TY - BOOK AU - San Juan, Epifanio, TI - Only by struggle : : reflections on Philippine culture, politics and society in a time of civil war AV - DS 681.3 .Sa52 1988 PY - 1988/// CY - Quezon City PB - Kalikasan Press KW - Philippines KW - Political conditions KW - History KW - Social conditions N2 - This book gathers 17 essays written by E. San Juan in different circumstances and occasions. Some of these were earlier published but are still worth reading as they resonate today with urgent issues and heated controversies. The others were decisive interventions during significant literary, social and political events sometime in mid-1980s Philippines when the author was actively engaged in the global united front against U.S. imperialism and its comprador agents. Those were euphoric years for victorious participants of the anti-dictatorship movement. Yet looking back at those years now, they are also replete with lessons from missed opportunities. The spirit of those years is captured by San Juan in this collection ER -