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Statement of AGHAM-Advocates of Science and Technology for the People | February 12, 2021
Defend our people’s scientist, drop the trumped-up charges against Boyette Jurcales Jr! We strongly condemn the harassment against one of AGHAM-Advocates of Science and Technology for the People’s Convenor, Engr. Boyette Jurcales Jr. We were aghast when we heard that Boyette, as we fondly call him, along with 10 other individuals have been filed with…
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BAYAN on inflation
Inflation is on a 2-year high, due mainly to the rising prices of pork and vegetables. The national government should address the drastically weakening purchasing power of the working people, even as it resolves the reasons for the price increase. 1. The poor need a bail-out due to rising prices of food, transportation, and unpaid…
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A message to the new AFP Chief of Staff
The new AFP chief of staff should understand that the regime will not be able to end the insurgency with lies, naked terror, fake surrenders, trumped-up charges, militarization, and more repression. These rights violations actually give rise to more resistance. These violations exist and have been well-documented. Past regimes have merely added fuel to the…
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Drop the trumped-up charges against Boyette, Windel and others
Activists are under attack through trumped-up charges that are meant to land them in jail. Last December 2020, the PNP in Tagum, Davao del Norte filed a trumped-up case of murder against 11 people from different parts of the Philippines, for a killing that happened in March 22, 2018. Bayan’s Lutgardo “Boyette” Jurcales, Jr, like…
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End red-tagging, Address the Roots of the Armed Conflict
It is time to end red-tagging and instead address the roots of the armed conflict. Red-tagging has become reckless and indiscriminate. It has included among its targets ordinary farmers, indigenous peoples and workers. Recently it has included lawyers, doctors, artists, church leaders and journalists. A lawyer and a doctor were killed in separate incidents after…
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Biden Called On to End US Wars, Aid to Tyrants
Trump leaves the White House in utter disgrace, the only president to be impeached twice, the only one shut out from social media and one who will likely face multiple charges after his term. We join the American people in bidding Trump “Good riddance!” We join their calls in holding Trump accountable for his many…
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DEFEND WINDEL, FREE THE LAND!
BAYAN joins the call of activist mass organizations, human rights defenders and Indigenous Peoples advocates to defend Windel Bolinget amidst series of attacks and the trumped-up murder case against him. Attacks of this sort being inflicted on activist leaders like Windel, who is the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) Chair and the KATRIBU convener, is not…
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Long Live Peoples Struggle Against Trumpism and US Imperialism!
BAYAN (New Patriotic Alliance) stands with the democratic forces and all of the United States of America’s working people in condemning the continuing white supremacist attacks and threats inflicted by Donald Trump and his supporters. These assaults are not only the result of Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in the recent elections. The relentless fascist…
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NO TO CHARTER CHANGE
Kahapon ay umugong na naman ang usapan ng Charter change sa Kamara at Senado. Sa Senado ay may resolution na para sa pagbubuo ng Constituent Assembly na magbabago ng Constitution. Bakit ito ang pagkakaabalahan ng Kongreso isang taon bago ang eleksyon at sa gitna ng pandemya? Share this BAYAN Philippines statement Ang Constituent Assembly ay…
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Remain Vigilant and Oppose any Moves for Charter Change
We call on the people to remain vigilant and oppose any moves for Charter change. Congress is about to revive discussions on Cha-cha. A resolution has been filed in the Senate to convene Congress into a Constituent Assembly. It is not true that Cha-cha would be limited in scope. Once the CA is convened, the…