Some People Need Killing
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Patricia Evangelista
About this listen
Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte.
Some People Need Killing is Evangelista's meticulously reported and deeply human chronicle of the Philippines' drug war. For six years, Evangelista chronicled the killings carried out by police and vigilantes in the name of Duterte's war on drugs—a war that has led to the slaughter of thousands—immersing herself in the world of killers and survivors and capturing the atmosphere of fear created when an elected president decides that some lives are worth less than others.
The book takes its title from a vigilante whose words seemed to reflect the psychological accommodation that most of the country had made: 'I'm really not a bad guy,' he said. 'I'm not all bad. Some people need killing.' A profound act of witness and a tour de force of literary journalism, Some People Need Killing is also a brilliant dissection of the grammar of violence and an important investigation of the human impulses to dominate and resist.
©2023 Patricia Evangelista (P)2024 Penguin Random House AudioWhat listeners say about Some People Need Killing
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- Anonymous User
- 22-07-2024
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the realization of how bad the situation is, and how our people allowed for this to happen.. there is still so much to unravel from the time Duterte was just a mayor, and more so during his 6 years term as President.. I remember a family member with her hashtag #goodpeopledoinggoodthings.. I laugh with indignation as there is nothing good about that man.. nothing! even his children are demon spawns.. There is at least some redemption at the end of the book when some DDS saw some clarity.. I justnhope the ICC arrives before old Dugyot Digong kicks the bucket..
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- Marie G.
- 31-07-2024
Great listen
What a thorough indictment on a nation leader. Very brave work by the journalist. I think it was important to hear her narrating this book to understand her tone.
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