Articles in English
Peasants commemorate 32nd year of Mendiola Massacre
FARMERS FROM Bulacan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales, Pangasinan, Laguna and Batangas gathered in front of Malacañang last January 22 to call for justice for the victims of the January 27 Mendiola Massacre. Thirty two years have passed but not one has been charged of the bloody crime. Thirteen farmers were killed while hundreds were wounded […]
BOL approved in plebiscite
THE BANGSAMORO ORGANIC Law (BOL) was approved in a plebiscite last January 21 in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Pursuant to BOL, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will be created to replace the ARMM. Cotabato City will be included in the BARMM, as well as some municipalities of North Cotabato, […]
Groups mark Luxemburg and Liebknecht’s death centenary
A WEEK-LONG commemoration of the death centenary of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht was held in Germany last January 12-19. Luxemburg and Liebnecht were founders of the Communist Party of Germany in 1918 and leaders of the November 1918 uprisings which called for the end of the German empire during World War 1. They were […]
Sumifru workers defend campout in Manila
Sumifru workers under the Nagkahiusang Mamumuo sa Suyapa Farms (NAMASUFA) successfully defended their campout in Liwasang Bonifacio, Manila last February 4. Their protest camp, now at its second month, began last November 27 to demand DOLE and Sumifru to recognize their union and regularize their workers. Their strike was launched last October 1, 2018. Manila […]
NPA-NEMR mounts 6 counter-attacks
The New People’s Army (NPA) in Northeast Mindanao frustrated the fascist troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) which have been on a 25-day rampage in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur. The said operation was the AFP’s reaction to two successful tactical offensives of the NPA in the last quarter of […]