“The interest of the students is not just to get a good education, but to be living in a just and humane society. In the Philippines, it’s clear that poverty and inhumanity is being perpetrated by the world’s number one imperialist power, the United States.” This was the statement of Aki Merced, spokesperson for the [...]
“Junk the Mutual Defense Treaty! Junk the Visiting Forces Agreement!”
This was the call of youth and student groups led by the League of Filipino Students as they today in front of the National Museum where US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a forum. The groups say that as part of the continued protests for Clinton’s stay, patriotic youth and students will be holding a nationally coordinated US flag burning tomorrow. The center of protest will be at UP Diliman at exactly 12 noon.
NEWS RELEASE Youth groups fear that RPA-ABB “peace bribe” will lead to Iloilo City militarization Progressive youth groups Anakbayan-Panay and League of Filipino Students-Panay today assailed the Aquino government’s giving of a P31 million peace bribe” to the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB), saying this will only lead to the intensified militarization. Anakbayan-Panay Regional Spokesperson [...]
Dear brothers and sisters: Warm greetings of solidarity! Our kababayans (fellow countrymen) urgently need our help and support. Days after typhoon Pedring (international codename: Nesat) lashed the country on September 27, 2011, we witnessed the gravity of devastation it has brought to Filipinos. Pedring left the country with more than PhP 3 billion and PhP [...]
Dear Editor, ‘Squeeze’ appears to have been copied straight from the press release of Sec. Butch Abad which denies for the second straight year the existence of budget cuts in state colleges and universities, despite a categorical declaration by President Aquino himself that the budget of SUCs indeed will be trimmed down during his presidency. [...]
Aquino III is going through a Historical Amnesia, Belittle brains of thousands of Nationalist Youth! Statement of the League of Filipino Students (LFS) Lanao Chapter 11 September 2011 Benigno Aquino III is going through a historical amnesia. While he and his family are notorious land grabbers concealing historical truths that [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 29, 2011 LFS calls for the immediate release of 3 UP students illegally arrested in Cebu Reference: Jed Bautista, 09329138187 The League of Filipino Students calls for the immediate release of 3 University of the Philippines Cebu students who were illegally arrested and are currently detained in Philippine National [...]
The ILPS wishes the Libyan people and their anti-imperialist and democratic forces to take advantage of the current social and political turmoil in their country in order to gain strength and override the current conflict of the pro-Gaddafi and anti-Gaddafi forces. The turbulent conditions and the widespread distribution of arms in Libya today are favorable for establishing a revolutionary party of the working class as well as for developing a national liberation movement.
“The fight is definitely on against budget cuts in social services. Expect larger protests, boycotts and strikes in the weeks to come. With the Congress reacting the way they did, we have no choice but to take our demands to the streets.”, Merced said. ###
Edukasyon para sa bayan, hindi sa dayuhan! K+12 ni Noynoy, tutulan, labanan! Gabay sa pagtatalakay May 2011 League of Filipino Students Sa pagpasok ng June 2010, ang naitala ang 103,599 na kakulangan sa kaguruan, 152,569 na classrooms, 13,225,527 na upuan at 95,557,887 na textbooks sa elementary at high school. 7,931,047 naman ang nakatalang kabataan na [...]