Human rights raps in the Philippines
Human Rights Day 2015 in the Philippines with street protests on violations under a neocolonial regime. Speakers include torture victim Fr. Ben Alforque and KARAPATAN secretary-general Tinay Palabay. The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) also demanded the release of Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar and all political prisoners.
This is not Bonifacio High Street
The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) Philippines chapter takes part in commemorating Bonifacio Day 2015 in the streets of Manila amid jeepneys, SUVs and dilapidated buildings. This is not Bonifacio High Street of the high-end botique districts of global cities but a protest march of wage-workers, private and public, saying “there can be no […]
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 […]
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 […]
REPOST: BALSA National Relief Caravan for Samar and Leyte (with English subtitles)
New group P1NAS launched to defend Philippine sovereignty
Political and civil society leaders launched the broad Pilipinong Nagkakaisa para sa Soberanya (P1NAS) at Miriam College last October 20, vowing to defend Philippine sovereignty against escalating Chines and US military activities in the West Philippine Sea. The group revealed they plan to inform US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping of their […]
People’s SONA 2015
Streetwise: Aquino’s SONA, what legacy? By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
This year’s state-of-the-nation address (SONA) is President BS Aquino’s last. He is expected to deliver a powerful speech replete with his regime’s achievements for the last 5 years with a summation of the legacy he will leave behind as he winds up his term. The Palace is agog about the Aquino regime’s so-called “legacy of […]
Of Trials and Tribulations in the Time of Tempest
(File photo: “patapos na”| January 2015) The recent Findings and Conclusions of the International Peoples’ Tribunal (IPT) credibly adjudging President BS Aquino and his government guilty of rights violations lay further basis for him to face the music when he steps down. It validates what the people want: justice and accountability, self-evident principles the […]
BAYAN to Pnoy: Hands Off Activists and Human Rights Defenders
Press Statement July 18, 2015 The increased and widespread harassment and intimidation of government critics and oppositionists in the run-up to Pres. Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) later this month is a dangerous sign that the Aquino government is adopting the tactics of notorious human rights violator Jovito Palparan – with the blessings […]