ITANONG MO KAY PROF: On the Kidapawan violence
In this podcast, International League of Peoples’ Struggles chairperson Jose Maria Sison presents his analysis on the violent dispersal of the starving farmers in Kidapawan City last April 1.
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STREETWISE: The lure of strongman rule by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
Streetwise Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is leading in the latest surveys on who voters are inclined to choose as vice president come May 9. The news is troubling as well as perplexing. The prospect that the political heirs of the Dictator Marcos will be returning to Malacanang marks a major advance in the full blown […]
ITANONG MO KAY PROF: On the possible return of the Marcoses in Malacañan
In this podcast, Martial Law survivor Jose Ma. Sison talks about the dark days of the Marcos dictatorship and the dangers of electing Senator Ferdinand Marcos as the next vice president of the Philippines. Sison, who was heavily tortured and imprisoned in isolation for many years by the Marcos dictatorship, blames the two Aquino governments […]
Farmers were clearly targeted, lawyer says
Darwin Sulang, one of the two killed in the violent dispersal of protesting farmers in Kidapawan City last April was targeted by a police sniper. This was revealed by peoples’ lawyer Ephraim Cortez in a press conference with other human rights defenders and peasant leaders in Quezon City last April 15. Cortez said that the […]
CONTRIBUTED VIDEO: DOJ asked to release arrested Kidapawan farmers
Kidapawan farmers and their supporters picketed the Department of Justice on April 13 in the Philippines to press for the immediate release of those illegally detained by the police and pursue justice for the victims of the bloody dispersal of April 1. Only 10 of the 77 farmers arrested have been released as of April […]
UP professor reveals harassment of farmers in Kidapawan
University of the Philippines Professor Gerardo Lanuza reveals in a press conference the continuing harassment victims of the April 1 Kidapawan shooting suffer. Lanuza participated in a fact-finding mission to Kidapawan a few days after the incident. He was assigned to interview four injured farmers, but was prevented by the presence of four soldiers armed […]
STREETWISE: Whitewashing the Kidapawan massacre by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
(Photo by Kilab Multimedia) Streetwise Last week’s killing, wounding and illegal arrest of drought-stricken farmers who barricaded the Davao-Cotobato highway to dramatize their demands has brought to national attention the harsh realities in the country’s rural areas. It highlighted the desperate straits of the majority of rural folk especially the peasantry. Poor farmers including indigenous […]
POETRY: Apat na tula hinggil sa Kidapawan
1. Tuwid ang daan ng kanilang bala – Ang balita mula sa malayong rehiyon Paparating ang kandidato ng administrasyon Ayaw mapahiya ng mga kapartido Kailangang mawalis ang daang Cotabato. – Ang ulat ng lider pesante Nagreklamo raw ang mga negosyante Dahil sa tumatagal na protesta Humina na ang kanilang kita. – Tatlong araw nang nakabarikada […]
CONTRIBUTED VIDEO: Nora Aunor joins solidarity action for Kidapawan victims
Philippine movie superstar Nora Aunor joins a solidarity action in Manila for the victims of the violent dispersal of farmers in Kidapawan, North Cotabato last April 1.
RADIO DOCUMENTARY: It is not only bullets that kill Filipino farmers
Script: On the first day of April, a day which the rest of the world jocularly celebrates as April Fool’s Day, a heart breaking event happened in Mindanao Island in the Philippines. (Sfx: Dispersal noise, gunfire) Six thousand farmers massed in Kidapawan, North Cotabato were fired upon by fully-armed Special Weapons and Tactics personnel of […]