December 2010
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Billions for the Military and the Ultra-Rich, Food... →
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According to the Working Poor Families Project, nearly one in three working families is struggling to make ends meet because they’re stuck in low-wage jobs with no benefits.
The report says, “Although low-income working families remain mostly invisible to policymakers, these families are comprised of workers who form the backbone of our economy: working the cash registers, keeping...
“If we are truly drawing the people; If we are trying to reflect the society...”
– http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com/Emory_Art/pdf/Emory_Speaks.pdf (via hiyasmin)
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Filipino graduate student from U.C. San Diego... →
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Mark Farrales fled to the United States with his family to seek political asylum after the life of Mark’s father, a prominent lawyer who spoke out against government corruption, was threatened by two gunshots to the head in 1990. Mark Farrales’ father, Jaime, had just announced a bid for congress during that time. Mark was only ten years old when he left...
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with...”
– Maya Angelou
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WatchSan Francisco Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines extends its warmest congratulations to the Morong 43 health workers on their release from political imprisonment. Their release after 10 months of illegal detention is truly a people’s victory. We will continue to clamor and fight for the release of the remaining 10 of the Morong 43 still in detainment and all political prisoners in...
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At last! Morong 43 ordered RELEASED by the Morong Regional Trial Court. Friends and relatives now going to Bicutan to reunite with their loved ones.
“National Liberation begin as an act of culture.”
– Amilcar Cabral
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What Makes A Hero
It’s not the manner of death that makes someone a hero. It is the meaning dawn from the struggles against the foe.
There is the hero who dies in the battlefield, there is the hero who dies of hunger or disease, there is the hero who dies of some accident, there is the hero who dies of old age.
Whatever is the manner of death, there is a common denominator a hero serves the people ...
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“Build a bright future!
Mobilize the people to resist exploitation and...”
– Theme of the 4th International Assembly of the International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS)
Coming July 2011
(via etmm)
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