News and Analysis: Philippines

The hidden history of Black soldiers’ resistance

A courageous anti-imperialist tradition

February 25, 2013

While fighting at home against the hypocrisy of the U.S. government, generations of Black service members have stood and fought against U.S. imperialism abroad.

Chinese cities surrounded by US warships, fighter jets

Imperialism seeks recolonization of China

January 5, 2013

The U.S, as the current master of the capitalist-world, cannot allow a foreign market to overtake it in profitability, as the Chinese market currently seems capable of doing.

Why no sanctions on the United States?

A long and bloody record of 'crimes against peace'

July 5, 2012

Why are there no sanctions against the U.S.? Why are no U.S. leaders—past or present—currently occupying prison cells or awaiting trial?

Philippine military violates human rights

In brief

August 26, 2011

Human Rights Watch recently reported that the government of the Philippines allows its military to violate human rights and kill innocent civilians.

Victory for urban poor against Phiippine authorities

San Roque community fights demolition for capitalist development

October 20, 2010

Adapted from a talk given at a PSL branch meeting in Los Angeles. "Walang aalis, walang aalis, walang aalis!" (nobody's leaving, nobody's leaving, nobody's leaving!), the residents of Sitio San Roque chanted in unison, piercing the too familiar sound of midday traffic along Efipanio De los Santos Avenue in the North Triangle area of Quezon City, Philippines.

Docking of U.S. nuclear carrier George Washington a grave violation of sovereignty

Statement by Alliance-Philippines

September 10, 2010

The Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) Sept. 3 assailed the docking of the US nuclear-powered USS George Washington at the Manila Bay as "a grave insult and affront on Philippine sovereignty." This is living proof of intensified U.

Tropical storm and typhoon cause devastation in the Philippines

A capitalist calamity

November 2, 2009

In the morning of Sept. 26, tropical storm Ondoy (international codename: Ketsana) pounded Metro Manila and the surrounding regions, dumping a month's worth of rain in just six hours and causing the most massive flooding seen in the last 40 years.

US-Arroyo Charter Change Railroad Rolls On

US Imperialism To Blame for the Legislative Coup

June 5, 2009

The Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP, or Alliance Philippines) strongly condemns US Imperialism and its fascist puppet-Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) in meddling and directly intervening in the political process in the Philippines.

The Mendiola Massacre of 1987

Past atrocities shape present-day Filipino reality

January 25, 2009

On Jan. 22, 1987, anti-riot personnel from the Manila Western Police District, the Integrated National Police and the Philippine Marines opened fire on a peaceful rally of 15,000 peasants and their supporters demanding "genuine land reform" under the newly installed Corazón Aquino administration.

Mexican town helps immigrants escape police

In brief

October 17, 2008

Residents living in Rafael Lara Grajales, a town in central Mexico, recently came to the aid of 34 Central American immigrants trying to make their way to the United States. The immigrants had been caught and sold by police to human traffickers for $100 each.

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