Tula
Undas, 2011
Mag-iipon ako ng bala at armas
Habang naghahasa ng itak
Ang mga magsasaka at itinataga
Ang kanilang mga gulok sa pagtatalas
Ng buhong tinutulisan
Upang panglitson ng mga baboy
Na sumisira sa kanilang pananim,
Magiipon ako ng bala at armas
Para sa darating na pagtutuos
Ipinagbawal ng mga Kastila
Ang anumang patalim at gulok
Dahil sa madalas na pag-aalsa
Laban sa kanila sa lahat ng dako,
Kahit na ginamit nila ang krus at espada
Maging ang pusil sa pagsupil
Sa mga erehe at ang lahing palaban,
Maging ang diktador ay naglabas
Ng batas laban sa pagdadala ng gulok
Maging sa bukid sa takot sa pag-aalsa,
Naghahasa pa rin ng gulok ang mga tao.
Maraming nagsasabi
sa kawalang pag-asa
dahil makabago na raw
ang panahon,
Na walang laban ang itak
o anumang sandata
Laban sa mga bomba ng NATO at Kano
Dahil may mga Jet at Drones
Sila at mga mata sa kalawakan,
Ngunit hindi sila makakakita
Sa dilim at sa dami ng taong
Nangangalit ang puso na
Handang lumaban sa kanila
Napatay man nila si Lumumba,
Sinunog man ng mga Kolonyalistang
Belhiko ang bangkay nito ,
Matapos tadtarin ng pino
Tulad ng mga matadero
sa pagawa ng kanilang pulutan
mula sa mga lamang loob
ng kanilang mga kinatay
sa Vitas, Tundo;
Patayin man ng mga rasistang Puti
Ng CIA at FBI- si Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr,
at ibintang ito sa kapwa Itim,
Ng Elitistang si Aguinaldo
Si Supremo Andres Bonifacio, Heneral Antonio Luna
At sipain si Mabini sa kabinete nito;
Kinatay man ng alipures ng NATO si Kadaffi
Sa harap ng maraming tao
sa harap ng kamera,
Tulad ng pagbigti ng mga Italyanong Pasista
kay Omar Mukhtar ng Libya.
Maghari-harian man ang mga Imperyalista
sa kapalaluan ng Wall Street , ng mga banko
at korporasyong multi-nasyunal
Sa mundo kasama ang mga Papa sa Batikano,
Basbasan man nila ng insenso
katulad ng pagwiwisik nila
ng kanilang mga tamod
sa kanilang mga kerida sa kumbento,
sa mga napatay na pasistang sundalo
Sa Al Barka, Basilan
At suubin ito ng mababangong bulaklak,
Magpapatuloy ang paghahasa
Ng mga itak at pagtutulis ng mga palaso,
Magiipon pa rin ako ng bala,
At maghahanda ng armas
Para sa pagtutuos,
Gaano man ito katagal
At kahaba.
Dahil pagdating sa dulo,
Pag nalagot ang pisi,
Handang handa ako.
Oktubre 31, 2011
31.10.11
30.10.11
Ka Roger and the Philippine Revolution
A Tribute
Ka Roger and the Philippine Revolution
By Jacinto Luna
We received a tragic news thru Facebook. Rogelio Rosal aka Ka Roger, the face of the revolutionary movement in the Philippines was dead.
He died four months ago by heart attack. He died after a lingering illness, he has survived here strokes from 1997. And he died in the field of struggle last June 2011. The news about his death was deferred and was announced only this October after his next of kin and family was informed. His wife died several years ahead in a gun battle with government troopers.
Rogelio Rosal was an ordinary Filipino working student. He was peasant /student.They were so poor that he had to work in order to save so he can enroll and study as a student in a college in Batangas.
At the same time he was working, he has to save and stop going to school from time to time. A typical travails of a working student in every Third world country like the Philippines.
He was first a sympathizer to student activism and later an active participant in the First Quarter Storm (FQS). He became a member of the Kabataang Makabayan (KM) in Batangas, and later when he was arrested and imprisoned during martial law.
With nine others, he escaped from the PC Camp in Laguna and took arms. He joined the NPA and the armed struggle, The rest is history.
When had good times at exchanging stories during our visits to his camp, we joked that he is our idol. He replied with the usual peasant modesty;
“ Actually, you are my idols. During the FQS, when I was a working student, I listen to your speeches and learned much from you. That is why I became a student activist myself.”
He was one of the pioneer in the revolutionary movement in Southern Tagalog. He was thrust into the limelight in the 1986-1987 peace talks when he became the spokesperson of the NPA Melito Glor Command. He was a true organization man because he do not like to be a Spokesperson of the movement in Southern Tagalog during the ceasefire but because he has to obey orders, he has to comply.
If there is a thing Ka.Roger regret is that :“Napasubo na ako, Sabi ko na nga ba, nalantad lang tayong lahat dahil sa pagpasok sa ceasefire na iyon noong 1986-1987.”
The AFP gained 25% of intelligence during the peace talks and many leaders of the movement were exposed like Ka Roger. He later became the official spokesperson of the revolutionary movement in the 1993.
