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July 07, 2021

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Groups meet Duterte's fifth year with protest
July 07, 2021

More than a thousand individuals marched to the Mendiola Bridge in Manila to mark Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth year in power last June 30 and hold him accountable for his regime of corruption, treachery, killings, and oppression. Led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, various organizations demanded an end to the killings and for the Duterte regime to […]

Protests
July 07, 2021

75-years of neocolonialism. Around 100 students mounted a lightning rally in front of the United States Embassy in Pasay City on July 4. Youth activists led by the League of Filipino Students demanded the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement, Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement and other unequal agreements and treaties between the Philippines and the […]

AFP aerial assets: Flying coffins
July 07, 2021

The helicopters and planes of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been recently dubbed as “flying coffins.” This came after the crash of a C-130 Hercules transport plane of the AFP last July 4 in Barangay Bangkal, Patikul, Sulu, which recorded the highest number of casualties in the past three decades. Latest reports […]

Philippines relisted in money laundering grey list
July 07, 2021

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) once again placed the Philippines in its “grey list” last June 24. This means the FATF will put the country’s bank and financial transactions under closer scrutiny. Money laundering is “cleaning” illegally obtained dirty money through transfers involving banks or investments in legitimate businesses. The FATF is an international […]

Crisis and rivalries in the semiconductor industry
July 07, 2021

The semiconductor industry is at currently at the center of rising imperialist rivalries between giant capitalists US and China. The rhetoric of “free trade” has been set aside as the imperialist states take a direct role in their race to control the production and distribution of this key technological product. This conflict is part of […]

Satiating the avarice of the dictator's monsters
July 07, 2021

Even with a few months left in Duterte’s official term, he continues to give huge favors to his armed agents, especially to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). He often calls them “my soldiers” when he visits their camps, when he incites them to kill or rape, and when he prioritized them to be […]

The technology of semiconductors
July 07, 2021

Semiconductor production technology in terms of fitting more circuits in limited space advances interminably. In the 1950s, an electronic chip had only ten circuits. This increased a hundredfold in the 1960s. It is said that the capacity of chips rises every two years. In the end of the 1980s, a stamp-sized could contain 16 million […]

Ang Bayan | July 7, 2021
July 07, 2021

Ang Bayan (“The People”) is the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines, guided by Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. It is published by the Central Committee. AB comes out fortnightly every 7th and 21st of each month. The original Pilipino edition is translated into English, Bisaya, Waray, Hiligaynon and Iloco.

Limang taong tiraniya, huwag nang palawigin pa
July 07, 2021

Walang kasukat na pagdurusa at pang-aapi ang inihatid ng limang taong tiwali, traydor at tiranikong rehimen ni Rodrigo Duterte. Ngayon higit kailanman, nagpupuyos ang damdamin ng mamamayan sa determinasyon na pangibabawan ang lahat ng takot at pangamba at makibaka para wakasan ang lubhang kinamumuhiang rehimen. Upang itatag ang kanyang tiraniya, susing patakaran ni Duterte ang […]