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

Detention is Better Than Cure?: The Railroading of the Anti-Terrorism Bill Amidst the Pandemic

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/06/03

photo: Phil. Star

Written by Safehouse Infoshop and initially published on their website.

We have witnessed the government respond to the health crisis with military and police might. Over 30,000 people were arrested and detained, while those estimated to be affected of the actual virus only amounts to less than number. Many were detained for non-violent acts. Some were beaten up for not wearing masks. Others were shot dead, with the president’s grace, for mere disobedience. Demolitions continued. And despite strict security measures in the streets, human rights activist were gunned down.

Tags Anti-Terror, COVID-19, English, Safehouse Infoshop

Republished Statement

We Reject the Terror Bill

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/06/03

Truncheon-wielding Quezon City police disperse protesting urban poor inside the NHA compound on Nov. 22, 2017. (Photo by Philippine Collegian)

Preface from Bandilang Itim

We are reproducing this cross-sectional statement drafted by the NUJP because we unite with them in opposing the Terror Bill. However, we are against the Terror Bill, but we do not oppose on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. As anarchists, we do not believe we ought to be governed by law—indeed, we do not believe we ought be governed at all. Making a thing constitutional does make it right, and what is right is sometimes unconstitutional. We reject the idea that the constitution and laws itself as concepts that decide what is right and what is wrong. The law has been used to tyrannize people ever since colonial times; that the archipelago is nominally independent does not change the fact that the law is still a tyranny used against activists and workers.

Tags Anti-Terror, English

Indokumento Republished Translations

Social Revolution is the Solution

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/05/30

Written by Bas Umali in October 2011. Published in May 2020 by Alimpuyo Press. Translation into English and edits by the author with help from Maku Felix. (Basahin sa Filipino.)

This is a republished article 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 in the archipelago.

The political exercise that is taking place in the United States is a manifestation of the worsening crisis of capitalism, where one percent of the population of the world has the sole control of the labor, resources, facilities and tools that were supposed to develop and expand the potentials of the world populations’ 99 percent.

Tags Bas Umali, English

Indokumento Republished

Panlipunang Rebolusyon ang Solusyon

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/05/30

Sinulat ni Bas Umali noong Oktubre 2011. Inilimbag noong Mayo 2020 ni Alimpuyo Press. (Read this in English.)

Inilathala namin ito sa Bandilang Itim para sa kahalagahan nito sa mga anarkisista sa kapuluan.

Ang pampulitikang ehersisyong nagaganap sa Wall Street sa Estados Unidos ay manipestasyon ng lalo pang lumalalang krisis ng kapitalismo, kung saan ang isang porsyento ng populasyon ng daigdig ang siyang may kontrol ng lakas-pagawa, likas-yaman, mga pasilidad at kasangkapan na dapat sana’y magpapaunlad at magpapayabong sa potensyalidad ng 99 porsyentong populasyon ng sa daigdig.

Tags Bas Umali, Tagalog

Anarki 2.0 Indokumento Republished

Ang Werpa ng mga Institusyon para sa Kontrol at Dominasyon

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/05/27

Sinulat ni Bas Umali at inilathala sa Anarki: Akin ang Buhay Ko 2.0 noong Disyembre 2017. Inilimbag ni Non-Collective (NC) at Onsite Infoshop.

Inilathala namin ito sa Bandilang Itim para sa kahalagahan nito sa mga anarkisista sa kapuluan.

Ayon sa diksyunaryong Cambridge ang kontrol ay: to order, limit, or rule something, or someone’s actions or behaviour. ((Cambridge English, “Meaning of control in English” https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/control ))

Ang kontrol ay ang sapilitang limitasyon ng kilos at mga gawain sa mga tao o hayup sa mga tukoy na lugar. Halimbawa: pagpigil sa pagpasok, pag-okupa, pag-ani o paggamit ng mga biyaya ng kalikasan.

Tags Bas Umali, power, Tagalog

Diaspora Republished

Notes on Autonomy & Anarchism

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/05/12

Written by Andrea Alakran, originally published at their blog.

This is a republished article 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.

I identify as an autonomist leftist largely based on personal experience. Autonomist can be used somewhat synonymously with anarchist — I use the term because peoples’ conception of anarchy usually = total chaos, which more often than not derails any further conversation about it.

Tags Andrea Alakran, English

Republished

In Solidarity With Comrades Imprisoned in Malang and Tangerang, Indonesia

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/05/06

Written and initially published by Safehouse Infoshop at their blog. This is also a statement from the Local Autonomous Network.

It seems that blame-game is a common tactic of different states during a pandemic. As petty violators in the local are blamed to cover up the late travel ban and late mass testing imposed by the government, the same is done by the Indonesian government by cracking down those who are critical to their incompetency.

Tags English, Indonesia, Local Autonomous Network, Safehouse Infoshop

Republished

Survival of the Fittest in the Time of Pandemic

Post author By Bandilang Itim
Post date 2020/05/05

Photo by lev olson from FreeImages.

Written and initially published by Safehouse Infoshop on Facebook.

People often equate Charles Darwin’s notion of “survival of the fittest” with competition. People think that the natural way of the world requires some sort of battle. This is also often translated in how we deal with other people. “It’s either myself or others,” that’s how many people justify cruelty and domination. But if we think closely, survival of the fittest does not always mean competition.

Tags COVID-19, English, Mutual Aid, Safehouse Infoshop