A testament to his wit, popularity with the masses and personification of the movement, he bested all counter-revolutionaries and military spokesmen. He was well respected by the media and was known for his cool and respect.
He was a lover of Philippine culture and music. He plays the harmonica and composed some revolutionary songs himself like “Ang Awit ng Kaingero” adapted from the song “Come Back to Sorento.”
We will spent all night singing kundimans and revolutionary songs. That was the Ka Roger I know.
He was jolly and loves to crack jokes. But when it comes to political discussion he was a serious as political commentator , But it is in character to translate heavy political rhetoric into the masses language. What we call the laymen’s language.
Ka Roger is dead and for sure the ruling class psychopath will spin a web of intrigues and mystery about this simple man. But he will forever live in the hearts of the people and his country and will be in death larger than life.
Like Che Guevarra, Patrice Lumumba and other revolutionaries he will live in struggle and in the final victory of the nation.
Isang Tunay na Kasama!
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Ka Roger and the Philippine Revolution
By Jacinto Luna
We received a tragic news thru Facebook. Rogelio Rosal aka Ka Roger, the face of the revolutionary movement in the Philippines was dead.
He died four months ago by heart attack. He died after a lingering illness, he has survived here strokes from 1997. And he died in the field of struggle last June 2011. The news about his death was deferred and was announced only this October after his next of kin and family was informed. His wife died several years ahead in a gun battle with government troopers.
Rogelio Rosal was an ordinary Filipino working student. He was peasant /student.They were so poor that he had to work in order to save so he can enroll and study as a student in a college in Batangas.
At the same time he was working, he has to save and stop going to school from time to time. A typical travails of a working student in every Third world country like the Philippines.
He was first a sympathizer to student activism and later an active participant in the First Quarter Storm (FQS). He became a member of the Kabataang Makabayan (KM) in Batangas, and later when he was arrested and imprisoned during martial law.
With nine others, he escaped from the PC Camp in Laguna and took arms. He joined the NPA and the armed struggle, The rest is history.
When had good times at exchanging stories during our visits to his camp, we joked that he is our idol. He replied with the usual peasant modesty;
“ Actually, you are my idols. During the FQS, when I was a working student, I listen to your speeches and learned much from you. That is why I became a student activist myself.”
He was one of the pioneer in the revolutionary movement in Southern Tagalog. He was thrust into the limelight in the 1986-1987 peace talks when he became the spokesperson of the NPA Melito Glor Command. He was a true organization man because he do not like to be a Spokesperson of the movement in Southern Tagalog during the ceasefire but because he has to obey orders, he has to comply.
If there is a thing Ka.Roger regret is that :“Napasubo na ako, Sabi ko na nga ba, nalantad lang tayong lahat dahil sa pagpasok sa ceasefire na iyon noong 1986-1987.”
The AFP gained 25% of intelligence during the peace talks and many leaders of the movement were exposed like Ka Roger. He later became the official spokesperson of the revolutionary movement in the 1993.
A testament to his wit, popularity with the masses and personification of the movement, he bested all counter-revolutionaries and military spokesmen. He was well respected by the media and was known for his cool and respect.
He was a lover of Philippine culture and music. He plays the harmonica and composed some revolutionary songs himself like “Ang Awit ng Kaingero” adapted from the song “Come Back to Sorento.”
We will spent all night singing kundimans and revolutionary songs. That was the Ka Roger I know.
He was jolly and loves to crack jokes. But when it comes to political discussion he was a serious as political commentator , But it is in character to translate heavy political rhetoric into the masses language. What we call the laymen’s language.
Ka Roger is dead and for sure the ruling class psychopath will spin a web of intrigues and mystery about this simple man. But he will forever live in the hearts of the people and his country and will be in death larger than life.
Like Che Guevarra, Patrice Lumumba and other revolutionaries he will live in struggle and in the final victory of the nation.
Isang Tunay na Kasama!
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21.10.11
They Fear Them Even in Death
Article
They Fear Them Even in Death
By Arturo P.Garcia
The ruling class always makes a mockery of those who rebel, fight or resists their rule. They crucify them, burn them at the stake, cut their heads or display them at different public places. Others even burn their cadavers or refused burial to them.
Some threw them to the seas or keep them in freezers. Some even says, " They beg not to be killed." Like in the case of Libyan President Muamar Kadaffi who was killed last October 20, 2011.
Some of them, Hannibal Barca, William Wallace, Gabriela Silang, Ines Carinugan, Supremo Andres Bonifacio, Dr. Jose Rizal, General Antonio Luna, Nicolas Ceasescu, Captain Thomas Sankara, President Patrice Lumumba, Che Guevarra, Salvador Allende to name a few.
Bigger than Life
In the Philippines, Gabriel Silang, an Itneg warrior from Abra was hanged when she led the Ilocos revolt against the Spaniards. She took over her assassinated husband, Diego Silang. She was captured in a battle and after a show trial was made an example to all. Her body was left hanging for days in the Vigan plaza.
And so was Babaylan Ines Carinugan , an Itawes priestess who defied and led the rebellion in Cagayan against the Spanish colonizers in the 1660’s.
