Rolando Tolentino | Aug 2, 2009
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Cory Aquino’s Place in History
Cory Aquino’s Place in History

The failures of her presidency notwithstanding, Cory Aquino will be remembered for helping restore democracy in the Philippines and dismantle the vestiges of the Marcos dictatorship. When the Arroyo regime increasingly became corrupt and autocratic, she again rose to the challenge. Cory fought tyranny to the very end.
Peasants and Workers in Long March for Land, Decent Jobs
Peasants and Workers in Long March for Land, Decent Jobs

Days before the Sona, thousands of farmers, workers, students and activists braved the heat and the rain as they marched from the provinces of Southern Tagalog to Commonwealth Avenue. The march, called Lakbayan, is their way of fighting the regime’s abuses and asserting their basic rights.
Why CARPER Is Worse Than CARP
Why CARPER Is Worse Than CARP
Among other provisions, the CARPER bill mandates that private agricultural lands – the type that the Arroyos and the Cojuangcos own – can only be distributed if the original CARP managed to distribute 90 percent of its target. But CARP, despite the two decades it had, only distributed less than half of it. It’s an impossible provision that only underscores what progressive farmers have been saying all along – that CARPER is bogus.
Audio: Ka Daning Ramos Denounces Disperal of Anti-Carper Rally
Audio: Ka Daning Ramos Denounces Disperal of Anti-Carper Rally

Audio: KMP's Ramos Denounces Dispersal
Slideshow: A Show of Outrage Against a Bogus Agrarian-Reform Law
Slideshow: A Show of Outrage Against a Bogus Agrarian-Reform Law

A Show of Outrage Vs a Bogus CARPer
Video: Police Disperse Indignation Rally Vs CARP, Charter Change
Video: Police Disperse Indignation Rally Vs CARP, Charter Change

Police Disperse Rally Vs CARP, Cha-cha
Another ‘Travesty’ as Congress Votes to Extend Life of Failed CARP
Farmers and activists protesting in Congress Wednesday night.
Another ‘Travesty’ as Congress Votes to Extend Life of Failed CARP

Farmers and activists protesting in Congress Wednesday night.
The landlord-dominated Congress, led by the relatives of President Arroyo, voted Wednesday night to add five more years to the implementation of a 20-year-old agrarian-reform program that has failed to uplift the lives of peasants and farmers in the Philippines. And critics say the new proposed law is even worse than the original.
Kin of Luisita Martyrs Benefit from Union Struggle
Kin of Luisita Martyrs Benefit from Union Struggle
They did not die in vain. The families and co-workers of the Hacienda Luisita martyrs said that in spite of the tragedy, they are slowly benefiting from what their kin and comrades gave their lives for.
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