Propaganda article from the English language edition of Ang Bayan posted to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Website (Oct 21, 2020): Groups commemorate peasant month in Mendiola
More than a thousand farmers led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and their supporters marched to Mendiola, Manila on October 21 to mark the Peasant Month. The demanded “End the oppressive, negligent and fascist Duterte regime!”
They said that Duterte is guilty of crimes against peasants. Demonstrators included farmers who traveled from Bulacan, Bataan, Pampanga, Tarlac and Rizal, as well as fisherfolk from Cavite.
Similar mobilizations were also mounted by farmers in Batangas, Iloilo, Camarines Sur, Albay, Masbate and Sorsogon in front of the local offices of the National Food Authority to demand an increase in palay farmgate prices.
Earlier on October 15 and 16, KMP members staged picket protests in front of the headquarters of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Quezon City.
Health workers. A protest campaign dubbed “Protest from Ward” was launched on October 9. Programs were conducted at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center, National Center for Mental Health, Tondo Medical Center among others.
Members of the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center Employees Union also protested last October 13 to criticize the Department of Health for having around P2.2-billion worth of expired medicines and supplies in stock. They also paid tribute to their leader Judyn Bonn Suerte who died last July 31 after contracting Covid-19 while working in the said hospital.
Workers. Robina Farms workers and members of the Kilusang Mayo Uno staged a picket in front of the office of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board in Intramuros, Manila on October 12 to oppose an impending massive layoff in the company. The management plans to retrench 292 workers of the Robina Farm 11 in Antipolo City, Rizal claiming that the company is already “going bankrupt.”
Urban poor. Progressive groups led by the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap marched to Mendiola last October 12 to oppose the impending demolition of urban poor communities in Intramuros and Tondo among others.
[Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines and is issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and views on current issues. Ang Bayan comes out fortnightly and is published in Pilipino, Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.]
https://cpp.ph/2020/10/21/groups-commemorate-peasant-month-in-mendiola/
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