Bonifacio fought for a society that’s truly serving the people; President Duterte is seeking to serve only himself and a handful of exploiters and oppressors, Labog said.
Category: State of the Nation Address
People’s SONA 2017: Gone were the hopes of last year
Many protesters’ faces were set in a grim likeness, smiling-but-not-smiling, a kind of general resignation that this day, like so many others before it, might simply be another day of disappointment for all.
People’s SONA 2017 | Thousands of protesters show discontent as they face Duterte
“We now face the US-Duterte regime, imperialist tool in oppressing the Filipino people.”
People’s SONA 2017 | Progressive groups bring back effigy – but it’s not just Duterte’s
“The mass movement wants Duterte to listen to them.”
National minorities bewail ‘worse sufferings’ under Duterte
“Our hope for change under Duterte is rapidly eroding.”
Lumad leaders, students to join SONA protest
The first group of Lakbayanis who will join the SONA rally arrive in UP Diliman.
People’s SONA gathers the hopeful, fires up the mass movement
“As long as there is conflict, and as long as there is struggle from the masses, the government and state must always listen.”
People’s SONA | Progressive groups from all over Ph rally for change
“Our fight goes on and we won’t bring down our banners.”
The change the poor need: education, housing, right to due process
Many urban poor pin their hopes on President Duterte’s plan to improve the country.
‘Unilateral ceasefire must come with pullout of soldiers, dismantling of paramilitary groups’
“It is one step, but government should also pull out soldiers, hold human rights violators accountable, and allow evacuees to go home and reestablish their livelihood, schools and communities.”
UP Diliman welcomes Bicol ‘lakbayanis’
“Change is in our hands.”