CPP/Ang Bayan: Manilakbayan 2017 arrives in Metro Manila

Propaganda article from the English edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines Website (Sep 7): Manilakbayan 2017 arrives in Metro Manila

ON SEPTEMBER 1, Manilakbayan 2017 delegations from Northern Luzon, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog, Visayas and Mindanao arrived in Metro Manila. They were met in a “Salubungan” by members of national democratic organizations at the Bonifacio Shrine in Manila City where they held a program against martial law and the US-Duterte’s fascist attacks against the people.

Afterwhich, they marched to Mendiola in front of Malacanang with various democratic sectors, where they met with Caraga peasants and fisher folk who have been encamped in the place since August 23. That night, they proceeded to the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman where more than a hundred students from the Save Our Schools Network have been staying since July.

On Septembr 4-6, they held the second assembly of Sandugo, the broadest alliance of Moros and other national minorities in the Philippines. More than 2,500 Moros, Lumads and other indigenous peoples have travelled to the national capital to share their stories of struggle. They will remain in Metro Manila up to September 21 to launch activities to further their struggles. These includes pickets against mining companies and government agencies.

Before arriving in Metro Manila, the Mindanao delegation stopped by UP-Los Banos where they were warmly welcomed by the university administration and students.

Meanwhile, the Kahugpungan sa Lumadnong Organisasyon (KASALO-Caraga) held its second regional conference in Butuan City on August 31, and celebrated the Eydow Tu Pakigsantuya Tu Tumindok Kane’t Caraga or Day of Protests of the Caraga Lumads. The conference was held in concurrence with the organization’s growing membership. From 2009, membership has doubled and now includes five tribes.

It was also an occasion to pay tribute to the Lumad leader-heroes whom the state have persecuted and killed because they fought for their ancetral lands. At the end of the day, the delegates marched to Emerito Samarca’s grave in the city. ALCADEV director Samarca was killed by military forces on September 1, 2015.

On August 28, progressive groups, together with various personalities, launched the Movement Against Tyranny, an alliance against the US-Duterte regime’s rising fascism. Prior to this, progressive organizations joined in the funeral march for Kian de Los Santos, the 17-year old victim of extrajudicial killings of the regimes “war against drugs.”

[Ang Bayan is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Hiligaynon, Waray and English. Download Ang Bayan from the Philippine Revolution Web Central at www.philippinerevolution.info.  Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines.]

https://www.philippinerevolution.info/ang_bayan/20170907-manilakbayan-2017-arrives-in-metro-manila/