A revolutionary socialist organizing project
A Filipino Maoist’s memoir
by Alex de JongAlex de Jong reviews the memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary and member of the “General Command” of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines in the 1980s and 1990s.
A review of Walden Bello’s Global Battlefields
by Alex de JongAlex de Jong reviews the Filipino activist-scholar Walden Bello’s new memoir, Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire, and Love. Chronicling Bello’s political development, Global Battlefields provides us with an informative and entertaining portrait of a committed internationalist.
Philippine Maoists under pressure
by Alex de JongThe strongest force on the Philippine Left is faltering under long-term attrition. Alex de Jong explains the decline.
Tempest adds our solidarity, and shares the statement of support for intellectual and activists Walden Bello, who is facing the threat of political violence and narco-tagging in his run for the vice-presidency of the Philippines.
An interview with Walden Bello
by Ashley SmithTempest’s Ashley Smith interviews activist and author Waldon Bello about the situation in the Philippines and his run for vice president in the May 9 election.