Eleven Short Films. Four genres. One book.Lipunan at Rebolusyong Pilipino, the movie.
Art for the masses.
Truth narrative.
Movement for cultural change.
Social Education through equally creative and sharp media.
November 30, 2010
Panoorin Natin!
It’s now December, and once again, we remember and consolidate our ranks to uphold human rights in the Philippines and in the world. Included in the numerous Human Rights victims are the 300 and more political detainees here in the Philippines who are suffering political persecution due to their beliefs and advocacies. Ericson Acosta, a writer and artist is one of them. Friends of Ericson Acosta, Human Rights Advocates, the Families of Political Prisoners together with the Pinoy Media Center, an independent media outfit here in the Philippines come together to restage POLDET: Panata para sa Kalayaan ng mga Detenidong Pulitikal.
In this light, we are inviting you to watch Poldet, a multi-media production about different experiences and the determination of our Filipino Political Prisoners.
More details Below.
Please reblog if you believe that Human Rights Violations should be put to a stop.
FREE ERICSON ACOSTA!
FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!
PinoyMedia Center, Inc. and the Free Ericson Acosta Campaign
present
POLDET: Panata sa Kalayaan ng mga Detenido Politikal
December 3 and 10, 2011 / 7pm
Access Point Bar and Resto, Sct. Borromeo St.,
Timog Area, Quezon City
POLDET is a cultural presentation on the nation’s struggle for artistic and political freedom as reflected in the works of artists behind bars
featuring performances from Jess Santiago, art groups Anino Shadow Play Collective, UP Sining at Lipunan, UP Alay Sining, Sinagbayan and other surprise artists.
Highlights include testimonial monologues from former political detainees like poets Bonifacio Ilagan and Axel Pinpin, SELDA Secretary-General Angelina Ipong, and health workers of the Morong 43. The show will also highlight the plight of current political prisoners including poet Alan Jazmines, film student Maricon Montajes and cultural worker Ericson Acosta.
Acosta’s songs and poetry, which earned him a nomination as finalist in the prestigious 2011 Imprisoned Artist Prize of international group Freedom to Create, will be featured in POLDET.
Petition-signing will be held at the KARAPATAN information booth. You may also write a petition letter or send a petition-postcard to Philippine authorities. Blank postcards will also be available for anyone who may wish to send them to any political prisoner.
Human rights campaign merchandise such as shirts, pins, bookmarks and stickers will also be available at the booth. Proceeds will go to legal defense and campaign fund of political prisoners.
For inquiries and donations, please contact
Cynthia (0915-4872495) or Sarah (0921-7417469)
This is absolutely terrifying. First-hand experience as to what is going on in Cairo.
upfair2011 asked: Kelan lalabas ang DVD?
Going around schools is top priority as of now. ü
Slavov Zizek and Tarik Ramadan on #EgyptThe Muslim scholar and philosopher discuss the power of popular dissent and the limits of peaceful protest at Al Jazeera.Riz Khan
“Like many people we’ve been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground. Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service—the ability for anyone to tweet using just a voice connection.
We worked with a small team of engineers from Twitter, Google and SayNow, a company weacquired last week, to make this idea a reality. It’s already live and anyone can tweet by simply leaving a voicemail on one of these international phone numbers (+16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855) and the service will instantly tweet the message using the hashtag #egypt. No Internet connection is required. People can listen to the messages by dialing the same phone numbers or going to twitter.com/speak2tweet.”frigging. brilliant.