Andres Bonifacio, the founder of the Katipunan and General Antonio Luna, the commander of Filipino Republic forces was assassinated by Emilio Aguinaldo’s men and were buried in undisclosed place. Their remains were never found.
So was Dr. Rizal who was buried in an unmarked grave. after his execution in December 30, 1896.Luckily, Rizal’s family were wise to order a watch on all freshly dug grave after his execution so they found his remains.
William “The Braveheart” Wallace of Scotland was no so lucky. He was executed by disembowelment and his body parts hanged in all public places in London, England. His head was kept in th famed Tower of London.
Captain Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso and President Patrice Lulumba of Belgian Congo was so hated by their enemies especially the French and Belgian imperialist. They dismembered,burned their bodies and scattered it to unknown places.
In Africa, they have s superstitious beliefs that the dead will arise from their deaths if they will not be burned and scattered. They fear them even in death so they made sure they cannot come back to haunt them and be marytrs.
They fear them Even in Death
Ernesto “Che” Guevarra was killed by the Bolivian army and CIA advisers in Bolivia in October 9, 1967. They buried his body in his body in unmarked in Valle Grande. On July 13,1997, the Cuban government and some progressive elements in Bolivia was able to identify his remains.
They know that it was Che’s body because they were missing two hands. According to stories Che’s hands were cut by the CIA operatives and is kept at the CIA Headquarters in Washington DC as a trophy of war.
His body was brought back to Cuba in October 17, 1997 and was reburied in Santa Clara. Now, his gravet is a shrine that tourist and revolutionaries all over the world visits.
Salvador Allende who was deposed by the Chilean army thru US prodding was killed during the attack at the Presidential Palace in Santiago in September 11, 1973. He was buried in an unmarked grave. The Chilean authorities let his remains be buried to Cuba. He was reburied again in Chile in 2002 after the Chilean dictatorship has gone.
But until today there are two versions on his death. The military says he committed suicide. While the progressives said he was executed by the military.
And lastly, Hannibal Barca, the scourge of Rome, one of the greatest military tactician in the world, was pursued by Rome all his life. The Romans hated him so much that they pursued him to the ends of the earth.
He remarked before he died when he was found by the Roman troops in exile in Thrace: “Why don’t you just let a man die in peace?”
But as revolutionaries, we believe, people who are fighter and have principles that die on their feet or fighting, firing to the last bullet or wounded, will never beg. That we sincerely believe!
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They Fear Them Even in Death
By Arturo P.Garcia
The ruling class always makes a mockery of those who rebel, fight or resists their rule. They crucify them, burn them at the stake, cut their heads or display them at different public places. Others even burn their cadavers or refused burial to them.
Some threw them to the seas or keep them in freezers. Some even says, " They beg not to be killed." Like in the case of Libyan President Muamar Kadaffi who was killed last October 20, 2011.
Some of them, Hannibal Barca, William Wallace, Gabriela Silang, Ines Carinugan, Supremo Andres Bonifacio, Dr. Jose Rizal, General Antonio Luna, Nicolas Ceasescu, Captain Thomas Sankara, President Patrice Lumumba, Che Guevarra, Salvador Allende to name a few.
Bigger than Life
In the Philippines, Gabriel Silang, an Itneg warrior from Abra was hanged when she led the Ilocos revolt against the Spaniards. She took over her assassinated husband, Diego Silang. She was captured in a battle and after a show trial was made an example to all. Her body was left hanging for days in the Vigan plaza.
And so was Babaylan Ines Carinugan , an Itawes priestess who defied and led the rebellion in Cagayan against the Spanish colonizers in the 1660’s.
Andres Bonifacio, the founder of the Katipunan and General Antonio Luna, the commander of Filipino Republic forces was assassinated by Emilio Aguinaldo’s men and were buried in undisclosed place. Their remains were never found.
So was Dr. Rizal who was buried in an unmarked grave. after his execution in December 30, 1896.Luckily, Rizal’s family were wise to order a watch on all freshly dug grave after his execution so they found his remains.
William “The Braveheart” Wallace of Scotland was no so lucky. He was executed by disembowelment and his body parts hanged in all public places in London, England. His head was kept in th famed Tower of London.
Captain Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso and President Patrice Lulumba of Belgian Congo was so hated by their enemies especially the French and Belgian imperialist. They dismembered,burned their bodies and scattered it to unknown places.
In Africa, they have s superstitious beliefs that the dead will arise from their deaths if they will not be burned and scattered. They fear them even in death so they made sure they cannot come back to haunt them and be marytrs.
They fear them Even in Death
Ernesto “Che” Guevarra was killed by the Bolivian army and CIA advisers in Bolivia in October 9, 1967. They buried his body in his body in unmarked in Valle Grande. On July 13,1997, the Cuban government and some progressive elements in Bolivia was able to identify his remains.
They know that it was Che’s body because they were missing two hands. According to stories Che’s hands were cut by the CIA operatives and is kept at the CIA Headquarters in Washington DC as a trophy of war.
