Bagong Alyansang Makabayan

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan rejects the spurious claim of some so-called Chinese scholars that Batanes should be considered part of China’s territory. It is baseless, reckless, and unnecessarily creates a fictitious issue that stokes maritime tensions and will surely be used by US apologists to justify the expansion of US operations in the Philippines beyond the…

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) expresses its grave concern over the Senate impeachment court’s decision to retain the 16-vote threshold for conviction while allowing Senators Jinggoy Estrada, Rodante Marcoleta and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa to vote on the verdict despite not being able to fully participate in the impeachment trial. This ruling violates the basic principles…

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan decries the “no-rally zone” policy and the overkill security measures inside and outside the Senate premises, despite the earlier commitment of authorities to respect the people’s right to hold vigils and organize protests during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. On July 6, the Bayan-led march from the Manila Film…

There can be no genuine friendship between an imperialist power and its neocolony. The relationship between US imperialism and the Philippines has been forged through colonial conquest, sustained by neocolonial domination, and today deepened by worsening forms of economic plunder and military intervention. Since the grant of flag independence, Washington has presented itself as the…

As the Senate prepares to begin the impeachment trial of VP Sara Duterte next week, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), together with the Bantay Impeachment Network, is calling on the people to march to the Senate on Monday, July 6, to assert our demand for truth and accountability. The impeachment trial should not be reduced to…

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns the enforcement of so-called anti-terror laws designed to suppress dissent, instill fear in communities, and legalize nothing less than state terrorism. Since its enactment in 2020, the Anti-Terrorism Act has enabled the US-Duterte and US-Marcos regimes to weaponize the judicial process to target critics, social activists, human rights defenders, revolutionary leaders,…

Sa July 3, markahan natin ng mga serye ng protesta ang ika-anim na taon ng pagpasa ng Anti-Terrorism Act sa Pilipinas. Ito ay patuloy na ginagamit upang sindakin ang mamamayan, patahimikin ang oposisyon, at pigilan ang paglaban ng taumbayan. Kasabay nito ang pagtatapos ng Global Counter-Terrorism Week (Hunyo 26 – Hulyo 2): Magtitipon ang UN…

Iglesia Ni Cristo’s demand to hold all corrupt officials accountable is legitimate. Still, they refuse to apply it to Rodante Marcoleta, who is facing graft and plunder charges for an election-related offense. Their condemnation of selective justice smacks of hypocrisy, since their motive is merely to preempt Marcoleta’s looming arrest. They are distorting the clamor…