Articles filed under "Burning Issues"


Students jeer “Secretary of Arroyo’s Defense”; slams Gonzales’s bigotry

Feb 11th, 2010 • Categories: Burning Issues, News

“Gonzalez is a bigot. His ideas are not only preposterous, his anti-communist tirade belongs to the dustbin of history, as old as US Senator Mc Carthy in the 1950s. We belong to a legal organization fighting for just demands. By publicly declaring that we are communists, Gonzales signed our death sentence, as it is an indirect order for the state mercenaries to arrest, torture and kill us”



Students hold picket vs tuition increases

Feb 22nd, 2009 • Categories: Burning Issues, News, Videos

Members of the League of Filipino Students (LFS) along with students from various schools and universities held a protest action in front of the University of Santo Tomas at the country’s University Belt to denounce this month’s rounds of tuition consultations and increases.



ILPS Condemns Israeli Ground Invasion of Gaza and the Escalating Massacre of Palestinian People

Jan 23rd, 2009 • Categories: Burning Issues

Since December 27, 2008, the US-supported Zionist Israel has carried out a war of aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza. It has launched air strikes by F-16 jet planes and Apache helicopters and artillery shelling by naval vessels in order to massacre hundreds and injure thousands of Palestinians in Gaza and destroy their homes, mosques, schools, public buildings, oil depots, power plants, water facilities and other infrastructure.



Joc-joc Bolante Timeline

Nov 20th, 2008 • Categories: Burning Issues

A timeline of the Fertilizer Scam, the return of Jocelyn Bolante to the Philippines.



Bisita sa Loob

Nov 1st, 2008 • Categories: Burning Issues, News

Ron Villegas, Vice-chairperson of the LFS recounts their visit to Randy Echanis, peasant leader who to this day remains detained in the Manila City Jail, a victim of Arroyo’s undeclared Martial Law.



You can now submit your articles!

Oct 12th, 2008 • Categories: Burning Issues, News

We’ve made super cool adjustments to enable you to submit articles, photos, news and events, and whatever funky stuff you want to put up on the website. And yes, you can do all of those without leaving home.



To all who signed up via “Join LFS”

Aug 31st, 2008 • Categories: Burning Issues, News

We would like to thank the hundreds who submitted their application for membership via our Join LFS page.



Maoist leads from top of the world

Aug 19th, 2008 • Categories: Burning Issues

Nepal Maoists take over Republic, Prachanda elected Prime Minister



The Global Financial Crisis and its Implications for Workers in the World

Aug 5th, 2008 • Categories: Burning Issues, Downloads

“The world economy has entered new and precarious territory”, opens the latest World Economic Outlook published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last April 2008.



Satur: “The youth will not fail us”

Jul 26th, 2008 • Categories: Burning Issues

Text and video link of youth idol Rep. Satur Ocampo’s lecture for the UP centennial last July 10, 2008.