His body was brought back to Cuba in October 17, 1997 and was reburied in Santa Clara. Now, his gravet is a shrine that tourist and revolutionaries all over the world visits.
Salvador Allende who was deposed by the Chilean army thru US prodding was killed during the attack at the Presidential Palace in Santiago in September 11, 1973. He was buried in an unmarked grave. The Chilean authorities let his remains be buried to Cuba. He was reburied again in Chile in 2002 after the Chilean dictatorship has gone.
But until today there are two versions on his death. The military says he committed suicide. While the progressives said he was executed by the military.
And lastly, Hannibal Barca, the scourge of Rome, one of the greatest military tactician in the world, was pursued by Rome all his life. The Romans hated him so much that they pursued him to the ends of the earth.
He remarked before he died when he was found by the Roman troops in exile in Thrace: “Why don’t you just let a man die in peace?”
But as revolutionaries, we believe, people who are fighter and have principles that die on their feet or fighting, firing to the last bullet or wounded, will never beg. That we sincerely believe!
*******
17.10.11
1911, the Movie-A Tribute to the Heroes of China’s Democratic Revolution
Updated Movie Review
October 12, 2011
1911, the Movie-A Tribute to the Heroes of China’s Democratic Revolution
By Arturo P. Garcia
What a way and time to remember, the centenary of China’s 1911 Revolution that overthrew one of the world’s longest empire- China's Qing Dynasty than to watch it in a movie.
This is a patriotic movie from Jackie Chan,who played the historical figure of the "eight fingered" General Huang Xing.He was just like the greatest Filipino General Antonio Luna. Like Luna, Huang has no formal military schooling. They both learned military tactics from friends in Japan and in Luna's case in Europe. But unlike Luna, Huang led the uprisings. Luna disdained the Katipunan but later joined the army of the 1st Republic and fought both the Spanish and American colonialist.
I tip my hat to actor Jackie Chan for his acting and portrayal of a Chinese revolutionary patriot in pursuit of change. He acted as historical figure , the Chinese revolutionary patriot and General Huang Xing and did his part well. This was his first serious film and he did justice to his historical role.
Of all places, we watched it in the Chinese Grumman theater, the first time I watch a movie in that place. I use to frequent the area but only during anti war or immigration rights demonstrations.
The 1911 Revolution Against the Qing Dynasty
For me, it is a good history lesson about China and the story of the Tongmenghui ( Unity League) , a revolutionary organization just like the Katipunan led by Dr. Sun Yat Sen ( Sun Wen in the film) and Huang Xing. In 1904 Sun Yat-sen came about with the goal to establish a Republic, and to distribute land equally among the people.
I realized i still have a lot to learn about the history of China for i only knew its history about its revolution form 1927 to 1949 and the later events after it. It is a humbling experience for me.
One of Sun's major legacy was the creation of his political philosophy of the Three Principles of the People, This included the principle of nationalism (minzu), of democracy (minquan), and of welfare (minsheng,).
He led raising funds for the revolution and on August 20, 1905 Sun joined forces with revolutionary Chinese students studying in Tokyo, Japan to form the unified group Tongmenghui ( or United League) which sponsored uprisings in China.
By 1906 the number of Tongmenghui members reached 963 people. In 1907 there were a total of four uprisings that failed.
From Failures to Success
The movie concentrated on the failed April 27, 1911 revolutionary General Huang Xing led a second Guangzhou ( also known as Canton. Filipinos has its local noodles called the Pancit Canton ) uprising known as the Yellow Flower Mound Revolt . The revolt failed and ended in disaster; the bodies of only 87 revolutionaries were ever found. The revolutionaries are remembered as the martyrs of the 1911 revolution.
The movie also depicted the October 10, 1911 a military uprising in Wuchang, in Hubei province led again by General Huang Xing At the time Sun had no direct involvement as he was still in exile. Huang was in charge of the revolution that ended over 2000 years of imperial rule in China.
The movie also showed the triumphant return of Sun after he learned of the success of the revolution from the United States. After this event October 10 became known as the commemoration of the “Double Ten”
Historical Inaccuracies and Inconsistencies
The movie conducted liberalism when it primariy shows that Sun was in San Francisco fund raising. and the movie watchers might think that the rebels were in the United States. While the truth, the base of their operations was in Singapore.
Another scene was that Sun learned of the Wuchang Uprising in San Francisco in a library when he read the news about the October 10 uprising in China,, while the true story was he was in Colorado at the time. They romanticize it that as if he was in San Francisco.
Another historical inaccuracy, the movie did not speak of the partnership between Filipino revolutionaries and the Chinese counterparts led by Sun and Huang Xing. They did not underscore that in the 1911 uprising in Guangzhou, they used the arms bought by the Katipunan from Japan and were smuggled to China.
Sun borrowed the Katipunan arms stocked piled in Japan thru his friend Filipino revolutionary Mariano Ponce. the arms were paid by the Katipunan and was not able to reach the Philippines during the 1896 Revolution. The arms was smuggled into China thru the port of Canton. Mao Zedong knows this fact that he made a point to repay the debt of gratitude to the Filipino people and help the later revolution in the Philippines.
