Ka Bel

the long version

Many of the letters of Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran featured in this book are personal in nature: Personal letters to his family, personal letters to friends in struggle. But even in the most intimate of his ltters, there is no denying Ka Bel's politics, his sincere intention of service and struggle for rights and welfare of the working class and the country. -- From the Author's Introduction (translated from Filipino) ("Personal ang ilan sa mga liham na ito: Personal na liham sa kanyang pamilya, personal na liham sa mga kaibigan sa pakikibaka. Pero kahit sa pinakapersonal niyang mga liham, hindi maitatanggi ang pulitika niya, ang dalisay na hangaring maglingkod at ipaglaban ang karapatan at kagalingan ng kanyang uri at ng kanyang bayan.")