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Anakbayan-Canada statement on Sagay massacre Youth group Anakbayan-Canada condemns the massacre of nine agricultural workers in Hacienda Nene, Sagay City, Negros, central Philippines on October 20. We stand with the Filipino people in the the martyrs' call for land rights and justice on the occasion of the peasant and indigenous peoples month in the country. …
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“Whatever is the manner of death/ There is a common denominator/ A hero serves the people/ To his very last breath” As we commemorate and celebrate the glory of courageous Filipinos, our heroes, we remember the service they rendered to our country’s freedom, honor and justice. Many of them have fallen and we are proud …
Continue reading "2018 August 27 – Anakbayan Canada on Philippine National Heroes Day"
No ketchup were used for fake blood and gory looks. An elderly woman was bleeding in the mouth after she was beaten by security personnel. Young people were mauled and charged with fabricated evidence. No chill. A couple of months since a June 2nd strike in a NutriAsia plant in Marilao, Bulacan, northern Philippines stirred …
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BAYAN Canada Statement on the occasion of Duterte’s State of the Nation Address Two years of Duterte rule more than ever reaffirm the dictum that the people and the people alone, with their collective strength, will carve out their own history and achieve the fundamental change towards a truly free and democratic, just and peaceful …
Continue reading "2018 July 18 – Jobs and justice, land and freedom! No to dictatorship!"
AB-TO on Philippine Independence Day 2018 Reference: Inaj Mae Abalajon, Chairperson, Anakbyan-Toronto Email: anakbayan.toronto@gmail.com The year 2018 would be the first to witness Toronto celebrating June as Filipino Heritage Month", generally considered a significant gesture for the fastest growing immigrant community in Canada in recent years. This is also anchored on the 120th year since …
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May 1st belongs to the workers. From the Haymarket martyrs, executed during the struggle for the eight-hour working day, to our own struggles today, it has become a day for all working people. This year, May 5th is the two hundredth birthday of the philosopher and revolutionary, Karl Marx. His investigation of capitalism helped provide …
April 22, 2018 Reference: Renz Grospe, Co-chairperson Anakbayan Canada Email: anakbayan.canada@gmail.com US Customs and Border Protection does not consider country of origin or human rights activism to be determining factors for admissibility, according to a statement by agency spokesman Jaime Ruiz. But the agency is prohibited from discussing specifics why Mindanao activist Datu Jerome Aladdin …
