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Negros Farmers on Hunger Strike to Oppose Killings, ‘Criminalization of Agrarian Struggle’
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
Farmers and fisherfolk groups in Negros Occidental have been holding protests outside the capitol to denounce the mounting harassments experienced by Negrense farmers and farm workers. They also denounce a series of moves by landlords to file common and trivial offenses against peasants who demand land reform.
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Benjie Oliveros | Land, Justice and the Peasantry
Majority of victims of human-rights violations in the Philippines are peasants. They are the ones most denied not just land but justice. So any candidate for president who claims to be for justice should, first and foremost, commit to the implementation of a genuine agrarian-reform program. This is why the Hacienda Luisita land problem is a defining issue for Noynoy Aquino.
In Historic Nationwide Caravan, Peasants Push Struggle for Land and Justice
Bulatlat Live: Lakbayan — Nationwide Peasant Caravan
View slideshows of Lakbayan: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 7| Day 10 Lakbayan: Nationwide Peasant Caravan Related items: Negros Farmers on Hunger Strike to Oppose Killings, ‘Criminalization of Agrarian Struggle’ By RITCHE T. SALGADO Farmers and fisherfolk groups in Negros Occidental have been holding…
22 Years After Mendiola Massacre: Farmers Still Fighting for Genuine Agrarian Reform
Twenty-two years after the Mendiola Massacre that resulted in the death of 13 farmers, Filipino farmers are still fighting for a genuine agrarian reform program.
Farmers, Supporters Mark 22nd Anniversary of Mendiola Massacre
BY BULATLAT More than one thousand farmers and their supporters marked the 22nd anniversary of the Mendiola Massacre today. Twenty two years ago on January 22, 1987 at the historic Mendiola bridge, combined elements of the police and military opened fire at a rally of farmers demanding for genuine land reform. Thirteen farmers were killed…
Elehiya kina Bernabe Laquindanum, Dante Evangelio, Danilo Arjona, atbp. na Pinaslang sa Tulay ng Mendiola, Taong 1987
NI PAPA OSMUBAL Inilathala ng Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 sa dugong tumagistis buhat sa inyong dibdib napagluksa ang lupang luoy na sinilaban ng mabangis na araw umusbong at lumago ang hubad na butong binhing kalinga ng mapagbatang panahon yumapos nang mahigpit ang mga ugat sa kanlungan ng pasipikong linang na…
The Day Their Footsteps Stopped…
(A tribute to the peasant martyrs of the Mendiola massacre) We were so scared and shaking and we could not look down at the helpless bodies of peasants, some crying for help and shrieking, others gasping for their last breath. I felt that a part of me died that day as we were trying to…