Another inconsistency in the movie was the role of the Empress Dowager. Joan Chen was to beautiful and young to portray an aging Empress. But she did all right in her hysterics. But what they really underscore was the betrayal of the militarist
The film really made a good portrayal of the Qing General Yuan Shi Kai who was double dealer and who later proclaimed himself as China’s Emperor replacing the Qing Dynasty and who became a puppet of British and Japanese Imperialist.
For me who has shallow tear ducts, I have to fight back tears and drink a lot of water in order not to cry while watching the movie. It is really moving watching the sacrifices of the Chinese revolutionaries. They sacrificed all for systemic change and their ardent desire and selflessness is really exemplary.
Although the ending was tragic. For the reactionaries and the militarist won in the end, it showed the determination of people who desired change not to stop working for a meaningful change just like what Sun and Huang during their numerous exile and return to struggle over and over again despite the many failures.
It’s better version of Amigo, a film about the US imperialist war in the Philippines. Maybe because the Chinese government was involved and the whole Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) acted as extras in a historical film of epic proportion. A great way to celebrate the bourgeois national democratic revolution of 1911.
A lot bloodier though for China really has a bloody history from the building of the Great Wall to its unification of a nation and an empire and the revolutions from which the new modern China was born.
It is really worth watching.
***********
October 12, 2011
1911, the Movie-A Tribute to the Heroes of China’s Democratic Revolution
By Arturo P. Garcia
What a way and time to remember, the centenary of China’s 1911 Revolution that overthrew one of the world’s longest empire- China's Qing Dynasty than to watch it in a movie.
This is a patriotic movie from Jackie Chan,who played the historical figure of the "eight fingered" General Huang Xing.He was just like the greatest Filipino General Antonio Luna. Like Luna, Huang has no formal military schooling. They both learned military tactics from friends in Japan and in Luna's case in Europe. But unlike Luna, Huang led the uprisings. Luna disdained the Katipunan but later joined the army of the 1st Republic and fought both the Spanish and American colonialist.
I tip my hat to actor Jackie Chan for his acting and portrayal of a Chinese revolutionary patriot in pursuit of change. He acted as historical figure , the Chinese revolutionary patriot and General Huang Xing and did his part well. This was his first serious film and he did justice to his historical role.
Of all places, we watched it in the Chinese Grumman theater, the first time I watch a movie in that place. I use to frequent the area but only during anti war or immigration rights demonstrations.
The 1911 Revolution Against the Qing Dynasty
For me, it is a good history lesson about China and the story of the Tongmenghui ( Unity League) , a revolutionary organization just like the Katipunan led by Dr. Sun Yat Sen ( Sun Wen in the film) and Huang Xing. In 1904 Sun Yat-sen came about with the goal to establish a Republic, and to distribute land equally among the people.
I realized i still have a lot to learn about the history of China for i only knew its history about its revolution form 1927 to 1949 and the later events after it. It is a humbling experience for me.
One of Sun's major legacy was the creation of his political philosophy of the Three Principles of the People, This included the principle of nationalism (minzu), of democracy (minquan), and of welfare (minsheng,).
He led raising funds for the revolution and on August 20, 1905 Sun joined forces with revolutionary Chinese students studying in Tokyo, Japan to form the unified group Tongmenghui ( or United League) which sponsored uprisings in China.
By 1906 the number of Tongmenghui members reached 963 people. In 1907 there were a total of four uprisings that failed.
From Failures to Success
The movie concentrated on the failed April 27, 1911 revolutionary General Huang Xing led a second Guangzhou ( also known as Canton. Filipinos has its local noodles called the Pancit Canton ) uprising known as the Yellow Flower Mound Revolt . The revolt failed and ended in disaster; the bodies of only 87 revolutionaries were ever found. The revolutionaries are remembered as the martyrs of the 1911 revolution.
The movie also depicted the October 10, 1911 a military uprising in Wuchang, in Hubei province led again by General Huang Xing At the time Sun had no direct involvement as he was still in exile. Huang was in charge of the revolution that ended over 2000 years of imperial rule in China.
The movie also showed the triumphant return of Sun after he learned of the success of the revolution from the United States. After this event October 10 became known as the commemoration of the “Double Ten”
Historical Inaccuracies and Inconsistencies
The movie conducted liberalism when it primariy shows that Sun was in San Francisco fund raising. and the movie watchers might think that the rebels were in the United States. While the truth, the base of their operations was in Singapore.
Another scene was that Sun learned of the Wuchang Uprising in San Francisco in a library when he read the news about the October 10 uprising in China,, while the true story was he was in Colorado at the time. They romanticize it that as if he was in San Francisco.
Another historical inaccuracy, the movie did not speak of the partnership between Filipino revolutionaries and the Chinese counterparts led by Sun and Huang Xing. They did not underscore that in the 1911 uprising in Guangzhou, they used the arms bought by the Katipunan from Japan and were smuggled to China.
