Filipinos Don’t Want Their Country to Be Used As a “Launching Pad” for a U.S. War

Jeremy Kuzmarov Manila residents protest visit of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to the Philippines on November 21. [Source: stripes.com] Mainstream media ignore voices of dissent as the Biden administration moves forward with plans to beef up already heavy U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia. On November 21, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met with Filipino…

Washington Splits Asia in Two

Dmitry Bokarev The modern world is torn by contradictions: the US and its allies, accustomed to global domination, seek to maintain and expand their position at the expense of the interests of other countries, leading to crises and conflicts. In the Middle East, wars have been raging for decades, and in Europe, fighting has broken…

Washington’s Indo-Pacific “Allies” Refuse to Host US Missiles

Brian Berletic As part of Washington’s long-standing strategy of encircling and containing China, it seeks to add to its already immense military footprint along China’s periphery, missile installations and specifically, ground-based intermediate-range missiles (GBIRMs) across the Indo-Pacific Region. A research paper funded by the US government and published by the RAND Corporation titled, “Ground-Based Intermediate-Range Missiles in…

Under the Shadow of Duterte, Filipinos Remember the Crimes of Ferdinand Marcos

Peoples Dispatch A scene from the protests in the Philippines on Tuesday. Photo: Karapatan/Facebook Protests were held across the Philippines to mark the declaration of martial law by dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1972. The protests were especially significant ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for next year Thousands participated in demonstrations across the Philippines to…

Duterte’s Lockdown Falters as Philippines Add Over 100,000 New COVID Cases in 10 Days

Peoples Dispatch Police officers manning a border checkpoint of the Cavite province, which went into an extended lockdown as part of tNCR Bubble, on March 29. Photo: Dennis Abrina/Rappler The series of heavily policed and extended lockdowns in place since March 2020, has failed to contain the spread of COVID-19 and given way to more…

Labor Groups and Activists Decry Continued Raids and Arrests in the Philippines

Peoples Dispatch Joseph Canlas seen here holding a poster that reads “We are Farmers, not terrorists” in a rally against the terror law. He was one of two activists arrested in simultaneous raids on labor offices, on March 30, in Luzon. Photo: Bulatlat Social movements and community organizations are coming together to raise their voice…

Communist Party of the Philippines Condemns Extrajudicial Killings, Arbitrary Arrests of Activists and Workers

Marco Valbuena Condemn spate of state terrorist crimes in Southern Tagalog and Bicol The Communist Party of the Philippines and all revolutionary forces condemn in the strongest terms the spate of extrajudicial killings and arrests carried out by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) across the Southern Tagalog and…

Philippines: International Pressure to Investigate Duterte Crimes against Humanity

Ysh Cabana Members of the Independent International Commission of Investigation into Human Rights Violations in the Philippines (Investigate PH) hold a media briefing. Image courtesy of Investigate PH. If a United Nations report wouldn’t suffice, an international commission wants to prove there is a practical way justice will be assured and perpetrators of human rights…

Filipino Lawmakers and Activists Demand Inquiry into Recent Killings of Indigenous Leaders

Peoples Dispatch A demonstration organized by the National Council of Churches and other civil society groups in Quezon City on January 4. (Photo: Katribou Youth/Facebook) Legislators of the left-wing Makabayan bloc have called for an investigation by the Philippines House of Representatives into the recent mass killings of Tumandok community leaders on December 30 Lawmakers…

Communist Party of the Philippines: New Year of Darkness, Struggle and Hope

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is in solidarity with the Filipino people this first day of the new year. Today, let us strengthen our determination to fight to defend the rights and welfare of the masses in the face of relentless oppression and repression by the ruling terorist Duterte clique. Most Filipinos are…

Philippine Communists: Fight Against Duterte’s Terrorism Entails Greater Sacrifice, Courage and Wisdom

July 18 — Today, the Filipino people enter a new stage of resistance against President Rodrigo Duterte’s tyrannical regime as his draconian terror law goes into effect. As it is set to use the new law to silence all criticism and opposition, all democratic forces are compelled to raise their level of courage and commitment…