It has been said that the conditions of women and children reflect the extent of poverty in a country because they are the most vulnerable to it. But as the history of March 8, as well as that of other people’s struggles in history show, women could also be the face of the struggle. By [...]
Survivors of the Mendiola Massacre talk about that day, when bullets fell from the sky like rain, as one of them put it. Along with farmers and peasants, they remain indignant at the injustice that continues 24 years later. (Interview by Ina Alleco R. Silvero, video by Jo A. Santos, edited by Ayi S. Muallam)
Related story: 24 Years Later, the Wounds of Mendiola Still Bleed
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