ORGANIZATIONS OF TOILING masses mounted the annual Kalbaryo ng Masang Anakpawis (The Cross of the Toiling Masses) last March 26, at Isetann, Recto Avenue in Manila City. Participants presented such issues as the intensifying economic crisis, reclamation in Manila Bay and demolition in Navotas, and the red-tagging of activist leaders and their communities. They raised calls for wage increases and an end to contractualization, union-busting, harassment of workers and mass unemployment in the national capital.

The Kalbaryo ng Timog Katagalugan was staged on March 24. Participants expressed opposition to charter change and the promotion of real land reform, living wages, national sovereignty, and just peace. The following day, they headed to the national capital to press their grievances before the departments of employment, education and the environment.