Like any coup in the less developed countries of the Third World, a coup in the US, even a “soft” one, would also be solely focused on advancing and defending the interests of its instigators and of the wing of the power elite it installs in power. The rest of the world would hardly matter.
Month: August 2022
Church groups reject terrorist-funding charges
“As Church, we are challenged by our present time and context to stand for truth… The Church will not and cannot be neutral on moral and ethical issues and concerns.”
Women’s group calls for zero-budget for NTF-ELCAC
Women’s group Gabriela said the government should allocate zero-budget for agencies and instruments that “are at the forefront of silencing women and the rest of the Filipino people.
Arrested activist is a torture survivor under Marcos Sr. dictatorship
“She is a martial law survivor whose story of rape and sexual abuse while in the hands of the military was one of the cases filed during the class suit against Marcos in Hawaii.”
Abducted labor organizers campaigned for aid for displaced workers and urban poor
Abducted labor organizers Elizabeth ‘Loi’ Magbanua and Alipio ‘Ador’ Juat, campaigned for the release of the ten-thousand peso aid for workers and the urban poor. They have also been under surveillance due to their involvement in establishing a community network to fight threats of demolition in the Parola Compound in Tondo, Manila.
Not so sweet life for Negros sugar workers due to price hikes, alleged shortage
Amid increasing prices and alleged supply shortage of sugar, life remains bitter for the sugar workers of Negros.
Bulatlat asks court to cite NTC for contempt for defying preliminary injunction writ
“The petitioner humbly submits that the continued blocking of its website for more than 48 hours after respondent NTC has been officially served with the writ of preliminary injunction is an outright and inexcusable act of defying a lawful order of the Honorable Court.”
High courts grants plea of missing labor organizers’ kin
The SC also granted a temporary protection order and “prohibited the respondents from going within a radius of one kilometer of the petitioners and their immediate family.”
Nothing wrong in helping kids on first day of school, says child rights group
Since when did helping children become a crime?
Groups call for higher subsidy for PH students after ‘ill-prepared’ aid distribution
Thousands of poor students and parents who flocked the Department of Social Welfare and Development local headquarters walked back home empty-handed and disappointed.
Missing Kalinga-based IP rights activist found
“Active since the Chico Dam struggle, he has persistently campaigned against dams, mines, and other forms of development aggression against the Cordillera peoples. For his committed work, he was wrongly red-tagged and subjected to surveillance and harassment.”