Announcements
A Marcos monument for a dubious wartime deed to rise in Ilocos Sur
A monument being built in a town in Ilocos Sur tries to connect the late president Ferdinand E. Marcos to a wartime heroic operation that has no factual record of his participation. The designation of the landing site of the USS Gar submarine, which brought armaments...
Marcos Sr. and the April Fools Affair
It was an April Fools’ day story that played out in the pages of the Bangkok Post 50 years ago, but the ending lies buried among the papers that the Marcos family left behind when they fled Malacañang in 1986. It was a farce where the dictator, Ferdinand E. Marcos,...
Insurgents, Clans, and States: Political Legitimacy and Resurgent Conflict in Muslim Mindanao
This roundtable discussion was held in the Conference Room of the Third World Studies Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, last November 14, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The speaker was Dr. Francisco “Pancho” Lara Jr., the Philippine Country Director...
Research
The TWSC undertakes research for generating knowledge and collaborates with social movements and civil society to promote actions for change.
Publications
The publications of the Center offer critical perspectives on interdisciplinary issues and concerns, notably through the journal Kasarinlan (Independence)
A Marcos monument for a dubious wartime deed to rise in Ilocos Sur
A monument being built in a town in Ilocos Sur tries to connect the late president Ferdinand E. Marcos to a wartime heroic operation that has no factual record of his participation. The designation of the landing site of the USS Gar submarine, which brought armaments...
Marcos Sr. and the April Fools Affair
It was an April Fools’ day story that played out in the pages of the Bangkok Post 50 years ago, but the ending lies buried among the papers that the Marcos family left behind when they fled Malacañang in 1986. It was a farce where the dictator, Ferdinand E. Marcos,...
Insurgents, Clans, and States: Political Legitimacy and Resurgent Conflict in Muslim Mindanao
This roundtable discussion was held in the Conference Room of the Third World Studies Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, last November 14, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The speaker was Dr. Francisco “Pancho” Lara Jr., the Philippine Country Director...
Training
The Center serves as a forum for the articulation and analyses of various issues, as well as a mechanism for dialogue and debate among scholars, governments and the larger society. TWSC-sponsored activities provide support for class instruction, especially in courses requiring discussions on contemporary social, political and economic concerns.
