Sulong Tayo! presents itself as a fresh start, a coalition of independent students finally breaking free from old labels. But the pattern we have traced—from STAND UP's 2023 admissions of systemic sexual harassment, to the USC's catastrophic mishandling of the Jobert Pillas rape case, to the steady rebranding from Laban Kabataan to Sulong Tayo!—tells us that it is more than mere political spin. This is not just about one coalition avoiding accountability. This is about a s

The flyers are colorful. The slogan, “Tunay, Palaban, Makabayan” rolls off the tongue with practiced ease. The candidates smile from campaign materials, flanked by the word “independent” in careful, deliberate typeface. But no one is fooled. The Sulong Tayo! Coalition, which announced itself last Thursday with much fanfare and a five-point common agenda, is not a new political formation. It is not a fresh alternative. It is not an independent movement of students finall

Bagong taon, malinaw ang panawagan ng Mindoro: CPP–NPA–NDFP, layas. Sa Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, sinalubong ng mapayapang rali ang pananatili ng KARAPATAN Southern Tagalog, kung saan humigit-kumulang 100 kabataan at katutubong Mindoreño ang nagtipon upang tutulan ang presensya ng CPP–NPA–NDFP at ng mga ligal na prenteng organisasyon nito. Isinagawa ang kilos-protesta kasunod ng serye ng mga engkwentro sa Abra de Ilog, kabilang ang sagupaan noong Enero 1 na ikinasawi ng is

OCCIDENTAL MINDORO — Nagsagawa ng isang mapayapang rali ang mga dating rebelde, mga katutubo, at kabataan ng Mindoro sa Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro noong Lunes, Enero 5, upang tutulan ang presensya ng Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) sa isla, kasunod ng naganap na engkwentro sa pagitan ng pwersa ng pamahalaan at mga rebelde sa Barangay Cabacao, Abra de Ilog.

They call themselves progressives. They speak of democracy, liberation, and people’s power. Yet, within their own circles, freedom of thought is the first to vanish. Behind the fiery rhetoric of “national democracy” lies a culture that increasingly resembles a cult, one that thrives on blind loyalty, silences dissent, and preaches sacrifice it refuses to live by.

Today, activism online has become the norm, but a kind of “unprincipled activism” is changing the flow of national democratic discourse. According to former rebel Job David, there is a noticeable rise in arrogance and hostility among activists on social media.

Isang dating kasapi ng New People’s Army (NPA) na kinilalang si Pobi Sy ang nagsalita laban sa online harassment na natanggap niya mula sa i

Paano nakakatulong — at saan pa puwedeng humusay — ang livelihood support para sa mga dating rebelde

A former University of the Philippines student leader revealed that the recent controversy surrounding the resignation of a Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) student leader goes beyond the issue of corruption, saying it is a common occurrence in student councils that are led by “activist organizations.”