovereignty and sloth in addressing people's demands and in putting an end to the killings”.
Lopez said that the GMA administration is trying to make impressions of a “Philippine Gwapo or Gwapa” ala-Metro Gwapo of the MMDA urban facelift campaign through reports of “favorable human rights situation, fair election, smooth school opening and robust economic growth but “wherever she goes, whether she travels within the Philippines, or to Japan, New Zealand, Australia, or to Italy, she is hounded by the issues of extrajudicial killings, political repression and poverty.”
According to Ambassador Marciano Paynor Jr., the Chief of Presidential Protocol, GMA intends to inform the Pope that “some of the killings were done by Communist rebels”.
“This is ironic to Defense Sec. Hermogenes Ebdane's statement that a combination of military action and development
projects is key to defeating the global threat of terrorism. Soldiers and PNP “secret marshalls” have been deployed to urban poor communities and schools and where there are “development projects” such as mining to harass and create hysteria,” Lopez said.
Lopez ended with a call to the people to maximize all avenues to continously expose and oppose the GMA regime's culture of impunity and antidemocratic measures.
The Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center advocates a liberative
people's culture and literature. #
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PRESS RELEASE
June 4, 2007
Reference: Joan Lerio, tel. 0921-6165726
Young cultural workers fear school opening security plan part of government repression
A cause-oriented grassroots organization of young cultural workers yesterday expressed fears this year’s security plan of
the Arroyo government for the school opening “is part and parcel of a larger antidemocratic scheme to suppress mass actions and protest culture.”
Joan Lerio, secretary-general of Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan or SINAGBAYAN, added that the fielding by the PNP of “secret marshals” or incognito state security forces within the vicinity of Metro Manila campuses “goes hand in hand with plans to redeploy soldiers in depressed communities to garrison the metropolis.”
Lerio said the Arroyo government is more
interested in suppressing protests “from fellow Filipinos outraged and overburdened by school opening woes manifested in sharp increases in tuition, oil price hikes, rising schoolgoing costs, a rising school drop-out rate, measly wages, and mounting joblessness” than securing the public safety from petty criminals. “The police admitted as much when they announced increased deployment precisely to, and I quote from the news, ‘protect Malacańang from lightning demonstrations.’”
“Obviously, government refuses to heed the repeated stern warnings of the Supreme Court with regard its previous antidemocratic schemes as EO 464, PP 1017, CPR (Calibrated Preemptive Response) and manufactured rebellion
charges against parliamentarians,” stressed Lerio. She explained that resorting to such an “extremist” measure as fielding covert state operatives during school opening is “overkill” to address public safety concerns, and this year’s “secret marshal” plan “may well be paving the way for unconstitutional martial rule courtesy of the soon-to-be-enforced Anti-Terrorism Law.”
Lerio likened the “secret marshals” to the police elements found to have burned a public school in Taysan, Batangas that led to the deaths of three civilians at the height of the canvassing of last month’s elections. “Both are covert operatives mounting antidemocratic action for antidemocratic interests, in subversion of their avowed public mission.”
“All freedom-loving Filipinos ought to fight these patently illegal impositions,” Lerio emphasized, adding that their organization along with the Concerned Artists of the Philippines “will not be stopped from exposing the current repressive regime via cultural activities in campuses and urban poor neighborhoods. We will mount our stage and let the people’s music and poetry be heard”.
SINAGBAYAN is a national organization of young cultural workers inclined to
the various disciplines of art and literature and maximize the art form for social awareness and change. It was formed in 2000 and was actively at the forefront of mass protests leading to the EDSA 2 uprising in 2001 and subsequent people’s protests #
Kabataang manggagawa sa kultura: Plano sa seguridad sa pagbubukas ng klase, bahagi ng paniniil ng
gubyerno
Nagpahayag ng kaba kahapon ang isang samahan ng mga kabataang manggagawa sa kultura na “bahagi ng mas malawak na pakanang antidemokratiko para supilin ang mga aksyong masa at kultura ng protesta” ang plano sa seguridad ng gubyerno para sa pagbubukas ng klase ngayong taon.
Dagdag ni Joan Lerio, pangkalahatang kalihim ng Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan o SINAGBAYAN, na ang pagdeploy ng PNP ng mga “secret marshal” o nakakubling pwersa ng estado sa
may mga kampus ng Metro Manila “ay kaakibat ng mga planong ibalik ang mga sundalo sa mga komunidad ng maralita para i-garrison ang buong syudad.”
Ayon kay Lerio, mas interesado ang gubyernong Arroyo na supilin ang mga pagtutol “ng mga kababayan nating galit at labis na pinahihirapan ng mga problema sa pagbubukas ng iskwela gaya ng pagtaas ng matrikula, pagtaas ng presyo ng langis, lumalaking gastos sa pagpapaaral, dumaraming nagda-drop-out, napakababang sahod, at laganap na kawalang-trabaho” kaysa tiyaking ligtas ang publiko mula sa mga kriminal. “Inamin ito mismo ng pulis nang inanunsyo nila ang dagdag na pagdeploy ng pulis para, at aking sinisipi ang sinabi nila, “protektahan ang Malacańang mula sa mga iglap na demonstrasyon.’”
“Malinaw na ayaw pa ring pakinggan ng gubyerno ang maraming babala ng Korte Suprema kaugnay ng mga nakaraang pakanang antidemokratiko gaya nang EO 464, PP 1017, CPR (Calibrated Preemptive Response) at inimbentong paratang na rebelyon laban sa mga konggresista,” diin ni Lerio. Kanyang pinaliwanag na ang pagkapit sa hakbanging “sagadsarin” gaya ng pag-deploy ng kubling mga operatiba ng estado sa pagbubukas ng klase ay “overkill” para sa umano’y kaligtasang pampubliko, at ang planong “secret marshal” ngayong taon “ay masasabi nating naglalatag na para sa iligal na paghaharing militar sa tulong ng ipatutupad na Anti-Terrorism Law.”
Hinalintulad ni Lerio ang mga “secret marshal” sa mga pulis na nahuling sumunog sa iskwelahan sa Taysan, Batangas na ikinamatay ng tatlong sibilyan sa kalagitnaan ng canvassing ng katatapos na halalan. “Pareho silang mga covert operative na nagsagawa ng aksyong antidemokratiko para sa mga antidemokratikong interes, sa subersyon ng kanilang pinangakong tungkulin sa madla.”
“Tama lamang tutulan ng lahat ng Pilipinong nagmamahal sa kalayaan ang mga tahasang iligal na pahirap na ito,” sabi ni Lerio, na nagsabi pang “hindi hihinto ang aming organisasyon kasama ang Concerned Artists of the Philippines sa
paglantad sa kasalukuyang mapaniil na rehimen sa pamamagitan ng mga pangkulturang aktibidad sa eskwelahan at komunidad. Patuloy namin itataguyod ang tanghalang bayan at aalingawngaw ang himig at tula ng paglaban”.
Ang SINAGBAYAN ay isang pambansang samahan ng mga kabataang manggagawa sa kultura na may kahiligan sa iba’t ibang larangan ng sining at panitikan at may interes lubusin ang anyong masining para sa pagbabagong panlipunan. Binuo ito noong 2000 at naging aktibo sa mga protestang humantong sa EDSA 2 noong 2001 at sa sumunod pang mga protestang bayan.#
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Subject: Singing Writers Night, Part 2: The Salinawit Edition
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