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Militant peasants in the heart of Cebu City
Militant peasants in the heart of Cebu City
Both the KMP congress and the conference concluded with the peasants’ firm resolution to press for a genuine agrarian reform program that allows no exemption from coverage and that calls for the free redistribution of land.
Part of the problem
Part of the problem
In time, those armed with the perspective that forgets, ignores, or dismisses as passé in the age of globalization and privatization the reasons why UP was founded became dominant in a succession of UP administrations.
UP wake-up call
UP wake-up call
By being defensive and resorting to the distasteful tack of insinuating that serious family problems likely triggered the suicide, UP officials not only miss the entire point but also the opportunity to confront the real problems plaguing the entire university.
Iraq, worse off after ten years of US occupation
Iraq, worse off after ten years of US occupation
The 23 years of US intervention in Iraq – the bombing of Iraq in 1990 and the crippling sanctions thereafter, and the 2003 invasion – have brought nothing but hardships and sufferings for the Iraqi people.
Another tale of woes, yet hope is up over Sabah
Another tale of woes, yet hope is up over Sabah
The month-long standoff in Sabah between followers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and the Malaysian security forces has turned into a critical humanitarian case, with reports of the latter applying excessive force, brutally treating Filipinos living there, and making it hard for assistance to reach them.
Iskolars ng Bayan nearing extinction
Iskolars ng Bayan nearing extinction
It is bad enough that students from poor families, who graduated from the country’s deteriorating public school system, would have to compete against students from the country’s version of ivy league schools: expensive private schools mostly run by Catholic congregations.
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