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Establishing a MAKIBAKA chapter in Metro Manila
In July last year, AB published an account of the formation of a Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan chapter in a barrio in Bicol. It was but one of many chapters formed in the countryside in various parts of the country. This time, AB is publishing an account of the formation of a MAKIBAKA chapter in Metro Manila excerpted from an article that appeared in MAKIBAKA's publication Malayang Pilipina (Liberated Filipina).
It was on June 15, 2003 when a chapter of MAKIBAKA was formed in Barangay Alitaptap. Fifteen MAKIBAKA members gathered for the occasion. According to MAKIBAKA spokesperson Ka Malaya Libertad, the occasion was a historic one since it was the very first chapter formally established in Metro Manila since the Second Great Rectification Movement.
Like in other impoverished communities in Metro Manila, many of the residents of Barangay Alitaptap fled the provinces because of militarization and poverty.
It was the women who were first organized in this barangay. For two years, they carried out tasks as part of a support-liaison committee. It was May 2003 when a women's organizing group (OG) was formed in Barangay Alitaptap. Not long after, the formation of a MAKIBAKA chapter was decided upon. To prepare, the women conducted study sessions on topics that included the Situation of the Revolutionary Movement. They also discussed the MAKIBAKA orientation.
The women's chapter in Barangay Alitaptap has made an enormous contribution to the revolution's all-sided advance with its members organizing their respective families and others in the community. From their efforts, a chapter of KASAMA (an organization of workers and semi-proletarians in urban poor communities) will soon be formed in Barangay Alitaptap.
Other chapters of MAKIBAKA are also set to be established in other communities of Metro Manila in the coming months.
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 07 March 2004
English Edition
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