The Power to Rape with Impunity: US Imperialism in Asia
The following piece was originally published under the title of “From Sovereignty to Commodity: Philippine “Sovereignty”, U. S. Troops and Filipino Women”, in the journal of Migrante Australia, BATINGAW #78, October 2025. The author, a former naval officer in the United States Navy, had the tour of duty in the Asia and Pacific Region in the 1950’s.
People’s Inquiries: Alternatives for Seeking Justice
Today the Peoples’ Tribunal/Inquiry movement is part of the larger movement for building new and fair societies, creating new relations between people, and institutions alternative to those of the traditional modern state.
Red- tagging in Australia: Whose Side is the Government On?
There are limits to what can be considered “in confidence”. The rights of citizens should be protected, not traded off for the sake of good relations with a murderous regime.
Kurds: Building an Alternative Justice System in Eastern Turkey
The following are the notes of a discussion between Professor Gill H. Boehringer and two persons, SD and FV, who are familiar with the system being developed by Kurdish communities within the framework of their program of “democratic confederalism”.
Israeli Ecocide Brings Renewed Interest in the Crime
The severe and long-term impacts on the natural environment in Gaza – including impacts to soil, ground and underground water systems – are both a deliberate act and the predictable outcome of the ISRAEL DEATH FORCE (IDF)'s relentless intentional, systematic destruction of Gaza's neighbourhoods including hospitals, schools, universities, residential buildings, churches, and mosques over the last 6 weeks.
Reflections on Progressive Activism in Capitalist “Democracies”
One need only examine the class-and other-divisions in society to realize that capitalist liberal democracy is based in division, not togetherness. The differences are dramatic in employment, housing, education, health, life expectancy, even the environment within which rulers and ruled live.
Patterns in the Killing of Lawyers: The Case of Attorney Rex Fernandez
I have been monitoring the attacks on lawyers in the Philippines for over a decade. For many years the Philippines has been one of the most dangerous countries in the world for lawyers. Since 2001 there have been at least 219 violent attacks in which 197 lawyers were killed and 22 survived.