Monthly Archives: October 2010
Depression-Era Vigilantes and Filipino Farmworkers in Salinas
The beginning of Filipino History Month is marked for me by an Oct. 1, 1934 report in the Philippines Mail newspaper of a vigilante attack. According to testimonials, some 50 men torched Rufo Canete’s Filipino labor camp near Salinas (Spreckels) Sept. 21, and fired gunshots at the inhabitants, as if to prevent about 60 men, [...]
week or two
Looks like there will be a brief delay in the website launch — a week or two. However, I will continue posting on this blog.
“Alay Sa (Offerings For) Our Beloved Community”
Speaking of the Cordova’s (see my last post), this Friday, Seattle Celebrates Filipino American History Month in October with: “Alay Sa (Offerings For) Our Beloved Community.” In 1991, Dr. Fred Cordova, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) co-founder celebrated the first Filipino American History Month in October. Eighteen years later, after years of sustained FANHS [...]
the eileen tabios file
I think it’s appropriate that the first “real” post of this blog announces that the first Filipino writer’s work to be included in the Archive for New Poetry at UC San Diego is that of the poet Eileen Tabios. I think of Eileen not only as a poetic force in her own right, but also [...]
pull up a chair. . .
This blog will accompany the website of the same name, The Commonwealth Cafe, which should appear within the next week. See the About page (above, right) for more information about this blog. While the website will contain mostly original writing (editorials, poems, short stories, feature essays, columns) from the oldest Filipino newspapers published in the [...]
This blog accompanies a website called The Commonwealth Cafe.
