Ampatuan Massacre: Still no justice after six years
On the sixth year of the Ampatuan Massacre journalists marched from the National Press Club (NPC) to Mendiola to demand justice for the 58 victims, including 34 journalists. NPC members were joined by the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) and the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-National Capital Region Chapter. The Ampatuan Massacre is said […]
ALTERMIDYA EDITORIAL: Ampatuan Massacre, a grim symbol of reigning impunity under Aquino
23 November 2015 It is Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s last year in office but justice remains elusive for the victims of Ampatuan massacre. No perpetrator has been convicted, the victims still cry for justice. Aquino’s vow six years ago to immediately resolve the gruesome massacre has become a hollow promise: the culture of impunity and […]
INTERVIEW: If you continue the struggle, you will be free–Leila Khaled (Full)
Palestinian struggle for freedom icon Leila Khaled visited the Philippines to attend an international anti-imperialist assembly and the launch of the Philippine-Palestine Friendship Association. She visited the Lumad camp at a church compound and attended an anti-APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) protest action on the streets of Manila. On her last day in the country […]
IN PICTURES: Activists hold rally near APEC summit venue
The massive protest action against the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Manila by militant activists eluded the Philippine National Police containment team at Liwasang Bonifacio and reached Buendia Avenue and Roxas Boulevard near the summit venues at the Manila Bay reclamation complex. There, hundreds of geared-up police officers, fire trucks and steel containers were waiting […]
Bayang Barrios sings ‘Igpaw Mindanao’
“Igpaw, Mindanao” performed live by Bayang Barrios at Bamboo Giant, Manila for the campaign #StopLumadKillings supported by ILPS-Philippines. Music composed by Danny Fabella of Musikang Bayan, arranged by Teddy Katigbak, with additional vocals of Onie Badyong and Empiel Palma, Andrew Barrios on guitar, and Budeths Casinto on percs in the original soundtrack. Video contains images […]
ILPS joins anti-APEC protest in Manila
Delegates of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) led by Secretary-General Malcolm Guy join the anti-APEC protest in Manila, November 19, 2015. The ILPS convened its 5th international assembly with more than 400 delegates and guests from 39 countries/territories, the largest and most consolidated global formation of militant, anti-imperialist and democratic organizations in the […]
Palestinian freedom fighter Leila Khaled speaks at anti-APEC protest in Manila
Leila Khaled, iconic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFB) freedom fighter, speaks at a protest rally against the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit being held in Manila. Khaled is in Manila along with several global activists to attend the just concluded 5th General Assembly of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle. She also […]
AFP meets Martsa Amianan with water cannons
Participants of the Martsa Amianan (March of the North) were hit by water cannons as they held a protest action in front of Camp Aguinaldo this morning. Here in Manila to participate in the People’s Caravan against Imperialist Globalization (PCAIG), indigenous peoples (IPs) from Northern Luzon were welcomed by participants of Manilakbayan 2015 of […]
Solidarity with Paris and Beirut
Delegates of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) for its 5th International Assembly marched in the Philippines to light candles and offer flowers for the victims of terror attacks in Paris and Beirut. They called for justice and condemned the US as the “No. 1 terrorist” for its wars and using the Daesh or […]
WEBSTREAMING: Martsa Amianan and Manilakbayan 2015 meet at Mendiola
Indigenous peoples from Northern Luzon have arrived in Metro Manila to meet with indigenous peoples from Mindanao Island at Mendiola to start their protest actions against the ongoing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Manila. Indigenous tribes in the Philippines are resisting foreign and large-scale mining encroachments in their ancestral domains that bring with them killings, harassment […]