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Fast track delivery of social welfare programs, not mass arrests

By admin | August 12, 2020

Published by Bayan Metro Manila We condemn the police for violently dispersing the peaceful protest of Sitio San Roque residents in Quezon City. We are outraged that the state response to the appeals for relief is terror and brutal detention. This is insensitive, repressive, and inhuman. This is the result of the national government’s ill-conceived […]

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Will the political crackdown stop if the CPP-NPA is defeated?

By admin | August 6, 2020

Published by Bulatlat For the military, activists deserve to be arrested because they are members and supporters of the New People’s Army (NPA). This is easy to dispute. For example, why would the rural-based NPA conduct its training in cities like Bacolod when this can be done in the mountains of Negros? Based on news […]

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Bayan Metro Manila to telcos, power, and water firms: #WalangSingilan

By admin | July 22, 2020

Published by Bayan Metro Manila We are asking utility companies to waive the collection of bills from customers whose lives have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The enhanced community quarantine has prevented many from going out to work and earn a living. The hardest hit are those who belong to the informal sector. Minimum […]

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Duterte’s New Threat to Philippine Press Freedom

By admin | July 13, 2020

Written for The Diplomat When the Philippine government’s solicitor general filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to forfeit the franchise of ABS-CBN, the country’s leading broadcaster, the development attracted international headlines. As it should: While Duterte’s efforts to undermine press freedom are longstanding, this is the most serious threat to press freedom since he […]

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Are we there yet, kasama?

By admin | July 6, 2020

Published by Bulatlat Not today. But within our lifetime. Malacañang Palace is still in the hands of corrupt tyrants but organs of political power are being established in guerrilla zones across the country. Landlords and big business tycoons continue to hoard more wealth and influence but farmers and workers are not giving up the fight. […]

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IFEX regional brief: August, September, October 2019

By admin | June 26, 2020

August 2019: News blackout and rising repression in Kashmir and West Papua. Read more September 2019: September strikes: Climate actions, student protests, and landmark court rulings. Read more October 2019: Protests condemn communications blackout, police violence, and government secrecy laws. Read more.

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Decongest jails, release political prisoners

By admin | June 11, 2020

Published by Bayan Metro Manila Bayan Metro Manila calls for the urgent release of political prisoners as a humane response to save lives and contain the spread of COVID-19. The country’s jails are notorious for being congested which makes social and physical distancing difficult to implement. The conditions in city jails have deteriorated over the […]

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#KuwentongBM: Campaigning for Bayan Muna in 2001

By admin | May 28, 2020

Published by Bulatlat Inspired by the success of the broad people’s movement that ousted the corrupt presidency of Joseph Estrada in January 2001, many activists became more determined to campaign for the congressional bid of Bayan Muna partylist. Everybody was excited to volunteer and make history by sending three Leftist leaders to Congress. It may […]

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Duterte’s ‘special powers’ law threatens free speech, innovation of LGUs in response to COVID-19

By admin | May 21, 2020

Published by Bayan Metro Manila Bayan Metro Manila deplores the passage of Republic Act 11469 which gives additional special powers to President Rodrigo Duterte in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. We reiterate that granting more powers to the president is unnecessary. What we urgently need today is a comprehensive emergency action by the government and not […]

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Defying Tyranny and Tribute to the Mothers of the Resistance

By admin | May 10, 2020

Published by Manila Today Speech of Bayan Metro Manila Chairperson Mong Palatino during the Malaya Mixer event at Precious Blood Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California in May 2018. Mong is part of the ‘Stop the Killings’ speaking tour organized by the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines – United States chapter. It […]

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