[via @wired]
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Watch : Live stream of Al-Jazeera English
Egyptian Bloggers
- Hossam el-Hamalawy (@3arabawy / YouTube / Flickr)
- Ramy Raoof (@RamyRaoof / YouTube / Flickr)
- Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy)
- Wael Abbas (@waelabbas)
- Ayman Mohyeldin: (@AhmanM)
Egyptian News Websites
Arabic Language Websites (Thank you Political Notebook)
Liveblogs
- Reuters
- Al-Jazeera
- New York Times : The Lede
- CNN
- Guardian
- BBC
- Mother Jones
- Human Rights Watch
- Huffington Post
- Talking Points Memo
- Washington Post
- Twitter list of accounts providing Egypt updates
- List 1 : Twitter list of people tweeting on the ground in Egypt
- List 2 : Twitter list of people tweeting on the ground in Egypt
- List 3 : Twitter list of people tweeting on the ground in Egypt
- Filtered list of lists
Tumblr
- RNN News Network on Facebook
- NYTimes Nick Kristof reports from Egypt on Facebook
- Egypt 25 Jan Facebook Group
- Jan 25 in Egypt Facebook Group
Quora
Egypt News Aggregators
Infographics
Video Feeds
- Egypt State TV : Nile
- Al-Jazeera
- CNN
- Download Livestation Desktop : Mac / PC
- CitizenTube: Raw video submitted to YouTube from Egypt
Audio
Images
Internet Liberation
- 20 ways to circumvent the Egyptian government’s internet block
- Tweet by voicemail, no internet required
- Free dial-up access
- Free Egypt Wiki
- Telecomix
- Bypass DNS : Twitter ”128.242.240.52” Facebook ”69.63.189.34” Google ”172.14.204.99”.
- IRC : Join #OpEgypt
- Fax to Interfax for Egypt
- IPv6 addresses online in Egypt
- Real-time traffic report : to Google from Egypt
- Internet availability in Egypt via BGP, updated every 15 mins
- Donate to bring independent Internet access to Egypt
- Get Internet Access When You Government Shuts It Down - PC World
Ham Radio
- Ham radio software
- #hamradio frequencies for #egypt
- #Egypt hams are on 7.050-7.200 MHz LSB
- 0m band, 7.050-7.200 MHz LSB, 318.5 degrees (northwest/north from cairo) Ham Radio Operators
Ground Resources
- Missing persons
- Amnesty International
- Contact United States Congressmen
- Demand Al-Jazeera to your cable providers.
Background and Additional Reading
- 8 Essential Longform Reads About Egypt
- A Short Primer On Egypt Now.
- CNN Question and Answer
- CIA World Factbook : Egypt
- US State Department Background Notes on Egypt
- Wikipedia : Egypt
This post will be updated as more resources become available
Int’l League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) Salutes and Congratulates People of #Egypt - Bulatlat
PLEASE REBLOG AND/OR SHARE! Long live international solidarity!
WE SALUTE AND CONGRATULATE THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT FOR RISING UP TO OVERTHROW THE MUBARAK REGIME
By PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON
Chairperson, International League of Peoples’ Struggle
January 30, 2011The mass uprisings sweeping several Arab countries have shifted their focus from Tunisia to Egypt, a country much bigger in terms of land size, population (more than 80 million) and strategic value in the conflict between the US-Zionist combine on the one hand and the Palestinian and Arab peoples on the other hand and in the US global war of terror unleashing state terrorism, wars of aggression, occupation and the rendition of US foes to the torture chambers of Egypt.
Photo from here.
Since January 25 tens of thousands of people have poured out into the streets of major cities of Egypt in order to demand the ouster of President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak and his ruling clique. They have defied the police and military forces even as more than 150 of the protesters have been killed and hundreds have been injured by US-made weapons. In a vain attempt to appease the people, Mubarak has reshuffled his cabinet and is maneuvering to stay in power or glide into a less disgraceful exit by a promise to allow new elections according to the US formula of transition to sham democracy.
LRP in English.
A Filipino comrade who went to work abroad knew best what to bring with him.
Police brutality in the Philippines.
I can’t help not to cry while viewing the dispersal pictures from yesterday.
Short background:
The City Government of Manila issued an ordinance prohibiting motorized pedicabs or kuliglig’s from taking main routes. In response, the drivers and operators of said transport held a picket in front of Manila City hall in protest of said ordinance.
This is the Manila City Hall’s response.
Photo courtesy of Derek Firmeza
Narito. Narito ang pasismo ng Estado!
Another image of police brutality in the Philippines.
