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!
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