Even though the group was highly critical of the post-EDSA outcomes, it affirmed “people power” as an extraordinary yet democratic exercise of the people’s sovereign will, necessitated by an oppressive regime that blocks all peaceful avenues to redress of grievances and, more so, meaningful change. It called on the people to persevere in undertaking united, democratic, creative and peaceful protest actions to assert their rights and fight for substantial reforms in all spheres.
A pointed question came from a young student leader: how the group distinguishes itself from similar movements that had emerged and whether it aims to unite all the various groups into a single, cohesive movement.
The response from Organizing Committee members was well received. That is, the group does not see itself or claim to be THE movement above all movements; it is still too early to say how similar or different the group is from others striving to build a movement for change since most if not all groups are still evolving; and the ultimate measure of the correctness or success of any of these groups lies in how they carry out their self-defined tasks to achieve their goals rather than in mere rhetoric.
Furthermore, it was clarified that it is not the aim of the group to build a single organization or movement out of all the various movements clamoring for change or reform. There should be recognition and respect for diversity in specific goals and approaches, and a search for avenues of cooperation and unity, thus turning diversity into strength.
The fledgling group then acknowledged both the unusual opportunities as well as countervailing conditions for initiating change given the severity of the global and national economic downturn and the coming 2010 elections.
Rather than be deterred by the worsened economic dislocation and social turmoil that the global recession is wreaking on the people, the group saw the situation as a means to raise public awareness, galvanize people into action and organize at the grassroots.
In the coming 2010 national elections, the group asserted it would actively work to foster “new politics” referring to the “supervision of leadership by a politically-aware and empowered people; development and support for leaders with a track record of being pro-people, pro-Filipino, honest and morally upright; and a government that relies on the continuing consent and support of the governed rather than coercive means to maintain itself in power.”
But more than acting as an election watchdog and campaigning for candidates with a platform and track record consistent with the People’s Agenda, the group that has still to finalize its name, much more do the spade work needed to build a real people’s movement, vowed to be around for the long haul, long after the din and hoopla of the 2010 elections have faded away.
As more and more of our countrymen have come to realize, we all have to do a lot more than cast our ballots on election day, for real change to be achieved. (Business World / Posted by Bulatlat)
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aba malinaw yan kung movement for change economic political socio cultural change diba my movement na nabuo pa man nuon pa man ang movement na yan ay kabataan ang nanguna,lahat ng sangkap pr s movement ng change ay nilatag na niya,tandaan ntn ang mga nasa mga pamunuan ng bansang ito ay handang gamitin ang lahat ng paraan pr mapanatili ang sarili nila at kinakatawan ng interest nila, wlang gubyernong bumagsak kahit ito ay batbat na ng crisis nangangailangan padin itulak ito,at pr makapanatili ng bulok na kaayusan gagamit ito ng Fasismo,kya kung ang movement na itatayo ay wlang panapat sa armadong pwersa ng reaksinaryong estado wla din ito kwenta ibubuyo lmang tayu nito sa wlang katapusang pakikibaka sa lansangan tulad ng ginagawa ng Akbayan at kung ano ano pa katulad na organisasyon nito.
kya wlang katuturan ang movement for change na ito kung wla ito karakter na anti-imperaylist at anti-feudal,
lagi lamang ntin tatandaan sa pagsusulong at pagsama sa nagsusulong ng movement for change ligal or iligay man na paraan "ALWAYS EXPECT NOTHING AND NOTHING BUT THE WORSE THING"
ang EDSA 1 and 2 ay kamulatan ng mamamayan dapat na tayung matuto nito dahil pinapasayaw lamang tayu nito sa bubog, at ang parating na eleksiyon s bansa ntin pasasayawin na nmn tau s bubog at kawalang pag-asa pagkatpos ng eleksiyon.
pro lagi at lagi my pag-asa dhil najan ang totoong kilusan na naglilingkod sa Sambayanan
SERVE THE PEOPLE
aba malinaw yan kung movement for change economic political socio cultural change diba my movement na nabuo pa man nuon pa man ang movement na yan ay kabataan ang nanguna,lahat ng sangkap pr s movement ng change ay nilatag na niya,tandaan ntn ang mga nasa mga pamunuan ng bansang ito ay handang gamitin ang lahat ng paraan pr mapanatili ang sarili nila at kinakatawan ng interest nila, wlang gubyernong bumagsak kahit ito ay batbat na ng crisis nangangailangan padin itulak ito,at pr makapanatili ng bulok na kaayusan gagamit ito ng Fasismo,kya kung ang movement na itatayo ay wlang panapat sa armadong pwersa ng reaksinaryong estado wla din ito kwenta ibubuyo lmang tayu nito sa wlang katapusang pakikibaka sa lansangan tulad ng ginagawa ng Akbayan at kung ano ano pa katulad na organisasyon nito.
kya wlang katuturan ang movement for change na ito kung wla ito karakter na anti-imperaylist at anti-feudal,
lagi lamang ntin tatandaan sa pagsusulong at pagsama sa nagsusulong ng movement for change ligal or iligay man na paraan "ALWAYS EXPECT NOTHING AND NOTHING BUT THE WORSE THING"