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Progressives welcome Duterte decision to stop US-RP war games

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Progressive groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) held a rally in front of the United States Embassy in Manila last October 4 to support President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to stop the joint US-Philippines military exercises and patrol over some portions of the South China Sea.

Duterte announced after his return from his recent Vietnam trip that he will no longer allow the joint exercises and patrol after the next one scheduled later this month. Read more

‘Never again to Martial Law’ survivors say

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SURVIVORS of Martial Law marched to Mendiola last September 21 to press their demand for justice on the 44th anniversary of its declaration.

They were joined by recently-released National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultants who themselves were victims of the Marcos dictatorship.

The activists also reiterated their opposition to the burial of the late dictator at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Read more

One Billion Rising 2017 to focus on violence of poverty

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One Billion Rising international coordinator Monique Wilson led the launch of the fifth year of its annual event with the theme “Solidarity against exploitation of women.”

Through dances and songs it has popularized since 2011, Wilson said their next celebration would focus on poverty and how it worsens the other injustices they suffer.

The One Billion Rising campaign again expects millions of women to gather on February 14 in countries all over the world.

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Bayan explains need for independent foreign policy

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As it commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Senate vote rejecting an extension of the US-Philippine Military Bases Treaty, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan expressed support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration that foreign soldiers must leave Mindanao.

Watch highlights of today’s protest action at the US Embassy.

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Activists commemorate bases treaty rejection anniversary with protest at US Embassy

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Commemorating the 1991 rejection of a U.S. bases treaty, militant mass organizations stormed the U.S. embassy in Manila on Sep. 16, 2016 to protest the continued presence of American troops under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).

They expressed support to Pres. Duterte’s pursuit of an independent foreign policy, which Makabayan President Satur Ocampo said “echoes the Bandung Conference against the imperialist countries.” Read more

NDFP consultants come home to UP

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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE pHILIPPINES (NDFP) peace consultants Benito Tiamzon, Wilma Austria Tiamzon, Jaime Soledad, Rey Claro Casambre, Rafael Baylosis, visited the University of the Philippines in Diliman Quezon City for the first time since their release from prison or going above-ground last September 15.

The group was welcomed by UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan and vice-chancellor Nestor Castro at the iconic Oblation and were given the sablay. Read more

Ang Libing, a skit on the planned burial of Marcos at the ‘heroes’ cemetery

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Karatula, originally the cultural group of Kabataang Makabayan (KM), performs the short skit “Ang Libing” by Bonifacio P. Ilagan at forums and protest actions.

A celebrated playwright, Ilagan was one of the earliest members of KM. He was arrested and tortured during Marcos’s Martial Law. His sister Rizalina was abducted by Marcos’s troops in the 1970s and remains missing to this day.

Ilagan is a convener of the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses in Malacanang (CARMMA). Read more

Tiamzons on how to solve the drug scourge

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Top revolutionary leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon gave their views on the “war on drugs” and cited the good example of China eradicating the drug problem which afflicted 77 million Chinese.

Footage taken at a public forum with the Tiamzons on September 10, 2016 at the Fisher Mall in Quezon City.

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A talk with the Tiamzons on the GRP-NDFP peace talks (Part 2)

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THE Tiamzons, Benito and Wilma, explain the revolutionary struggle and the struggle for reforms . They also clarified the interim nature of the indefinite ceasefire mutually and unilaterally declared by the GRP and the NDFP and the possibility of forging a bilateral ceasefire as both parties negotiate on the substantial agenda of the peace talks.

Watch part 2 of highlights of the  public forum on the GRP-NDFP peace talks last September 10, 2016 at the Fisher Mall in Quezon City.

The forum was facilitated by UP Professor Sarah Raymundo.  Edited with footages from Kodao Productions and produced for Kababayan4Change, a network of Pinoys abroad seeking change with the Duterte administration.

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A talk with the Tiamzons on the GRP-NDFP peace talks (Part 1)

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TOP revolutionary leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon gave an overview of the resumption of peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), including the social and economic reforms agenda, and what the people can and must do beyond the negotiations.

The forum was held by Kapayapaan Campaign for a Just and Lasting Peace on September 9, 2016 at the Fisher Mall in Quezon City. Read more