Lakbayan, a Victory for the Filipino Peasantry
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Slideshow: The Long March for Land and Justice
The Long March for Land and Justice
Slideshow: Lakbayan, Day 10
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.
Photo of the Week: Survivor
Survivor
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.
Salungguhit: The Long March
The Long March
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 Massacre.
Slideshow: Lakbayan, Day 7
Negros Farmers on Hunger Strike to Oppose Killings, ‘Criminalization of Agrarian Struggle’
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
Farmers and fisherfolk groups in Negros Occidental have been holding protests outside the capitol to denounce the mounting harassments experienced by Negrense farmers and farm workers. They also denounce a series of moves by landlords to file common and trivial offenses against peasants who demand land reform.
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Slideshow: Crisis in Sugarlandia
Land Reform: Crisis in Sugarlandia