Protest marks Filipino-American Friendship Day
Ayon sa League of Filipino Students (LFS), walang ganap na kalayaan ang bansa at nakatali pa rin ito sa patakaran ng US. Isang larawan nito ay ang patuloy na mga pagsasanay-militar sa ilalim ng Visiting Forces Agreement at Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.
SOLIDARITY: A Trip to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (with English subtitles)
In light of yet another threat by the United States of America and its allies to attack the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, Kodao Productions reposts its 2012 video shot entirely in the said country. In this video, former Anakpawis Representative and Philippines-Korea Solidarity Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula (PKSCPRKP) […]
STREETWISE BY CAROL P. ARAULLO: Unmasking Duterte
These days, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is turning out to be his own worst enemy. He cannot keep himself from rambling on and on, revealing his bloodlust, megalomania, contempt for objectivity and truth, small-mindedness and bigotry, gullibility for the “intelligence” briefings by the AFP and the propensity for using strong-arm techniques to get his way. […]
Joma to Digong: You do not dictate on me
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison rebuffed President Rodrigo Duterte’s challenge for him to go home and continue his fight in the country. “I do not have to prove again that I have the revolutionary will and courage to wage armed struggle against oppression,” Sison said, adding he surpasses the field […]
Mga batingaw ng Balangiga
Tula ni Jose Maria Sison Sabay sa repike, hudyat na malinaw Ng mga batingaw ng Balangiga, Sa dibdib ng bayan umalingawngaw Ang nasang lumaban at lumaya. Sinugod ang banyagang halimaw Ng taumbayang nagbalikwas Laban sa pananakop at pag-agaw Sa kalayaan ng mahal na bayan. Ang halimaw nagpasyang manira Sa lahat ng pamayanan, Sinunog […]
The Balangiga Massacre (Audio plug)
In his State of the Nation Address Monday, President Rodrigo Duterte demanded from the United States of America the return of the three Balangiga bells taken by the US 9th Infantry during the Filipino-American War in 1901. “Give us back those Balangiga bells,” Duterte told the US. “They are ours. They belong to the Philippines. They […]
Activists storm US embassy on 119th Independence Day
Activist groups from all over the country marched to the United States embassy in Manila on the 119th Philippine Independence Day celebrations to demand for the pull out of foreign soldiers. Groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said there is no genuine independence in the Philippines as long as foreign intervention is present in the […]
Joma terror delisting, free land distribution among agreements in third round of talks
ROME, Italy—The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and government negotiators are set to end their third round of formal talks today on a successful note with advances on the substantive agenda and new goodwill measures included in the prospective Rome Joint Statement. NDFP chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili and his Government of the Republic […]
Progressive groups storm US embassy to protest Trump at inauguration.
Members of people’s groups in the Philippines protested in front of the United States embassy Friday in time for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th American president. Protesters led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) condemned Trump, calling him “the new face of imperialism” and “a symbol of sexism, racism, xenophobia and discrimination”. According to JP Rosos, […]
Death to imperialism, national minorities say
NATIONAL MINORITIES meted the “guilty” verdict and decreed the “death” penalty against United States imperialism for its crimes against the Philippines and its marginalized peoples at a Peoples’ Tribunal at the Bonifacio Shrine in Manila last October 27. In an open and public trial, indigenous people and Moros presented documented cases of injustices committed by […]