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“Corned beef”
The internet (mostly Facebook) troll comment “corned beef” used to disparage and make fun of victims of the murderous Armed Forces of the Philippines is truly deplorable. First of all, troll comments that red-tag civilians as NPA soldiers and therefore “terrorists” are 1) slanderous and 2) dangerous, as this gives the police and military reason…
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The Frankfurt Book Fair’s Complicity in the Genocide
I am Faye Cura, publisher of Gantala Press which is a member of the Publishers for Palestine network. I would like to take this opportunity to share exactly how the Frankfurt Book Fair is complicit in the genocide and why a Boycott is the best course of action for publishers. Data comes from a comprehensive…
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Panawagan para sa mga Akda: DANAS NG PAGGAWA
Matatagpuan ang kababaihang manggagawa sa iba’t ibang saray ng lipunan. Sa kabila ng ambag sa ekonomiya, hinahambalos ang kababaihang manggagawa ng matinding kahirapan, kagutuman, pang-aabuso, pagsasamantala at karahasan. Masasalamin ang masaklap na kalagayan ng kababaihang manggagawa sa sala-salabid na pasanin nila tulad ng pagsirit ng presyo ng mga bilihin, tubig, at kuryente; kawalan ng libre at de-kalidad…
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A Cyclone of Untold Stories
By Pheona Camille M. ParidoBA Communication ArtsUniversity of the Philippines Tacloban CollegeI was thinking out loud about how much I love the yellow-white lampshade in my room one evening when all of my nieces and nephews started laughing. They all come from Lower Caynaga, a barangay in the municipality of Lope de Vega, Northern Samar,…
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A Conversation with Delia D. Aguilar
First of all, Prof. Delia, thank you for trusting Gantala Press to republish Toward a Nationalist Feminism. We are honored and excited to bring this canonic work to a new generation of feminists and readers. You have described the context in which the book was written in the late 1980s to the 1990s, following the…
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Publishers for Palestine Statement of Solidarity
Publishers for Palestine Statement of SolidarityNovember 3, 2023 Mga Tagapaglathalang Maka-Palestina: Pahayag ng Pakikiisaika-3 ng Nobyembre 2023 Aming inaanyayahan ang mga tagapaglathala at ang mga manggagawa sa industriya ng paglalathala sa buong mundo na naninindigan para sa katarungan, sa malayang pagpapahayag, at sa kapangyarihan ng panitikan, upang lagdaan ang pahayag na ito at sumapi sa…
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Ang Feminista Bilang Manunulat
The year 2023 marks the 25th publication anniversary of Delia Aguilar’s book Toward a Nationalist Feminism. This collection of essays explores the “intersection of gender and material life” in the experience of Filipino women, a landmark in the field of Women’s and Gender Studies in the Philippines. To celebrate this, Kritika Kultura, together with Dr…
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New comics on Chico River struggle launched
October 24 — On the last week of Peasant and Indigenous People’s/National Minorities Month, Gantala Press, Nina Martinez and Innabuyog-Kalinga launched Dawwang: Kababaihang Tagapagtanggol ng Kordilyera. Developed under the Movements and Moments: Feminist Generations project of Goethe Institut, Dawwang is a comic detailing the struggle of the Indigenous peoples (IPs) of Kalinga against the building…
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Mother Tining: A Narrative
Handwritten account by Leticia “Tining” Bula-at of the people’s resistance against the Chico River Dam in Kalinga, 1970s-1980s. Mother Tining’s story is adapted in comics in Let the River Flow Free/Lasst Den Fluss Fliessen/Dawwang for Goethe Institut’s Movements and Moments: Feminist Generations project. 1. It was between 1974 and 1977 — this was how long…
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SALOOBIN: Mga akda ng/para sa kababaihang bilanggong pulitikal – Book Launch by Gantala Press co-produced with KAPATID-Friends and Families of Political Prisoners
July 18 — On the Nelson Mandela International Day for Freedom, Justice, and Democracy, feminist small press Gantala Press and support organization KAPATID-Friends and Families of Political Prisoners launched SaLoobin: Mga akda ng/para sa kababaihang bilanggong pulitikal. This collection of poems, prose, and artworks by women political prisoners, their friends and families, and human rights…