Articles in English
Back to EDSA to fight chacha
The 38th anniversary of the EDSA uprising was commemorated in various parts of the country and overseas through protests against the Marcos regime’s charter change scheme or chacha on February 25. About 5,000 people gathered in front of the EDSA Shrine in Metro Manila under the No to Chacha Network. The groups said one of […]
Gabriela greets Women's Month with protests
Simultaneous protest actions were carried out by women under Gabriela on March 1 at the beginning of Women’s Month. Their call: Livelihood, Human Rights, Sovereignty, not chacha for foreigners and the few! That day, Gabriela Youth members, together with other youth groups, marched to Mendiola in Manila to express their opposition to the Marcos regime’s […]
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Protests
Protests hound Marcos presence at ASEAN in Australia. Filipino migrants and progressive groups in Melbourne, Australia hounded the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit and the participation of Ferdinand Marcos Jr from March 4 to March 6. Led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan)-Australia, the protests disrupted the ASEAN Summit and Marcos’ activities. Justice for the Bilar 5 […]
The struggle of women workers in Bataan
Inside the Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB), the first export processing zone in the Philippines, women workers dared to struggle at FCF Manufacturing Corporation, a company that exclusively makes products for global brands Coach and Kate Spade. They voted to go on strike after the company said it would only grant a wage increase of […]