It has been 18 years since the bloody massacre in Hacienda Luisita. But the state’s brutality and its blood debts are still imprinted on the nation’s collective memory. Seven farmers have given up their lives to demand an increase to their alms-like P9.50 wage from the said azucarera. In the following months, eight more individuals […]

The Rachelle Mae Palang Command – New People’s Army Southeast Front (RMPC-NPA) denounced the 11th IB’s proposed detachment in Tamlang Valley, Barangay Talalak, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental. Ka Estrella Banagbanag, spokesperson of the RMPC-NPA, called on the people to ‘reject the AFP’s plan of intensifying militarization in Santa Catalina.’ “It is obvious that the AFP […]

As the Kalinga government unit celebrates a supposed ‘return to glorious days of Balatoc through responsible mining,’ the Cordillera People’s Democratic Front issues a reminder that the mining operation in question indicates glory not for the people of Pasil but for the profit-hungry mining companies. Under the leadership of known Red-tagger Allen Capuyan, the National […]

To the masses of Southern Mindanao, the recent announcement by the AFP’s 10th Infantry Division of of keeping its forces, including detachments, paramilitaries and retooled community support program (RCSP) units, proves how hollow its barely month-old “insurgency-free” declaration truly is. In describing what they managed to achieve as “fragile peace,” the fascist hawks are themselves […]

The government’s hollow counterinsurgency campaign really is a study of irony and greed. This is proven by fascist machineries satisfying its avarice with the staggering amount of funds that would supposedly be used to end communism. And to legitimize its claim, it peddles the fantasy that there are but five guerilla fronts left under the […]