Dr. E. San Juan

Jr., PhD

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator E. (Epifanio) San Juan, Jr, PhD. is the director of the Philippines Cultural Studies Center, a Filipino cultural critic and public intellectual. His works span a broad spectrum of fields and disciplines, from studies, comparative, ethnic and racial studies, postcolonial theory, semiotics to philosophical inquiries in historical materialism. He is professor emeritus of English, comparative literature, and ethnic studies at the University of Connecticut. Click here to contact Dr. San Juan.

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Arroyo Regime In The Philippines Crowns Its Rule Of State Terror With Barbaric Show

By Dr. E. San Juan Guest Commentator

After the feasting, the bloodletting. Only a few months has passed since de facto president of the Philippines Gloria Arroyo was publicly criticized for wanton spending of thousands of dollars in her dinners in New York City and Washington DC when another political “scandal” explodes, this time a political mass slaughter of defenseless Filipino civilians.…

After the feasting, the bloodletting. Only a few months has passed since de facto president of the Philippines Gloria Arroyo was publicly criticized for wanton spending…

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