From the countryside to the city: Lakbayan and the Philippine revolution
Lakbayan ‘transports’ the struggle from the remote to the center.
Lakbayan ‘transports’ the struggle from the remote to the center.
The Lakbayan camp is like a river junction from where water rushes stronger towards a new direction.
“He can threaten the people with Martial Law using the Left as scapegoat, like what Marcos did, but it still will not deter the people from gathering in public places to voice their indignation.”
The interests of national minorities are in place in the NDFP proposal for social and economic reforms.
“Duterte continued the War on Terror policy which carried terrorism in our country and the whole world.”
“We condemn the Dawlah Islamiya in Marawi, but the US-Duterte regime is a bigger terrorist.”
“Let us stand together in calling for peace in our country.”
“We came here to demand justice,”
The heroes of the people are best remembered by following their example.
A Marawi City evacuee tells of the hardship of searching for his kin under martial law in Mindanao.
Jasmin Adaol is mentored by no less than Whang-od, the oldest living original tattoo artist of the Kaigorotan.
On its second assembly, Sandugo takes stock of the past year under President Duterte.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Too many things have been happening lately that may be a portent of worse things to come. First is the cold-blooded murder of a 17-year old student Kian Delos Santos. People were enraged at the brazenness, brutality, and...
“All of Duterte’s wars are really against the people.”
The Maranaos from Marawi have brought to the capitol their stories of suffering and their demand for justice.
The University of the Philippines-Diliman serves as the base camp for some 3,000 national minorities up to Sept. 22.
Dubbed as Pambansang Lakbayan ng Pambansang Minorya, the members of national minorities under the flag of Sandugo are returning to Metro Manila on Thursday, August 31. They will camp out in UP Diliman, their main camp, and in two other satellite camps near other universities. They have scheduled mass meetings and delegations to various government offices until September 21, but they invite the public to meet with them in their camps or in their scheduled mass actions.
'Masbate has no national minorities but its people share with them the same problems of landlessness, militarization, and harsh impact of mining operations.'
“There’s no safe place under Duterte’s fascist dictatorship, especially for children."
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