Sun borrowed the Katipunan arms stocked piled in Japan thru his friend Filipino revolutionary Mariano Ponce. the arms were paid by the Katipunan and was not able to reach the Philippines during the 1896 Revolution. The arms was smuggled into China thru the port of Canton. Mao Zedong knows this fact that he made a point to repay the debt of gratitude to the Filipino people and help the later revolution in the Philippines.
Another inconsistency in the movie was the role of the Empress Dowager. Joan Chen was to beautiful and young to portray an aging Empress. But she did all right in her hysterics. But what they really underscore was the betrayal of the militarist
The film really made a good portrayal of the Qing General Yuan Shi Kai who was double dealer and who later proclaimed himself as China’s Emperor replacing the Qing Dynasty and who became a puppet of British and Japanese Imperialist.
For me who has shallow tear ducts, I have to fight back tears and drink a lot of water in order not to cry while watching the movie. It is really moving watching the sacrifices of the Chinese revolutionaries. They sacrificed all for systemic change and their ardent desire and selflessness is really exemplary.
Although the ending was tragic. For the reactionaries and the militarist won in the end, it showed the determination of people who desired change not to stop working for a meaningful change just like what Sun and Huang during their numerous exile and return to struggle over and over again despite the many failures.
It’s better version of Amigo, a film about the US imperialist war in the Philippines. Maybe because the Chinese government was involved and the whole Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) acted as extras in a historical film of epic proportion. A great way to celebrate the bourgeois national democratic revolution of 1911.
A lot bloodier though for China really has a bloody history from the building of the Great Wall to its unification of a nation and an empire and the revolutions from which the new modern China was born.
It is really worth watching.
***********
4.10.11
Bagong Lider-Mandirigmang Malaweg sa Makabagong Panahon- Ka Baylon (Jose Asco)
Pagpupugay
Bagong Lider-Mandirigmang Malaweg sa Makabagong Panahon- Ka Baylon (Jose Asco)
Ni Jacinto Luna
Buong giting na nagpupugay ang sambayang Pilipino sa kagitingan ni Ka. Jose ‘Ka Baylon” Asco .
Isang magiting na mandirigmang Malaweg sa bagong panahon. Ipinagpatuloy niya ang magiting na tradisyon ng pakikipaglaban ng mga rebolusyonaryong lider na lumaban sa mga Kolonyalistang Kastila tulad ni Magalat ( 1595), Magtannga ng Itawes at Ines Carinugan ng Silangang Kaitawisan. Nasawi si ka Baylon habang lumalaban sa pusod ng Kaitawisan sa Piat, Cagayan. Siya at ang at apat pang mga mandirigma ng NPA ay nagbuwis ng buhay sa labanan sa kapatagan ng Itawes sa Sityo Talinganay, Barangay Sto. Domingo, Piat, Cagayan noong Mayo 12, 2011.
Ang Malaweg ay isang maliit na tribong minorya na nakabase sa Zinandungan Valley sa pagitan ng Kalinga at Cagayan. Tinawag silang Malaweg ( ibig sabihin sa Kastila ay Masamang Tubig--Mal at Ueg ( Ilog ) sa salitang Itawes).
May sariling kabihasnan ngunit iba sa tribong Itawes na nasa Kabundukang Silangan at Kanlurang kapatagan ng Cagayan. Ang mga Malaweg sa kapatagan ng Cagayan ang pinakahuling nagapi ng mga Kastila. Ngunit ang mga nasa bundok lalo na sa Zinandungan Valley ay nanatiling malaya. Napailalim lamang sila sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga Amerikano.
Si Ka. Baylon Isa siyang magsasakang ulila na sa mga magulang na nakatira noon sa Barangay Bato, Rizal, Cagayan. Ang lugar na ito ay nasa bukana ng Zinandungang Valley sa may kapatagan ng Itawes. Kalaunan, naging foreman siya ng Redwood Logging Company, isang trabahong nagdala sa kanya sa liblib ng mga kagubatan palapit sa mga mandirigma ng New People’s Army na nagpamulat at nagpakilos sa kanya sa rebolusyon. Noong 1979, sumampa siya sa NPA.
Pundador ng NPA
Nakasama siya sa mga unang buong SYP na kumilos sa Kanlurang Cagayan sa may Zinandungan Valley at Santo Nino. Isa siya sa mga nagpundar ng kilusang magsasaka sa lugar na ito hanggang sa lumaganap ang kilusan sa buong lambak ng Cagayan at sa Kalinga-Apayao.
Elementarya lamang ang kanyang natapos, ngunit naaral niya ang kalagayan ng lipunan at ibinahagi ito sa masang magsasakang sinamahan niya sa paglaban hanggang sa huling hininga.
Pinakamagandang biro niya na di malimutan ng lahat at nagkakatawanan kapag ikinukuwento niya na ;” Ang kaklase kong si Mayor Raul Dela Cruz,( isang malaking panginoong may-lupa sa Rizal, Cagayan na kabilang sa Pamilyang Villaflor at Sequi sa lalawigan ng Cagayan) sa elementarya ay nangogopya lang sa akin lalo na aritmeteka.” Patunay na kahit mahirap, magaling si Ka. Baylon kahit hindi siya nakapagtapos, Patunay ang mga mahahalagang tungkulin ginampanan niya sa kilusan mula 1979-2011.
