‘Lakbayan’ | 3,000 indigenous peoples, Moro to gather in Manila this October
The annual people’s caravan from the regions will be here from Oct. 13 to 21.
‘Lakbayan’ | 3,000 indigenous peoples, Moro to gather in Manila this October
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Farmers march against militarization, terror in their communities
Farmers march against militarization, terror in their communities
“Before, we could work in our farms without fear. Life is difficult but we could still eat at least three times a day. We peacefully sleep at night. My children could still go to school. But everything changed when the soldiers arrived.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL...
Soldiers maul protesters of US-RP military exercises
Soldiers maul protesters of US-RP military exercises
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Members of progressive youth groups Anakbayan and Gabriela Youth were assaulted in Maguindanao by unidentified military elements on Friday, April 13, during their protest at Camp Siongco where the 6th Infantry Division of the...
Lakbayan in Northern Mindanao Region a success – peasants’ groups
Lakbayan in Northern Mindanao Region a success – peasants’ groups
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Peasants all over the country march for land, rights, social justice CAGAYAN DE ORO, Misamis Oriental -- Peasant groups in Northern Mindanao Region said the march of peasants here was a success with the overwhelming...
Peasants all over the country march for land, rights, social justice
Peasants all over the country march for land, rights, social justice
By MARYA SALAMAT
After decades of what they described as “agrarian reform programs designed to fail,” Filipino peasants continue to suffer from landlessness and worsening poverty.
Sidebar: Lakbayan in Northern Mindanao Region a success – peasants’ groups
Northern Mindanao Peasants join lakbayan, call for better living conditions
Northern Mindanao Peasants join lakbayan, call for better living conditions
Video: Northern Mindanao Peasants join lakbayan
Farmers in Northern Mindanao rally for genuine land reform
Farmers in Northern Mindanao rally for genuine land reform
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“In Bukidnon, TNCs conspire with the traditional landlords in grabbing vast tracks of land, and in evading agrarian reform programs.” – Danilo Menente, Kasama-Bukidnon
Farmers’ Groups to Hold Lakbayan Against Aquino Government
Farmers’ Groups to Hold Lakbayan Against Aquino Government
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Calling the Aquino government as a “haciendero regime” and the “number one enemy of peasants,” progressive farmers’ organizations from Central and Southern Luzon would converge at the office of the office of the Department of Agrarian Reform before marching to the historic Mendiola bridge on October 21.
A Bloody Struggle for Land in Compostela Valley
A Bloody Struggle for Land in Compostela Valley
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
For the farmers, peasants and indigenous peoples of Southern Mindanao, the past several years had been a period of great danger and violence as big mining companies encroach into ancestral and agricultural land, using the military to drive them away. Many peasant and Lumad leaders who opposed these projects have ended up dead and tortured.
Leyte Farmers Locked in Battle with Ex-CA Justice Over Land
Leyte Farmers Locked in Battle with Ex-CA Justice Over Land
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Since 2000, Alejandro Abaño could not go back to his farm in barangay Cabatianuhan, Alangalang, Leyte. In the first week of February that year, Abaño, together with some agricultural workers, was weeding the coconut land of his father when armed men pretending to be policemen came to their hut accusing them of being rebels. The armed men were allegedly hired by former Court of Appeals Justice Vicente “Cheng” Veloso, who claimed that he owned the land.
Audio Slideshow: Lakbayan, a Victory for the Filipino Peasantry
Audio Slideshow: Lakbayan, a Victory for the Filipino Peasantry
Lakbayan, a Victory for the Filipino Peasantry
Slideshow: The Long March for Land and Justice
Slideshow: The Long March for Land and Justice
The Long March for Land and Justice
Mega-Dam Project in Tarlac Remains a Threat to Aetas
Mega-Dam Project in Tarlac Remains a Threat to Aetas
By MARYA SALAMAT
Among those who participated in the recent Lakbayan, the national peasant caravan, were members of the Aberlin Aetas, a tribe in Tarlac whose communities and livelihood are being threatened by a mega-dam project started by the administration of Cory Aquino and now being pursued by the Arroyo regime.
Bulacan Farmers Up Against Congressman in Land Struggle
Bulacan Farmers Up Against Congressman in Land Struggle
By MARYA SALAMAT
The first time Rep. Luis Villafuerte went up and asked the farmers to meet with him in April, “he hoodwinked us to sign a paper which we thought was just an attendance sheet, but later turned out to be our supposed agreement to donate the lands we have been tilling to Green Earth,” members of Lingap Magsasaka, the farmers' group, told Bulatlat during the northern leg of the 10-day Lakbayan.
Bulatlat Live: Mendiola Massacre, 23 Years Later
Bulatlat Live: Mendiola Massacre, 23 Years Later
Click here to read past Bulatlat stories on Mendiola Massacre Mendiola Massacre: 23 Years Later Click here for Bulatlat's full coverage of the 10-day Lakbayan-National Peasant Caravan that preceded today's commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the Mendiola...
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