So who are the real heroes of Edsa? The workers, the urban poor, the farmers, the members of the basic sectors who flooded the streets in the waning days of the Marcos dictatorship and demanded that Marcos step down.
Day: February 24, 2011
25 Years after EDSA 1: Jobs, Homes and Justice Remains Elusive Under Aquino (PR)
News Release 24 February 2011 Militant umbrella organization, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) today said that issues of joblessness, homelessness and social injustices in the country will remain unresolved unless President Benigno Simeon Aquino III will overhaul the framework policies of his administration, particularly on its staunch relation with the US government and further…
Toiling Masses Hailed in People Power Anniversary; Price Hikes Mar EDSA 1 Commemorations (PR)
Press Release February 24, 2011 As prominent personalities take spotlights in today’s commemoration of EDSA I, Anakpawis Partylist gave the full tribute to the masses and unsung heroes who are yet to reap the fruits of their struggle 25 years ago. “We owe the democracy we enjoy now to no one but our collective participation.…
UP Students Mourn ‘Loss of Real Spirit of EDSA’, Avalanche of Fare and Price Hikes (PR)
PRESS RELEASE February 24, 2011 Students of the University of the Philippines-Diliman, led by the militant youth group Anakbayan, wore black today to mourn what they called ‘the death of the real spirit of EDSA’ a day before the 25th anniversary of the first People Power uprising. According to the protesting students, the official rites…
25 Years after EDSA: Workers Continue Fight for Genuine Democracy (PR)
Press Release 24 February 2011 “As big personalities in politics, business and showbiz gather in an extravagant celebration, the Filipino workers and people march angrily in the streets to commemorate EDSA 1 with empty stomachs.” On today’s 25th anniversary of the 1986 people power uprising, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno bemoaned the lack of genuine…
KPMM Commemorates People Power with MRT-LRT Fare Hike Protest (PR)
Media Release 24 February 2011 Multi-sectoral alliance Koalisyon ng Progresibong Manggagawa at Mamamayan (KPMM), together with Riles Laan sa Sambayanan (RILES) Network and other progressive organizations gathered today to protest the impending MRT-LRT fare hike, in time for the anniversary of Edsa People Power 1. KPMM is an alliance of public and private sector workers…
Bayan Marks People Power Anniversary, Unfulfilled Promises of EDSA (PR)
News Release February 24, 2011 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today marched along EDSA from Cubao to Ortigas to mark the 25th anniversary of the people power uprising that toppled the Marcos dictatorship. The rally also proceeded to the Department of Transportation and Communication office in Ortigas where the Light Rail Transit Authority was…
From Cairo to Madison: Hope and Solidarity are Alive
By MEDEA BENJAMIN Reader Supported News | CommonDreams Here in Madison, Wisconsin, where protesters have occupied the State Capitol Building to stop the pending bill that would eliminate workers’ right to collective bargaining, echoes of Cairo are everywhere. Protesters here were elated by the photo of an Egyptian engineer named Muhammad Saladin Nusair holding a…
Uprisings: From the Middle East to the Midwest
By AMY GOODMAN Reader Supported News | Truthdig As many as 80,000 people marched to the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison on Saturday as part of an ongoing protest against newly elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s attempt to not just badger the state’s public employee unions, but to break them. The Madison uprising follows on…
Kabataan Partylist Calls For Simplicity in Graduation Rites
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — The only partylist group representing the youth and students sector in Congress wants graduates-to-be and their parents to be spared from paying for college rings, graduation balls and yearbooks. Simplicity, it said, should be practiced this coming graduation season. “Schools should not add burden to our parents…
Local Filipino Musicians Welcome Passage of Tax Exemption Bill
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — “A victory for the Filipino music industry.” This is what Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño said in the aftermath of the passage of House Bill No. 3787 at the committee level. The House Ways and Means Committee recently approved the said bill, which Casiño sponsored, titled “Local…