Nang buuin ang Unang Platung Partisano sa Cagayan at Apayao sa Southwest Front (SWF) noong 1985, isa siya sa nahirang na mamuno sa Sangay ng Partido na mamahala sa pakikibakang masa at pakikidigmang partisano sa panahong ng SCO.
Nanatili siyang matibay na timon at angkla sa pagpupundar ng Partido at sa pagsusulong ng rebolusyon sa Cagayan Valley at rehiyon ng Ilocos bago, sa panahon ng SCO at sa pagsusulong sa Kilusang ng Pagwawasto. Ginampanan niya ang lahat ng tungkuling iniatang sa kanya sa abot ng kanyang makakaya, tungkuling pang-organisasyon, pampulitika o pangmilitar man ang mga ito. Kabilang sa mga pusisyong hinawakan niya ay ang pagiging isa sa namumuno sa Roger Baccud Front noong 1986, South Party Committe-Cagayan noong 1988.
Haligi ng Pagtutuwid
Gumanap siya sa Apayao Party Committee noong 1993, Northwest Cagayan Party Committee noong 1995, at sa panahon ng kamatayan ay bilang kagawad ng Komiteng Larangan sa Danilo Ben Front-West Cagayan. Kahit maari nang magpahinga dahil sa edad at kalagayang pangkalusugan, pinili niyang gumampan ng gawain sa larangang gerilya. Gumabay at nagsanay siya sa mga bagong kadre at kasapi ng Partido, naging mahusay na kumander ng platung gerilya
Binigo ni Ka Baylon ang maraming pagsubok sa kanyang katatagan, hindi lang ang mga panloob na mga kontradiksyon sa isip o sakit sa katawan. Nanatili siyang matibay kahit dekada na siyang pinasusuko ng kaaway, sa pamamagitan ng suhol man o karahasan.
Tinawanan niya ang mga alok sa kanya ng pagsurender, napoot siya sa pagdidiin sa kanyang mga anak at kapamilya upang sumuko siya, kabilang ang pagpaslang ng militar sa kanyang bagong-panganak na asawang si Maria ‘Ka Rema’ Gubat noong 2001. Sa mahigit 33 taong pagsisilbi niya sa mamamayan, hindi siya nanlamig sa paglaban ni isang saglit. Magiting na tradisyon ng tribong Malaweg.
Magiting siyang naging inspirasyon hindi lang sa mga kapwa namumuno at pinamumunuan, kundi pati sa masang anakpawis sa buong rehiyon.
Nakasaludo ang mga kadre at kasapi ng Partido Komunista, mga komander at mandirigma ng NPA, at buong rebolusyonaryong puersa sa Cagayan Valley sa naging buhay at kamatayan ni Kasamang Jose Asco.
Buhay at kamatayan itong di mamamantsahan anumang putik ang ibato ng reaksyunaryong rehimen sa rebolusyonaryong kilusan, isang kasaysayan na magsisilbing bantayog na kailanma’y nakatirik at di magigiba sa dibdib ng uring api, gaya ng kanyang prinsipyo na ating pagliliyabin hanggang sa pananagumpay ng rebolusyon.
Mabuhay ang ala-ala ni Ka Jose Asco at lahat ng rebolusyonaryong martir!
Mabuhay si Ka. Baylon!
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Bagong Lider-Mandirigmang Malaweg sa Makabagong Panahon- Ka Baylon (Jose Asco)
Ni Jacinto Luna
Buong giting na nagpupugay ang sambayang Pilipino sa kagitingan ni Ka. Jose ‘Ka Baylon” Asco .
Isang magiting na mandirigmang Malaweg sa bagong panahon. Ipinagpatuloy niya ang magiting na tradisyon ng pakikipaglaban ng mga rebolusyonaryong lider na lumaban sa mga Kolonyalistang Kastila tulad ni Magalat ( 1595), Magtannga ng Itawes at Ines Carinugan ng Silangang Kaitawisan. Nasawi si ka Baylon habang lumalaban sa pusod ng Kaitawisan sa Piat, Cagayan. Siya at ang at apat pang mga mandirigma ng NPA ay nagbuwis ng buhay sa labanan sa kapatagan ng Itawes sa Sityo Talinganay, Barangay Sto. Domingo, Piat, Cagayan noong Mayo 12, 2011.
Ang Malaweg ay isang maliit na tribong minorya na nakabase sa Zinandungan Valley sa pagitan ng Kalinga at Cagayan. Tinawag silang Malaweg ( ibig sabihin sa Kastila ay Masamang Tubig--Mal at Ueg ( Ilog ) sa salitang Itawes).
May sariling kabihasnan ngunit iba sa tribong Itawes na nasa Kabundukang Silangan at Kanlurang kapatagan ng Cagayan. Ang mga Malaweg sa kapatagan ng Cagayan ang pinakahuling nagapi ng mga Kastila. Ngunit ang mga nasa bundok lalo na sa Zinandungan Valley ay nanatiling malaya. Napailalim lamang sila sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga Amerikano.
