On December 1, we made history. On the day of the final reading of the 2011 General Appropriations Act in Senate, thousands of youth, students, administrators, faculty and staff all over the Philippines held protest actions—candle lighting ceremonies, pickets, walkouts, campouts, vigils, rallies and strikes—against the cut on the budget of State Universities and Colleges. [...]

State schools on strike

Round up of campus strikes as of 5:30 pm

Thousands of students, faculty, workers and administrators of state schools walked out of classrooms today and declared a strike against the government proposed budget cuts for State Universities and Colleges (SUCs).

A call to strike We are calling on all students, councils and organizations, educators, faculty unions and associations, employees and administrators of state schools nationwide to hold mass protest activities, walkouts, class stoppages and campus strikes starting November 22. We deem it necessary to hold bigger and more effective actions to express our opposition to [...]

“We won’t let you sell our future.”

Despite the resounding call to stop the SUC budget cut, Noynoy’s congress passed the 2011 budget with no amendments! We are outraged!

The greatest terror threat present in the Philippines is the continued US intervention. We say: US TROOPS OUT NOW

Aquino is proving himself to be the newest and most loyal imperialist puppet.

It is an injustice to increase tuition fees during times of grave economic crises. In the first place, schools are social service institutions, not businesses.

The increased supply of semi-skilled workers fit for overseas employment that the K-12 will produce will inevitably surpass the demand for it, which will lead to further exploitation of our OFWs and workers in foreign companies operating in the country.

The League of Filipino Students is a mass organization and is committed to developing the mass movement along the line of the people’s struggle for national freedom and democracy.