http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/ ARREST Gloria! Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:00:01 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Arts Organizations Politics (new) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/41.html Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:58:53 GMT THE CHALLENGES OF OUR TIMES The country was at a standstill when Manny Pacquiao traded blows with Oscar Larios at the Araneta Coliseum last July 2. More than half the country was glued to TV sets, and even the churches admit that Mass attendance that Sunday was unusually low. Such was the excitement over the Pacquiao-Larios bout that media even reported two cases of viewers suffering heart attacks while watching it. Never before in its history has the country seen such extent of adulation for a boxer. Not even during the heyday of the legendary Gabriel "Flash" Elorde - who put the... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=41 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/40.html Tue, 30 May 2006 17:32:07 GMT Artists to hold poetry and music night for detained poet Sometime in October last year, poet Axel Pinpin found himself writing a poem for a political prisoner captured in the Southern Luzon province of Batangas; only to find out several months later that he would become a political prisoner himself. Axel or Antoy to his many friends is now detained in Camp Vicente Lim in Canlubang, Laguna. He and his group called the “Tagaytay 5” were arrested by the Philippine National Police for rebellion charges. Axel and his companions were but the latest victims of repressive tactics of the... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=40 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/39.html Tue, 30 May 2006 17:24:54 GMT Artists to hold poetry and music night for detained poet Sometime in October last year, poet Axel Pinpin found himself writing a poem for a political prisoner captured in the Southern Luzon province of Batangas; only to find out several months later that he would become a political prisoner himself. Axel or Antoy to his many friends is now detained in Camp Vicente Lim in Canlubang, Laguna. He and his group called the “Tagaytay 5” were arrested by the Philippine National Police for rebellion charges. Axel and his companions were but the latest victims of repressive tactics of the... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=39 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/38.html Sun, 28 May 2006 14:35:08 GMT Noli Capulong,deputy secretary general of Bayan Muna Southern Tagalog, staff of Bayan Southern Tagalog and spokesperson of STEAM (Southern Tagalog Environmental Action Movement) was shot to death on May 27, 2006 at around 5:30 to 6 pm while driving his owner-type jeep to Calamba. Two unidentified bonnet-wearing men in motorcyle ambushed Capulong in front of St. John Hospital in Parian, Calamba. He suffered 4 gunshot wounds. Capulong was very vocal against pro-imperialist policies of the government particularly on mining. He was a delegate of the International League of... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=38 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/37.html Sun, 14 May 2006 05:46:07 GMT (This article first appeared in the internet magazine bulatlat.com) The imprisonment of poet Axel Alejandro Pinpin and musician Alexis Uy shows the reality that artists cannot escape from political contradictions of their time. BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat The imprisonment of poet Axel Alejandro Pinpin and musician Alexis Uy shows the reality that artists cannot escape from political contradictions of their time. And in the midst of what they perceive as an attack against freedom of expression, the Artists for the Removal of Gloria (ARREST Gloria), a broad alliance of... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=37 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/36.html Tue, 09 May 2006 19:06:49 GMT Ipagtanggol ang Kalayaan ng Panulat Kami sa Kilometer 64, isang samahan ng mga progresibong makata, ay mariing kumukundena sa pagdakip sa kapwa namin makatang si Axel Pinpin – naging fellow sa UP Writers' Workshop at may-akda ng koleksiyong Tugmaang Walang Tugma – sa Tanauan, Batangas, malapit sa hangganan bago sumapit sa Tagaytay, noong Abril 29. Isa ring mananaliksik sa Kalipunan ng Samahan ng mga Magsasaka sa Kabite (Kamagsasaka-Ka), kasama niyang nadakip si Riel Custodio, kasamahan din niya sa naturang organisasyon, at sina Aristides Sarmiento, Rico Ibańez, at isang nakikilala... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=36 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/35.html Tue, 09 May 2006 18:24:25 GMT We in the Artists for the Removal of Gloria (ARREST Gloria) condemn to high heavens the arrest, detention and torture of our fellow artist, Alexis Uy – a gifted musician and recent UP Diliman graduate who helped organize the Artistang Pangkultura ng Mamamalakaya sa Timog Katagalugan (APLAYA), one of our member organizations. Uy, who also works as a researcher for the Kalipunan ng Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK), was arrested April 30 in Lucena City together with Joey dela Rosa, also a researcher for the said peasant organization; and 12 peasant activists from... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=35 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/34.html Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:04:08 GMT We in the Artists for the Removal of Gloria (ARREST Gloria) denounce in the strongest terms the conferment of the Distinguished Service Star on Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. last March 20 – a move no doubt approved by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), who has rewarded him with promotions several times in the last five years. The medal was given to him during the Philippine Army's celebration of its 109th anniversary. In particular, Palparan was honored for his "eminently meritorious and valuable service rendered as... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=34 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/33.html Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:49:07 GMT Julia Clarete Agaw Agimat Aba Dalena We in the Artists for the Removal of Gloria (ARREST Gloria) manifest our complete solidarity with Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran, the Free Ka Bel Movement (FKBM), and all his friends and supporters on this occasion of Hangad ay Kalayaan, a concert organized as part of the campaign for his freedom. As artists, we hold sacred the freedom of expression - which is one of the highest on the list of civil liberties. As lawyer and historical conservationist Trixie Angeles said, "Without freedom of expression there can be no... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=33 http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/archive/32.html Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:48:13 GMT Lourd De Veyra (Radioactive Sago Project) performs at the Concert for Freedom in UP Diliman Dong Abay (with Popoy Diokno) Bobby Balingit (with Dennis of Juan Isip) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo no doubt expected the nation to jump for joy when she announced March 3 that she had lifted Proclamation No. 1017, which declared the country as being in a state of national emergency. But there is no reason to put out the fire with which we met her fire. Just as the people were commemorating the 20th anniversary of EDSA I, the popular uprising that ended the... (more) http://arrestgloria.blogdrive.com/comments?id=32