“Our call is to stop militarization, not only in the UP Mindanao campus but also in all other campuses all over the country.”
Year: 2017
UP student leaders unite, call for free education
“We showed it is possible for iskolars ng bayan to unite.”
Health groups demand justice for slain Cavite doctor
“We demand that perpetrators be arrested and punished.”
Inequity, iniquity amid rising income inequality
Acute income and economic inequality, the negative phenomenon spawned by neoliberal economics, continues to widen worldwide. Wealth gets concentrated, in scandalous scale, in the hands of the few super-rich, depriving billions of the poor all over the world sufficient means to survive. World Bank-International Monetary Fund designed policies/programs pursued by governments to achieve “sustainable and…
The military in command
Since the collapse of the Marcos terror regime in 1986, only two post-EDSA presidents have dared invoke the martial law provisions of the 1987 Constitution and to awaken justifiable fears of a return to the abuses and violence of fascist rule. The first president to do so was Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; the second is Rodrigo Roa…
PH still among deadliest countries for environment defenders – international NGO
‘Duterte’s continuing diatribes against mining oligarchs and other environmental plunderers should lead to the investigation of corporate interests that have benefited from militarization.’
The U.S. State of War: July 2017
The US bombing campaign is now the heaviest, nearly triple in amount of dropped bombs in Iraq and Syria alone, since the bombing of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in the 60s to 70s.
‘Tactical victory’ | Youth groups hail UP-Diliman decision to halt tuition collection
“We call on iskolars ng bayan to not let up the pressure on the UP administration lest it retracts this decision to stop tuition collection.”
11 years missing | Mothers of 2 disappeared UP students hope Palparan is convicted soon
The next hearing on the case is on July 17.
Kin of political prisoners still await Duterte’s promise to free detainees
“We need big mass actions to release our loved ones.”
Combating contractualization, Martial Law, Caraga mine workers camp out at labor department
‘Mine companies let workers’ families starve while they rake in huge profits. The workers’ plight has taken a turn for the worse under Martial Law in Mindanao, given its assault on their right to express legitimate demands, form an assembly, and hold strikes.’