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PHOTO
OF THE WEEK
STARTING EARLY
These sons of workers
from Hacienda Luisita, a 6,000-hectare sugar plantation owned by the
Cojuangco family, are starting early. That is, this early they are capable
of rage against injustice, as shown on their faces. They are among some 30
children of Luisita workers who picketed the Quezon City house of former
President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino Oct. 19 to protest against the
retrenchment of 326 employees and demand their reinstatement demands
written on the yellow ribbons favorite symbols of the ex-president on
their heads as well as the placards they carry. The former president did
not show her face, however. Clearly, the children knew what they were in
the picket for, proving the following lines from Russian poet Yevgeny
Yevtushenko: The young know what you mean. The young are people.
Photo by Alexander Martin
Remollino/Bulatlat
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