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The exhibit sheds light on pressing questions and the realities behind them–how the hard work of peasants is exploited by landlords and corporations, and how the worsening effects of typhoons and floods continue to devastate rural communities while funds meant for relief and disaster prevention are pocketed by corrupt officials.
“This is not a local dispute; this is part of a global system of land grabbing and corporate greed protected by repressive government and financed by foreign capital, including British capital,”
They decried the state's land use conversion process, which has threatened their livelihoods in order to make room for corporate-backed development projects.
Today’s protest action marks the culmination of a series of peasant-led campaigns and advocacy activities carried out across Metro Manila.
Mong Palatino, secretary general of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), said that the current genocide in the Palestine did not start two years ago, but a culmination of over a century of conflict.
Progressive groups stormed Luneta in a mass action to denounce what they called massive corruption in flood control and other government infrastructure projects. They condemned the diversion of billions of pesos to anomalous contracts and kickbacks, stressing that such public funds could have been channeled instead to essential social services. They argued that the money pocketed on corruption could have strengthened the country’s ailing public hospitals, financed the construction of much-needed classrooms, and provided long-overdue salary increases for workers.
"It's time to make militant resistance the defining characteristic of the youth again."
Thousands gathered at Luneta earlier today, Sept. 21, to denounce corruption and demand accountability over flood control projects mired in controversy.
"Year after year, PUP’s budget is slashed while billions are lost to corruption—such as flood control projects—funded by taxpayers."
“We want to explore different ways to encourage more people to take action in the fight against corruption>
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), Taumbayan Ayaw sa Magnanakaw at Abusado Network Alliance (TAMA NA), and allied organizations protest in front of the Supreme Court, demanding to reverse Sara Duterte’s impeachment ruling.
Ahead of the upcoming State of the Nation Address, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment slammed Marcos Jr’s recent statement that massive flooding and other disasters are the ‘new normal’, asserting instead that those are the result of systemic corruption, the DENR’s criminal neglect, and the ‘greenlighting’ of corporate-driven development projects.
The Bahaghari-led protest, which mobilized civil society groups, allies, and LGBTQIA+ community members, featured the mural "Ang Liwanag ng Bahaghari" (The Light of the Rainbow) as the vibrant backdrop for the event stage.
The event brought together Ka Louie’s family, relatives, long-time colleagues, and comrades and celebrated his unwavering commitment to the Filipino people's struggle for genuine peace, justice, and national sovereignty.
Marking the 127th day of Philippine independence, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and allied organizations rally en route to the US Embassy condemning the escalating US military interventions and influence in the Philippines backed by various military agreements and other foreign policies. The groups also expressed the Filipino people’s strong solidarity with the Palestinian people against continuing US-Israel genocide in Palestine
“We are here not because we disobey our parents, but because they are with us in what we are fighting for. Sara Duterte has done nothing, she only advances her own and her family’s personal interests… she blatantly disrespects the Filipino people,” said Nathalie.
“Ate Dee stood up for our right to accessible and quality education and demanded meaningful spaces for the youth to lead and be heard. She was never content with token representation. She believed that the youth are not too young to resist, not too naive to understand injustice, and never too powerless to transform our current realities."
Despite ongoing threats and harassment for asserting their collective right to ancestral land, Molbog indigenous people and non-Indigenous residents of Sitio Marihangin, Bugsuk, Palawan, marked Eid’l Adha with solemn prayers for peace and justice. As part of their sacred and enduring tradition, they also lit candles at the burial grounds of their departed loved ones, honoring their memory.
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