Philippine Revolution Web Central
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Alyansa ng Manggagawang Bukid ng Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA, or Alliance of Hacienda Luisita Farm Workers) newly elected officers took their oath at a gathering in Barangay Lourdes, San Miguel, Tarlac City on November 16. They held the ceremony concurrent with marking the 2004 massacre committed by state forces killing seven farmers in Hacienda Luisita. The […]
Enrile burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani opposed. Dozens of organizations and individuals expressed their opposition to the scheme to bury Juan Ponce Enrile at the Libingan ng mga Bayani on November 22. Enrile is the despised martial law architect, a killer, and a plunderer of the environment and the nation’s treasury. He […]
Successive typhoons Tino and Uwan struck the country in November, severely damaging agriculture, infrastructure, homes, and schools. These claimed many lives and displaced hundreds of residents from their communities. No less than 6,000 homes in Cebu were destroyed, while 2,812 were partially damaged when typhoon Tino hit on November 4. Forty barangays suffered from severe […]
The working class’ suffering is doubled whenever communities and roads are flooded. They often live in low-lying and flood-prone parts of cities where defective and profit-driven flood control projects were built. Their homes and communities are damaged, they lose income, work in unsafe conditions, and risk losing their jobs. Hardest hit by the damage are […]
Every two weeks, members of the Committee to Support the Revolution in the Philippines (CSRP), an ally of the Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle (FFPS) in France, gather to discuss Ang Bayan (AB) issues. This is part of CSRP’s regular program to study and promote the achievements and advances of the people’s war […]
Kabataang Makabayan (KM)-Metro Manila chapter Luzille Gypsy Zabala Brigade held an assembly at an undisclosed location on November 16. The gathering was held as part of marking KM’s 61st anniversary on November 30. The assembly discussed KM’s crucial task of strengthening the youth-student movement in the urban center. Participant Ka Karso Mapagpalaya said the youth […]
While Filipinos are submerged in floods, the US is busy heightening military intervention in the country. Together with its puppet Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), it has used HADR (humanitarian assistance and disaster response) as cover to continuously launch war games and other military activities. A US major ally in the Pacific, Australian troops […]
Amid many challenges, the peasants’ four struggles for their right to land in Isabela continue. Since 2019, they have launched campouts, collective farming, dialogues, petitions, and confrontations against landlords and government agencies. Two farming communities are fighting for their right to their homesteads in central Isabela. The area is being grabbed to augment the wider […]
Karapatan-Cagayan Valley condemned the illegal arrest of peasant organizer Stalin Valencia. A Philippine National Police (PNP) and 5th ID combined force arrested Valencia on November 15 in San Mateo, Isabela. He faces multiple criminal charges, including attempted murder, murder, and arson in Cagayan Valley. Valencia was kept incomunicado overnight and his family was prevented from […]