The Fifteen is ours. Fisherfolk groups led by Pamalakaya protested at the Department of Agriculture in Quezon City on May 28 to denounce the surge of commercial fishing within the 15-kilometer municipal waters recognized by the December 2024 Supreme Court decision. The protest also marked National Fisherfolk’s Day on May 31. Vendors oppose imperialist […]

Led by its president Donald Trump, US imperialism’s offensives in the past month against Latin American countries intensified. The “Trump Corollary” or extension of the Monroe Doctrine justified the current attacks, aggression, and pressure. Venezuela. US troops conducted an “evacuation drill” in central Caracas, Venezuela on May 23. Two helicopters carrying American soldiers, ambulances, firefighters, […]

Marcos Jr.’s campaign for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council is a profound insult to the thousands of victims of state violence, killings, and aerial bombings in the Philippines. While Marcos Jr. seeks a position in the world’s highest intergovernmental body tasked with maintaining international peace and security, entire communities across the […]

Department of National Defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro’s “archipelagic sentinel” vision is yet another declaration for the sell-out of Philippine sovereignty. This is utterly unacceptable to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Cagayan Valley (NDF-CV) and to the Filipino people. In the Sixth Plenary Session of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la […]

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