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.
The U.S. State of War: July 2017
‘Tactical victory’ | Youth groups hail UP-Diliman decision to halt tuition collection
‘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.”
Repeating history
Repeating history
“Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” There are those who want us to forget the bitter lessons of martial law and the Marcos dictatorship. They say these hard-earned lessons should be discarded as irrelevant to our current situation because...
Songs for change | Progressive cultural groups on Duterte’s 1st year
Songs for change | Progressive cultural groups on Duterte’s 1st year
Cultural performances are most awaited in rallies as they voice out the people’s concerns through music.
PasaLord Movement | Peace through prayer
PasaLord Movement | Peace through prayer
“I believe we all have a grain of mustard seed of prayer.”
From Marcos to Duterte | Families of victims of rights abuses unite in renewed call for justice
From Marcos to Duterte | Families of victims of rights abuses unite in renewed call for justice
Victims of drug-related killings and other human rights violations came together in a tearful gathering.
Wife of detained NDFP consultant calls for husband’s release, justice for son’s death
Wife of detained NDFP consultant calls for husband’s release, justice for son’s death
Peasant organizer and NDFP consultant Leopoldo Caloza, 60, has been imprisoned for almost 11 years.
Voice of dissent assails ‘vague’ ML declaration
Voice of dissent assails ‘vague’ ML declaration
It’s one magistrate’s opinion against those of his 11, or 14, other colleagues. And it’s a much younger voice arguing with the many older ones who have presumably spent more years than him in thinking about the law. Yet Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F....
The quick-fix presidency
The quick-fix presidency
The latest rants from the perplexing region of Duterte Land have understandably provoked the same outrage, anger and exasperation as most of their antecedents have been doing during the last 12 months. One of them was an open threat to imprison the critics of the...
10 newly-released political prisoners call for freedom of other PPs, continuation of peace talks
10 newly-released political prisoners call for freedom of other PPs, continuation of peace talks
By IAN IRVING BAZARTE Bulatlat MANILA – Ten political prisoners who had just been released from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) are now calling for the freedom of the many other political prisoners still languishing in various jails and prisons around the country. The...
Black Friday protest | Progressives call on public to resist possible extension of martial law
Black Friday protest | Progressives call on public to resist possible extension of martial law
By IAN IRVING BAZARTE Bulatlat MANILA – Various progressive groups today, July 7, continued to protest the Supreme Court (SC)’s affirmation of martial law in Mindanao, as they warned of its possible extension, not only in Mindanao but in other parts of the country....
‘Bakwit’ | Lumad communities of Surigao Sur forced to leave home again
‘Bakwit’ | Lumad communities of Surigao Sur forced to leave home again
Soldiers’ presence and bomber planes flying at midnight over the communities of Lianga town drove some 2,000 villagers packing before dawn today.
Petitioners, progressive leaders hit SC affirmation of Mindanao martial law
Petitioners, progressive leaders hit SC affirmation of Mindanao martial law
“Today we weep for Mindanao, we weep for our country."
Fil-Am ‘friendship’ day | Progressive groups slam US military intervention in Marawi
Fil-Am ‘friendship’ day | Progressive groups slam US military intervention in Marawi
Protesters said President Duterte has turned around on his tough stance against the US.
Dealing with Duterte
Dealing with Duterte
We have been getting “I-told-you-so” and “why-do-you-still-put-up-with-him” reactions from quite a number of well-meaning people here and abroad after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao and withdrew the government negotiating panel form...
Black Friday protest | Youth groups call for end to martial law in Mindanao
Black Friday protest | Youth groups call for end to martial law in Mindanao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJZtl6SAHBI&feature=youtu.be Various youth groups gathered at Plaza Miranda in Manila on June 23 for a Black Friday protest, calling for an end to President Duterte's martial law in Mindanao, and a stop to government air strike in...
Rice watchdog tells officials: ‘Break free from foreign dictates in agriculture’
Rice watchdog tells officials: ‘Break free from foreign dictates in agriculture’
Bantay Bigas says government should buy at least 25 per cent of the local rice harvest.
Duterte’s 1st year | Activists rate President with ‘sad, afraid, angry’ emojis
Duterte’s 1st year | Activists rate President with ‘sad, afraid, angry’ emojis
Emojis summed up the progressive group’s ratings on the administration’s response to basic people’s issues.
Federalism plan affects Moro, NDFP peace talks
Federalism plan affects Moro, NDFP peace talks
President Duterte’s oft-repeated avowal is to accomplish before the end of his six-year term, in 2022, a shift in the form of government from the present unitary to a federal system. That accomplished, he has declared, he will volunteer to resign as President. And...
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