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“Wherever there are attacks to human dignity, workers will be pushed to express their struggles in all available forms, and artists will be there to assist and participate in this collective articulation.”
“Is the military totally bereft of even an iota of morality? Don’t they heed persons in authority?”
The mobilization provided the exact opportunity to gain perspective and learn about society for among its ranks are national minorities, workers, migrant Filipinos, and delegates from Southern Tagalog, Bicol, and Central Luzon among others. Study circles were an integral part of the mobilization and as soon as the program on the stage started, the youth were quick to settle down to conduct discussions that define fascism and outline the present political situation.
UP has declared Sept. 21 as A Day of Remembrance to honor the memories of those who struggled against Marcos’ dictatorship and highlight the university’s role in defending “academic freedom, civil liberties, and human rights.”
In history, the LGBT Pride March is a daring political statement, anchored on the Stonewall Riots which happened on June 28, 1969.
“Desperate for justifications, both Marcos and Duterte have conjured up ‘communists’ and ‘terrorists’ as their scapegoats, hiding the real monster of State terrorism behind the curtain.”
The verdict pointed out that the narratives presented during the proceedings were “eerily familiar and oftentimes similar to previous violations that past peoples’ tribunals have covered. And yet the Defendant Duterte has created new forms of attacks and intensified the old ones.”
“The recent conviction of Palparan is a reminder to everyone that evil will never ever triumph.”
“This is one step forward in our struggle. It is a good and beautiful beginning.”
How the promulgation will go on Monday, Sept. 17, matters to the Filipino people especially in light of the widespread, gross, and brutal killings under President Rodrigo Duterte, who virtually promised to absolve involved erring state security officers, particularly the police.
TRAIN-2 was renamed Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High-Quality Opportunities (TRABAHO) to distance itself from the controversial TRAIN-1, but it is very much a twin measure to TRAIN-1 in the Duterte administration’s scheme to craft a tax system that favours the rich at the expense of the poor.
“Once again, we are calling on all the people to raise their voices for justice and for Mary Jane's freedom so that she can be reunited with her family.”
Three mothers of victims of Duterte's drug war narrate how they have risen up from grief and despair to finding hope in the struggle for justice.
“The poor have been striving hard to get out of poverty but the President’s answer buried them instead, literally and figuratively.”
The UP community called on UP President Concepcion to institutionalize the honoring of Martial Law victims and martyrs in the university, create more spaces for their historical role in overthrowing the Marcos regime, and providing courses for in-depth discussion of the Martial Law atrocities.
“They evaded all the substantial issues we have raised right from the very beginning.”
These will result in improved cognitive development leading to higher learning and educational attainment, thereby increasing productivity and wages, which will translate to a higher gross domestic product.
“Although expected, we are still appalled at how the BI just technically resolved the issue.”
"I don’t want others to suffer the same fate as that of my son.”
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