Generational struggle for agrarian reform
Miriam has worn many uniforms: factory worker, admin officer, pastoral worker, local official, peasant organizer.
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Miriam has worn many uniforms: factory worker, admin officer, pastoral worker, local official, peasant organizer.
Their kalawit, hoes, and sickles which are used to prune rice and weed soil become “weapons” in the state’s eyes.
Recently, the Lupang Ramos farmers grieved the impact of the successive storms which destroyed their planted corn and string beans.
When confronted by KASAMA-LR officials, the police and military eventually admitted that they plan on establishing a “permanent camp” within Lupang Ramos.
Two engineers volunteered to work on a solar-powered irrigation pump for the farmers of Lupang Ramos, a 372-hectare disputed land in Dasmariñas, Cavite.
At a disputed land in the province of Cavite, farmers are healing the land from decades of intensive unsustainable farming practices that led to soil degradation. On top of their daily toil of putting food on the table, they are also resisting attempts of eviction.
“This is a big victory for us because we were able to defend our rights to the land that our families have owned for generations.”
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