Category: Republished

These are republished articles and pamphlets written by anarchists in the archipelago known as the Philippines or its diaspora. We at Bandilang Itim wish to highlight and disseminate these works to better propagate the ideas of anarchism and libertarian socialism in the archipelago.

Republished

Bringing the Black Flag to the Philippines — An Interview with Bandilang Itim

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/10/06

The Commoner talks to Bandilang Itim, an organisation rallying together anarchists and libertarians in the so-called Philippines.

Retrieved from The Commoner.

Proudly flying the black flag in the archipelago known as the Philippines are our next interviewees: Bandilang Itim. Aiming to be the banner that rallies together anarchists and libertarians in the region, this revolutionary anarchist publishing platform commits itself to producing original, well-informed content on local issues and events, and disseminating the writing and ideas of other anarchists and libertarians from the area and its diaspora. Be sure to check out their very professional pamphlets and zines, and follow them on Twitter to hear about their new events. In this interview, we ask their members what they wish to achieve, how they organise themselves, and how they deal with the struggles they face in the Philippines.

Tags Butingtaon, English, interview, Malaginoo, Ponkan, Simoun Magsalin

Republished Translations

Especifismo: Ang Anarkistang Pamamaraan sa Pagbuo ng mga Kilalang Samahan at Rebolusyonaryong Kilusan

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/09/30

Sinulat ni Adam Weaver at Tinagalog ng isang anonymous tagasalin. Inilathala ni Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation.

Makasining na paglalarawan ng babaeng nakataas ang kamao at may lilang buhok. Unang nalathala sa “Northeastern Anarchist #11” noong Tagsibol (Spring) 2006, Ang Anarkistang Pamamaraan sa Pagbuo ng mga Kilalang Samahan at Rebolusyonaryong Kilusan ay naging pambungad na artikulo sa wikang ingles ukol sa koncepto ng especifismo. Bagamat maikli at limitado ang saklaw, ito ay naging pamantayang teksto na pambungad sa mga pagsasalin sa ibat ibang wika at ngayon ay ginagamit na ng mga samahang pampulitika sa Latin America. Ito ay batay sa mga nauna nang pagsasaling wika at pakikipagpalitan ng mga kuru kuro ni Pedro Rebeiro na isang anarkistang Brazilian-American, nguni’t nang simulan niya itong ilathala nagsimula na rin ang iba’t ibang uri ng pagsasaling wika nito na lalong nagpalalim, nagpaigting at nagpayaman sa pag-unawa sa especifismo. Kabilang na rito ang Federacion Anarkista Uruguaya’s 1972 theoretical piece na “Huerta Grande” at ang maraming kabanatang aklat na “ Social Anarchism and Organization” ng Federacao Anarquista do Rio de Janeiro (FARJ).

Tags Adam Weaver, anarchism, Black Rose Anarchist Federation, Especifismo, Tagalog

Diaspora Republished Statement

To U.S. Anti-Fascists: Resist Joseph Scott Pemberton’s Return to the United States

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/09/10

An open letter by Filipino and Filipinx autonomists in the so-called Philippines and diasporas.

To our comrades in Turtle Island,

The long shadow of white supremacy reaches all the way to the archipelago known as the Philippines. Joseph Scott Pemberton — the transphobe who was convicted for the murder of transwoman Jennifer Laude — has been pardoned by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Original Writing Republished

Abolitionism against pandemic policing in the Philippines

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/09/04

Written by Simoun Magsalin for ROAR Magazine.

The COVID-19 pandemic has truly brought out the worst in the Philippine government. Instead of treating the pandemic as a public health crisis, the state is treating it as a security issue and has responded by deploying its extremely violent security apparatus.

Tags Abolition, COVID-19, Simoun Magsalin

Original Writing Republished

An Open Letter of a Part-Time Instructor from PUP

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/08/21

A submitted open letter by Jose Mario De Vega with a foreword and afterword by Simoun Magsalin.

A Foreword

Simoun Magsalin

Bandilang Itim received this open letter from a former part-time instructor from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), a state university.

Tags Jose Mario De Vega, labor struggles, Simoun Magsalin

Republished Southeast Asia

Update on Anti-Authoritarian Prisoners Involved in Vandalism (Tangerang and Bekasi, Indonesia)

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/07/25

Saturday, July 25th 2020; report written by the Anti-authoritarian Federation (FedAO).

Three anti-authoritarian detainees from Tangerang and Bekasi (Indonesia) are charged with “provocation” for spraying graffiti and can be charged up to ten years in prison. The police have unlawfully isolated them from their families and legal aides. A report written by the Anti-authoritarian Federation (FedAO) of Indonesia and an update to “Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners in Tangerang and Bekasi in Indonesia.”

Tags English, Federasi Anti-Otoritarian, Indonesia, report

Republished

The New Terror Bill in the Philippines: Another Front in the Worldwide Struggle against Tyranny

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/07/20

Written by A.S. Sakdal with an introduction from CrimethInc. Originally published by the CrimethInc. Ex-Worker Collective.

Yesterday, a new “anti-terror” law went into effect in the Philippines, marking another stage in the worldwide rise of autocracy. The law enables authorities to warrantlessly arrest and detain anyone for two weeks or more on the sole suspicion of inciting terrorism “by means of speeches, proclamations, writings, emblems, banners or other representations,” even “without taking any direct part in the commission of terrorism.” What constitutes terrorism is defined at the whims of the Anti-Terrorism Council, a group comprised almost entirely of members of authoritarian president Rodrigo Duterte’s cabinet.

Tags A.S. Sakdal, Anti-Terror, CrimethInc., English

Original Writing Republished

Against emergency: The interlinked struggles in Hong Kong and the Philippines

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/07/14

States around the world are criminalizing dissent in response to a global and ongoing wave of uprisings.

By JN from Lausan and Simoun Magsalin. (Graphic: spf.pdf for Lausan.) Originally published by Lausan.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the widespread failure of states across the world to carry out the function of providing healthcare and proper protective resources to its citizens. Many have risen in revolt across the world against this flagrant abandonment by their governments, whose unconscionable exposure of the most vulnerable and marginalized to infection only serves to maintain the flow of global capital. The social chaos that has ensued has created an apt cover for governments to begin consolidating their own power, wielding the threat of “emergency” to ram through legislation that consolidates their unaccountable monopoly on violence.

Tags Anti-Terror, English, Hong Kong, JN, Lausan, Simoun Magsalin

Republished Southeast Asia

Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners in Tangerang and Bekasi in Indonesia

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/06/29

Anti Feminist Feminist Club, an anarcho-feminist collective in Indonesia, sent us this message asking for support for anarchist prisoners in Indonesia. We are reproducing this message.

The anti-anarchist repression in Indonesia is still ongoing whilst the country (and the world) is in the middle of a pandemic. Last month the anarchist milieu in the Philippines published a statement in support of imprisoned anarchist comrades in Indonesia. (See: In Solidarity With Comrades Imprisoned in Malang and Tangerang, Indonesia.)

Tags Bandilang Itim, English, Federasi Anti-Otoritarian, Indonesia, report

Republished

A Call for International Solidarity to Autonomous Resistance and Food Not Bombs Initiatives Around the Globe

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/06/09

A statement from Food Not Bombs Archipelago.

Homelessness and hunger is prevalent in many countries. People begging for food and malnourished children are common images in many places around the world that used to have healthy communities and ecology. While people are enduring poverty and hunger, governments particularly the first worlds are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to develop war materials they use to control other countries through war, intimidation and manipulations.

Tags Anti-Terror, English, Food Not Bombs