Joseph Scalice @josephscalice

Historian of the Philippines & SE Asia | Revolutionary movements | Authoritarianism // Asst Prof, @hkbaptistu // The Drama of Dictatorship, @CornellPress josephscalice.com Hong Kong Joined February 2009

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Carlos H. Conde 🇵🇭 @carloshconde

6 days ago

FINALLY REVEALED: The story of what happened to the first case of enforced disappearance under the dictator Marcos. Historian @josephscalice uncovers evidence linking Marcos Sr govt to professor's murder The Marcos govt murdered Charlie del Rosario josephscalice.com/2025/09/case-c…

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Joseph Scalice @josephscalice

a month ago

Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Ninoy Aquino on 21 August 1983 under the Marcos dictatorship. A serious history of this period, using new archival material and the vast journalistic record, remains to be written. Here is one fact that I think should be…

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David North @DavidNorthWSWS

2 months ago

Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, backed by the European and North American imperialist powers, is a crime against humanity comparable with the Nazis’ “final solution” of European Jewry—the Holocaust. wsws.org/en/articles/20…

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Clara Weiss @claraweiss_wsws

2 months ago

The European Court of Human Rights has accepted the case of imprisoned Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk. ❗️Call on the ECHR to expedite the review of his case! ❗️Sign & circulate the petition! ❗️Donate! All info here👇 wsws.org/en/special/pag… wsws.org/en/articles/20…

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Erik Schreiber @ErikSchreiber5

2 months ago

Trump said that Philippine President Marcos was descended from a “great family” with a “great family legacy.” This legacy is a brutal military dictatorship that murdered more than 3,000 people and stole the country’s wealth. #Philippines #Marcos #trump wsws.org/en/articles/20…

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Joseph Scalice @josephscalice

2 months ago

From the article: The justification routinely given by both Washington and Manila for the advanced preparations for war with China in the Philippines and the South China Sea is the defense of national sovereignty. But it is Washington, with the full support of the Marcos…

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Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty

3 months ago

You're doing something right if the Washington Free Beacon (backed by far-right billionaire Paul Singer) attacks your work. My crime? "Lee has long defended immigrants," represents "a who's who of radical activists" & is "highly critical of both parties on immigration." Guilty!

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Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty

3 months ago

Anyone who is inclined to blame the American working class for Trump's assault on immigrants, read this interview with youth baseball coach Youman Wilder, who fended off ICE agents accosting his players earlier this month in New York City. Just read the whole damn thing: 🧵 1/5

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David North @DavidNorthWSWS

3 months ago

Trump has just delivered a homicidal rant, in which he has justified the illegal attack on Iran, threatened further bombings and congratulated Netanyahu for waging a genocidal war against Gaza. Whatever the immediate military consequences of the bombing, billions of people across…

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David North @DavidNorthWSWS

3 months ago

There was a time in the US when the "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 without a prior declaration of war was seen as a violation of all international legal norms and the consummate expression of the utter criminality of the regime of Imperial Japan. But what was…

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Joseph Scalice @josephscalice

4 months ago

A carefully argued and thoroughly substantiated, urgent political warning: the President of the United States is carrying out the overthrow of the American constitution. READ THIS ARTICLE. wsws.org/en/articles/20…