People’s SONA to highlight Marcos admin’s US puppetry, rights abuses
Progressive groups urged the people to join the July 27 People's SONA.
People’s SONA to highlight Marcos admin’s US puppetry, rights abuses
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Filipino youth in Canada honor farmers’ struggle through exhibit
Filipino youth in Canada honor farmers’ struggle through exhibit
The exhibit sheds light on pressing questions and the realities behind them–how the hard work of peasants is exploited by landlords and corporations, and how the worsening effects of typhoons and floods continue to devastate rural communities while funds meant for relief and disaster prevention are pocketed by corrupt officials.
38 years later, Southern Tagalog farmers continue to fight for Mendiola Massacre victims
38 years later, Southern Tagalog farmers continue to fight for Mendiola Massacre victims
“During that time, I was a daughter. Now, I'm a mother. However, the truth is, there is still no justice for the 13 martyrs. There is still no genuine land reform up to now. We continue to march to the streets to urge a department to implement genuine land reform,” Miriam Villanueva said in Filipino.
Kailan ipaghahain ng gobyerno ang taumbayan?
Kailan ipaghahain ng gobyerno ang taumbayan?
Ang community pantries ay kabaligtaran ng tikom na kamay na bakal ng gubyerno.
Why is the Food Systems Summit silent on corporate land grabs?
Why is the Food Systems Summit silent on corporate land grabs?
Indeed, there is a need, as the Asia Peasant Coalition puts it, for the farmers “to organize and mobilize for our own people’s summit together with other marginalized and oppressed sectors that suffer the gravest hunger and poverty because of imperialist control and domination over the world’s food and agriculture.”
Food as a daily struggle in Negros
Food as a daily struggle in Negros
The living conditions in the Negros island have been – time and again – a glaring example of government’s failure to implement genuine agrarian reform.
Lakbay Magsasaka | Peasants call for genuine agrarian reform, end to state fascism
Lakbay Magsasaka | Peasants call for genuine agrarian reform, end to state fascism
Progressive peasant and fisherfolk groups will hold a series of campaign in the capital this month.
28 years | Remembering the Mendiola Massacre
28 years | Remembering the Mendiola Massacre
“Comrades, have the massacres, killings and land grabbing stopped?” peasant leader Rafael Mariano asked. The crowd gave a resounding no.
Gloria, Resign!:Thousands Mark Peasant Day vs Landlessness, Poverty, Hunger
Gloria, Resign!:Thousands Mark Peasant Day vs Landlessness, Poverty, Hunger
The age-old issues affecting the peasantry – landlessness, hunger and poverty – were expectedly the main issues at the rally in observance of Peasant Day last Oct. 21. The protest action, however, also became an occasion to air the growing demand for the...
Missing the Point in the Rice Crisis
Missing the Point in the Rice Crisis
The root of the problem that led to the rice crisis, rural backwardness, cannot be solved by sporadic solutions and releases of funds. It would necessitate a reversal of the economic programs and priorities of the government. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat...
Rough Sailing Expected for Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill
Rough Sailing Expected for Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill
When the sessions of Congress resume on January 19, the progressive party list bloc in the House of Representatives would push anew for House Bill 3059 or the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB). Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano said they expect to encounter rough sailing when they push for the bill, but they are not afraid to lose. Mariano believes that the ensuing debate on the bill could put the long-standing demand of the peasantry for a genuine and thoroughgoing land reform program in the national agenda.
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