While filming a protest action last August 9 in Beita, in Palestine’s occupied West Bank, Filipino-American activist Amado Sison was injured as Zionist Israel’s military forces indiscriminately open fire. He said they scampered when the protest was violently dispersed during which he was shot in the thigh. Israeli forces also allegedly used tear gas. The […]

Thousands took part in rallies in South Korea capital city of Seoul last August 10 to oppose the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) 2024, scheduled to be held in the country from August 19 to August 29. These war games are annually launched by the US in the ROK, but this year’s exercise will include for […]

Thousands of Papuans protested on August 15 in West Papuan cities to denounce Indonesia’s continued violence, occupation and plunder of their territory. The action coincided with the commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of Indonesia’s illegal seizure and occupation of West Papua. As on many occasions in the past, state forces violently dispersed the rallies. The […]

National Security Adviser Eduardo Año erroneously claims in his recent statements that the primary obstacle for the resumption of peace talks is the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). This narrative he is peddling is not only misleading but dangerously diverts attention from the true impediments for the resumption of peace negotiations. The primary […]

The Marcos government’s official claims that only one out of ten Filipinos live below the poverty line is a blatant insult to broad masses who do not receive sufficient wages and struggle everyday to provide for the needs of their families. Marcos arrived at this astonishingly low figure of poverty incidence by setting the minimum […]