The Occupy Movement, a year after
"They will judge us. They'll say, 'there goes the Kadamay again! Always rallying!' We can't do anything; we need to fight."
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"They will judge us. They'll say, 'there goes the Kadamay again! Always rallying!' We can't do anything; we need to fight."
"The Duterte government is horribly violating national and international laws of protecting civilians, especially children and schools, from military attacks.”
“Mr. President, please, don’t dictate.”
Human rights group Karapatan deems the suspension of peace talks as “another indication of the Duterte regime’s disinterest in pursuing and committing to reforms that benefit the Filipino people and in meeting its obligations to release political prisoners.”
The peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) may resume in September.
“Don’t just talk with the military and the mayor, talk also with the internally displaced persons, some of them don’t even have adequate communal facilities such as toilets.”
“Our spirits have been weakened as our own people are verbally and physically brutalized.”
“BI seems very determined…but we are also determined to keep on appealing.”
Kadamay does not cower in fear amid Duterte's threats.
A policeman pointed his rifle at me. I could not do anything then they started hitting me and pointed a big knife at me. Then they brought me to a corner and began choking me.
“Official unemployment figures do not reflect the discouraged workers or those who have dropped out of the labor force after failing to find work after six months.”
“The state’s response to the call for genuine independence is further repression.”
The Chinese embassy issued a statement saying that it has allowed Filipino fishermen to fish in the West Philippine Sea “out of goodwill.”
Nineteen workers and a senior high school member of the League of Filipino Students were arrested and brought to Meycauayan Police Station.
To them, it is no longer just about wages –- it is a bigger fight they need to win to regain their dignity as workers after their rights have been trampled upon for so long.
In a bid to defend their picket line, the workers sat and huddled together on the flooded ground in front of the factory inside an industrial park.
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