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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]