The Kilusang Mambubukid ng Pilipinas said on Saturday that they would not be able to celebrate Father’s Day today because their peasant leader Randall Enchanis and other activists are being persecuted by the Arroyo regime. Echanis (center, foreground) is a political detainee while Nilo Arado (left, foreground) is a desaparecido. Fermin Lorico was killed in…
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Photo Essay: Scavenging at the Felisa Dumpsite
Reclaiming Mendiola, Water Cannons and Truncheons Notwithstanding
BY ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat.com April 6 is considered a victory for protesters as 3,000 demonstrators managed to reach Don Chino Roces bridge (near Malacañang Palace in Manila) after it has been declared as a “no-rally zone” as part of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s calibrated preemptive response (CPR). The mass action was against charter change that the…
Celebrating the Cause
Red fighters certainly know how to make merry, as the guerrillas of the NPA-Northeastern Mindanao showed Dec. 26 during the 36th anniversary celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). But in this case the play was part of the fight. PHOTOS BY BARRY OHAYLAN TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Who…