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ICC vs. Rodrigo Duterte: How International Criminal Court Rules Challenge the Defense Claim That “Kill” Speeches Prove No Grand Plan

By now, the cadence is familiar: deny the existence of a “grand plan,” recast incendiary rhetoric as metaphor, and insist that any violence was...

EDSA@40: The Revolution’s Heirs Could Not March Together

By afternoon, the stretch of asphalt that once carried tanks now carried tension. Forty years after millions of Filipinos flooded Epifanio de los Santos Avenue...

The Duterte Drug War: Spectacle, Selectivity and the Political Economy of Death

When Rodrigo Duterte announced in 2016 that he would be “happy to slaughter” some of the Philippines’ drug addicts, it sounded like crude political...

EDSA@40: From Crony Rule to Elite Capture

In February 1986, Filipinos gathered along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue to topple a dictatorship that had fused state power with crony capitalism. The...
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EDSA@40 Reflection: Fighting Dynasties, Corruption, and the 2028 Opposition

https://youtu.be/WOTYTPDaFnU EDSA 40 Reflection: Fighting Dynasties, Corruption, and the 2028 Opposition On the eve of EDSA 40, this briefing dives into the ongoing fight for accountability...
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EDSA@40 Dispute: Marcos–Duterte Rift Before 2028 Race

https://youtu.be/5ARt1nNtCA0 EDSA 40 Dispute: Marcos–Duterte Rift Before 2028 Race The 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power uprising is unfolding amid a heated permit dispute that...
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Anti-Dynasty Bill Loopholes and Political Power in PH

https://youtu.be/oq40GukYB7I Anti-Dynasty Bill Loopholes and Political Power in PH The Anti-Dynasty Bill in the Philippines promises political reform, but hidden loopholes may allow powerful families to...
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EDSA@40 Years After: Democracy, Dynasties, Labor & Reform

https://youtu.be/c3F05lQHxNQ EDSA 40 Years After: Democracy, Dynasties, Labor & Reform Four decades after the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, the debate continues: has Philippine democracy truly...

Sara Duterte is Future Philippine President–if things would not change

Stop dreaming about a one-on-one. That’s how Sara Duterte wins. There is a comforting fantasy making the rounds again in Manila: that the surest way...