Washington’s inconsistent foreign policy
In the face of escalating tension with Beijing, not just in the Indo-Pacific region, Washington needs countries like India, the Philippines, and Vietnam to contain China.
The resilient Communist insurgency
Even in his death, Jose Maria Sison, the founder and leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), one of the world’s most resilient and longest-running insurgencies, cannot be forgiven by the Department of National Defense (DND).
Banned books
In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler banned and burned books, a form of censorship, due to political, religious, moral, and ethnic beliefs.
Free market of ideas
The blocking of news websites of two alternative online media, which are being linked by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to the communist rebel movement, is a clear attack on press freedom.
The root of insurgency
Military operations and the NTF-ELCAC’s red-tagging will not solve the problem.