BADYET NG GOBYERNO PARA PAMBAYAD UTANG AT OPERASYONG MILITAR LABAN SA MAMAMAYAN (tags)
Mariing kinondena ngayon ng PESANTE –USA ang malaking bawas sa badyet ng gobyerno at sa paglalaan ng bawas tungo sa pondo ng military laban sa mamamayan. Ayon sa PESANTE-USA ang P1.64 trillion badyet ng Rehimeng –US AQunino III ay hindi lamamang para sa military kundi kontra mamamayan. Itinaaas niton ng mahigit 81% ang badyet ng military habang kinaltasan ng husto ang badyet para sa serbisyong pambayan. Tinaasan din ni Aquino III ag pambayad sa utang ng bansa ng mahigit 29. 2% o may 29 Bilyong piso habang binawasan ang badyet sa edukasyon ng P172 billion Nagbawas din sa badyet sa kalusugan habang lumalala ang problema sa paglaganap ng dengue.
Puerto Rico: Beatings at the Sheraton (tags)
On the evening of May 20, the notorious Shock Force of the Puerto Rican Police brutally attacked a demonstration of hundreds of students and workers protesting against Governor Luis Fortuño. The assault took place in the luxurious Sheraton Hotel, where the privatizing, anti-worker governor was presiding over a fancy fundraising dinner. As our reporter recounts, the police brutally beat demonstrators with riot clubs and pepper-sprayed everyone with tear gas and pepper gas. This was the response of the government to the workers strike two days ago in support of the student strike at the University of Puerto Rico, which has lasted almost a month. It is urgently necessary to translate the worker-student unity that was on display on May 18 into powerful strike actions that shut down key sectors of the economy of the U.S.' Caribbean island economy. We publish here the on-the-spot report from our correspondent who witnessed and participated in the protest.
WOMEN CLOSE DOWNTOWN L.A. STREET; BRAVE NY STORM IN 8TH MARCH COMMEMORATION (tags)
Saturday morning, March 8th, saw police barricades going up at and traffic diverted from Olympic & Broadway Streets as hundreds of women marched in the first International Women's Day mass action in Los Angeles since 1994. Scores of students from the University of Southern California, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach Community College, University of California Los Angeles, East Los Angeles College, Cal State Los Angeles and from the Fremont, Jordan, Belmont high schools and El Sereno Middle School joined the march against the war. "We're here to let people know that we are with women all around the world who think that the war is unjust and a waste of our government's money," said USC Social Work student Kathryn Cronin. Led by the Mariposa Alliance/GABNet, the historic gathering created a buzz in the world of the U.S. women's movement, which had tended to take March 8th for granted. Ma-Al/GABNet called for the return of International Women's Day to its historic and political context, and to use 8th March as a statement against US-led imperialist wars, notably in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Philippines.
Philadelphia: DHS Threatens Taking Mass Custody of Protester's Children (tags)
This is the latest from Philadelphia: A leaked DHS Memo threatens taking mass custody of protester's children. Read a social work professor's response. See www.kwru.org for more information.