For a revolution is not sustained by the gun; it is sustained by belief, and belief cannot be extracted at gunpoint, at checkpoint, at the barrel pressed lightly against a sakada's ribs.

People still ask me, sometimes with curiosity and sometimes with judgment, why I left the armed movement. The truth is more complicated than a single word.

The Philippine Army identified the arrested individuals as Cristina Pasion and Binay Serrano, alias Ka Samay. According to initial reports, the two were arrested during an operation in Barangay San Isidro. Serrano was described as a medical officer of an NPA unit operating in Mindoro.

Marami tayo ngayong kinakaharap na mga lehitimong isyu: korapsyon, mataas na presyo ng bilihin, kawalan ng disenteng trabaho, mahinang serbisyong panlipunan, at patuloy na pagyurak ng ibang bansa sa ating soberanya. Tama at makatarungan naman talaga ang maging kritikal sa gobyerno. Tama ring maging passionate sa social justice at maging aktibista. Ang demokrasya ay hindi nangangahulugang tahimik na pagsang-ayon—ito ay espasyo para sa protesta, organisasyon, at pananagutan.

Ano ba talaga ang kinatatakutan ng Gabriela Women's Party? Noong Hulyo 16, naghain ng reklamo sa Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ang Gabriela Partylist-Marikina laban sa 12th Civil Military Operations Battalion ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Ang sentro ng kanilang reklamo ay ang umano'y panliligalig at ang sunod-sunod na community outreach activities ng militar sa isang komunidad sa Marikina—mga medical mission, feeding program, pamamahagi ng ayuda, at iba pang