An essay about the 2024 QCinema International Film Festival, which once again coincided with nearby housing demolitions, the film industry’s growing dependence on international co-productions, screenings of censored films, Hollywood …
A. Hunt: Regulated Filmmakers, Deregulated Film Industry: Some Problems in the Philippine Film Industry and their Solution Read MoreIn the context of the Philippines, the term “political prisoner” was deeply popularized at the height of the Marcos dictatorship from the 1970s to the early 1980s. The nature and …
Epoy Deyto: Cinema Against Confinement: The Political Prisoner in Selected Filipino Film Productions (1984–2025) Read MoreEditor’s Note: The first letters below are taken from an anthology edited by Luise Kautsky, Letters to Karl and Luise Kautsky from 1896 to 1918, translated and published in English …
Excerpts from Rosa Luxemburg’s Prison Letters (1904–1918) Read MoreN. Ravi is a revolutionary activist. He joined Andhra Pradesh Radical Students Union (APRSU) in 1985 while studying for a Master’s of Science (Agriculture?) and became a full time activist …
N. Ravi: Conditions and Rights in jails—My experiences Read MoreThe mass-scale production of political prisoners in the US can only partially be explained by the need to satisfy the population requirements of an USD 80 billion Prison Industrial Complex. …
Comrade B, General Secretary of Lal Morich: Political Prisoners, Lawfare, and the Revolutionary Response in the US Read MoreThe International Red Aid was founded twenty-five years ago. It has extensive experience in supporting revolutionary prisoners. Twenty years ago, it spearheaded the campaign for the release of Georges Abdallah. …
Contribution from the Secretariat of the International Red Aid Read MoreEditor’s Note: For this fourth issue of Material, dedicated to the question of (political) prisoners, we sought to pose a series of key questions to several organizations engaged in the …
Samidoun (Paris-Banlieue) & International Red Aid (Toulouse): Joint Interview Read MoreThe use of political imprisonment and lawfare in the Philippines is intrinsically linked to the history of colonialism, neocolonialism, and political resistance of movements for national and social liberation. During …
Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, Karapatan Philippines: Ibon man may layang lumipad: Political Imprisonment and Lawfare in the Philippines Read MoreEditors’ Note: This interview with Georges Ibrahim Abdallah was conducted in Lebanon in early January 2026 by the editors of Material. At that time, the country’s political situation was still …
“We have no choice but to navigate against all odds”: Interview with Georges Ibrahim Abdallah Read MoreWhen we first conceived of this issue’s theme, we did not expect that, by the time we were in the final stage of editing, the US would kidnap Nicolás Maduro …
Editor’s Note (Issue No. 4) Read More