Si Ka. Baylon Isa siyang magsasakang ulila na sa mga magulang na nakatira noon sa Barangay Bato, Rizal, Cagayan. Ang lugar na ito ay nasa bukana ng Zinandungang Valley sa may kapatagan ng Itawes. Kalaunan, naging foreman siya ng Redwood Logging Company, isang trabahong nagdala sa kanya sa liblib ng mga kagubatan palapit sa mga mandirigma ng New People’s Army na nagpamulat at nagpakilos sa kanya sa rebolusyon. Noong 1979, sumampa siya sa NPA.
Pundador ng NPA
Nakasama siya sa mga unang buong SYP na kumilos sa Kanlurang Cagayan sa may Zinandungan Valley at Santo Nino. Isa siya sa mga nagpundar ng kilusang magsasaka sa lugar na ito hanggang sa lumaganap ang kilusan sa buong lambak ng Cagayan at sa Kalinga-Apayao.
Elementarya lamang ang kanyang natapos, ngunit naaral niya ang kalagayan ng lipunan at ibinahagi ito sa masang magsasakang sinamahan niya sa paglaban hanggang sa huling hininga.
Pinakamagandang biro niya na di malimutan ng lahat at nagkakatawanan kapag ikinukuwento niya na ;” Ang kaklase kong si Mayor Raul Dela Cruz,( isang malaking panginoong may-lupa sa Rizal, Cagayan na kabilang sa Pamilyang Villaflor at Sequi sa lalawigan ng Cagayan) sa elementarya ay nangogopya lang sa akin lalo na aritmeteka.” Patunay na kahit mahirap, magaling si Ka. Baylon kahit hindi siya nakapagtapos, Patunay ang mga mahahalagang tungkulin ginampanan niya sa kilusan mula 1979-2011.
Nang buuin ang Unang Platung Partisano sa Cagayan at Apayao sa Southwest Front (SWF) noong 1985, isa siya sa nahirang na mamuno sa Sangay ng Partido na mamahala sa pakikibakang masa at pakikidigmang partisano sa panahong ng SCO.
Nanatili siyang matibay na timon at angkla sa pagpupundar ng Partido at sa pagsusulong ng rebolusyon sa Cagayan Valley at rehiyon ng Ilocos bago, sa panahon ng SCO at sa pagsusulong sa Kilusang ng Pagwawasto. Ginampanan niya ang lahat ng tungkuling iniatang sa kanya sa abot ng kanyang makakaya, tungkuling pang-organisasyon, pampulitika o pangmilitar man ang mga ito. Kabilang sa mga pusisyong hinawakan niya ay ang pagiging isa sa namumuno sa Roger Baccud Front noong 1986, South Party Committe-Cagayan noong 1988.
Haligi ng Pagtutuwid
Gumanap siya sa Apayao Party Committee noong 1993, Northwest Cagayan Party Committee noong 1995, at sa panahon ng kamatayan ay bilang kagawad ng Komiteng Larangan sa Danilo Ben Front-West Cagayan. Kahit maari nang magpahinga dahil sa edad at kalagayang pangkalusugan, pinili niyang gumampan ng gawain sa larangang gerilya. Gumabay at nagsanay siya sa mga bagong kadre at kasapi ng Partido, naging mahusay na kumander ng platung gerilya
Binigo ni Ka Baylon ang maraming pagsubok sa kanyang katatagan, hindi lang ang mga panloob na mga kontradiksyon sa isip o sakit sa katawan. Nanatili siyang matibay kahit dekada na siyang pinasusuko ng kaaway, sa pamamagitan ng suhol man o karahasan.
Tinawanan niya ang mga alok sa kanya ng pagsurender, napoot siya sa pagdidiin sa kanyang mga anak at kapamilya upang sumuko siya, kabilang ang pagpaslang ng militar sa kanyang bagong-panganak na asawang si Maria ‘Ka Rema’ Gubat noong 2001. Sa mahigit 33 taong pagsisilbi niya sa mamamayan, hindi siya nanlamig sa paglaban ni isang saglit. Magiting na tradisyon ng tribong Malaweg.
Magiting siyang naging inspirasyon hindi lang sa mga kapwa namumuno at pinamumunuan, kundi pati sa masang anakpawis sa buong rehiyon.
Nakasaludo ang mga kadre at kasapi ng Partido Komunista, mga komander at mandirigma ng NPA, at buong rebolusyonaryong puersa sa Cagayan Valley sa naging buhay at kamatayan ni Kasamang Jose Asco.
Buhay at kamatayan itong di mamamantsahan anumang putik ang ibato ng reaksyunaryong rehimen sa rebolusyonaryong kilusan, isang kasaysayan na magsisilbing bantayog na kailanma’y nakatirik at di magigiba sa dibdib ng uring api, gaya ng kanyang prinsipyo na ating pagliliyabin hanggang sa pananagumpay ng rebolusyon.
Mabuhay ang ala-ala ni Ka Jose Asco at lahat ng rebolusyonaryong martir!
Mabuhay si Ka. Baylon!
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