Farmers in the city | The October 21 protest
An illustrated essay on the some of the highlights of the Oct. 21 peasant rally.
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An illustrated essay on the some of the highlights of the Oct. 21 peasant rally.
“We cannot allow Duterte to have his way and continue the massacre of farmers through political killings and burdensome economic policies.”
This harvest season, the farmers of Baloc, Sto. Domingo reaped the fruit of their struggle for land.
Farmers are fast losing hope after President Duterte reneged on his promise to return the coco levy fund to small coconut farmers and there have been moves inside the Department of Agrarian Reform to reverse the administrative and department orders, favoring farmers, which were issued by former Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano.
“We in DAR are one with the struggles of the Filipino people.”
“The struggle in Hacienda Luisita is the struggle of the Filipino people.”
“We hope that candidates who promise reforms in the country would hear and realize the aspiration of Filipino farmers, which should have been realized long ago.”
By ANNE EDNALYN V. DE LA CRUZ
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