Adrienne Cacatian
“Di ka naman tunay na aktibista” Reflections on Philippine Leftist Exclusionism [en]

When I was an undergrad, I had to fight so many people to allow my voice and opinions to be heard. The central point of my struggle as a young activist then was to get formally organized activists to realize that speaking up is a form of action, too; that not being part of any organization or not being as physically and publicly active in political struggles as they were didn’t mean you weren’t one; that just because someone isn’t doing activism and radicalism the exact same way the established Left does, doesn’t mean they aren’t activists or radicals.

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Feb 27, 2020 Read the whole text... 16 pp.