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ASEAN Summit: 'Resist US-led unholy trinity'— militant groups

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">MANILA, Philippines - Hundreds of activists belonging to militant groups SANLAKAS, Bukluran ng Manggawang Pilipino (BMP), Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) and Piglas Kababaihan braved the tight security blockade from Metro Manila to Clark, Pampanga, where the ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings are taking place until November 14, 2017.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5khR3YyMRHMu-OHVNwNHh2-IYZ_a5nl07P1Cwry2w-_OFMeYFuHALADldPFvpfh7uc1MNgecHqUbCZCa3g_rA6DzcWJPsNgjPMBjDn28xVjLZxs35cU_sY8MICTh90khAT0FGC_T6ugnf/s1600/trump-effigy-burnt-asean-summit-2017.JPG" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Militant groups burn the effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump" border="0" class="img" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="989" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5khR3YyMRHMu-OHVNwNHh2-IYZ_a5nl07P1Cwry2w-_OFMeYFuHALADldPFvpfh7uc1MNgecHqUbCZCa3g_rA6DzcWJPsNgjPMBjDn28xVjLZxs35cU_sY8MICTh90khAT0FGC_T6ugnf/s1600/trump-effigy-burnt-asean-summit-2017.JPG" title="Militant groups burn the effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Militant groups burn the effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo Credit: ENnewsfront</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The groups have organized a caravan from Quezon City to Clark to denounce the continued US intervention in the region as manifested in its arms-dealing among ally countries, including the Philippines, to further its War of Terror.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>“Trump in the picture means trouble for countries in Southeast Asia.”, said BMP National President Leody de Guzman. “The US is painting North Korea as the bogeyman in the region and China being an emerging miltary threat to justify enhanced security arrangements that would necessitate continued US troop presence and movements in ASEAN. Far from securing peace, this would escalate existing tensions in the region as US rhetoric lean toward military solutions. ASEAN Governments adhering to to US interests is kowtowing to US hegemony.,” </i>continued De Guzman<i>.</i></blockquote><br />US President Donald Trump went on a 5-nation tour with the Philippines as his last stop. His Asian tour highlighted trade and security matters.<br /><div id="unruly-unit"></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>“Trump is not welcome in the Philippines! War-mongering is not in the interest of the peoples of a developing country like ours who wage daily wars against the evils of jobless growth, low wages, precarious work, poverty, hunger, envrionmental pillage, climate change, and many more,”</i>said SANLAKAS Secretary-General Aaron Pedrosa<i>.</i></blockquote><br />“Ordinary Filipinos already have to contend with the lack of representation of their democratic interests in ASEAN processes, with the ASEAN's legacy of 50 years being a farce for failing to be meaningful to the lives of the masses, they are now confronted with the unholy trinity between a fascist President, on the one hand, and the unfolding collusion between US and Japan, on the other, with the latter forcing its military and economic will on the Philippines in a frenzy to contain the growing influence of China. We will not allow ourselves to be peons to any foreign interests. As the US continues to impose its imperialist agenda, our task is to resist!,” Pedrosa concluded.<br /><br /><b>— The Summit Express</b></div>

ASEAN Summit: 'Resist US-led unholy trinity'— militant groups

MANILA, Philippines - Hundreds of activists belonging to militant groups SANLAKAS, Bukluran ng Manggawang Pilipino (BMP), Partido Lakas ng M...

Duterte’s slip of the tongue reveals his true character as 'anti-labor, fascist thug' - BMP

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i>This is a press statement from Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP).</i><br /><br />MANILA, Philippines  - No, militant labor would not be spun around by Duterte’s spin doctors. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpRAFwY1LFUOqrpxoC8wlxFBnkxHxIzQToES-Er6VC5rvycAfPkO2OCLbcYiOc3Xpy0cgXrerS2CmF7PQhD55ES_1bfIXNDRCrtDBxCx-GsLqlHcFGMZ8W1SH1ppre0idGISq6lLzGCvw/s1600/duterte-campaign-starts.jpg" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mayor Rodrigo campaigns in Tondo." border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpRAFwY1LFUOqrpxoC8wlxFBnkxHxIzQToES-Er6VC5rvycAfPkO2OCLbcYiOc3Xpy0cgXrerS2CmF7PQhD55ES_1bfIXNDRCrtDBxCx-GsLqlHcFGMZ8W1SH1ppre0idGISq6lLzGCvw/s640/duterte-campaign-starts.jpg" title="Mayor Rodrigo campaigns in Tondo." width="560" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mayor Rodrigo campaigns in Tondo. Photo Credit: Rody Duterte Facebook page</td></tr></tbody></table>His earlier promise to abolish contractualization is now exposed for what it truly is – a mere electoral gimmick not only to gain the support of the toiling masses, especially the 1.8 million-strong trade union movement but more so to attract the attention of capitalists who may bankroll his campaign. <br /><br />It seems that the “ruse” has worked for Duterte and Cayetano. He now has the campaign kitty to match his well-funded rivals, especially Mar Roxas of the landed Roxas-Araneta clan. And at once, in order to reassure his financiers, he reveals his true character as a fascist and anti-labor thug.<br /><br />May we remind Duterte that workers do not abuse their Constitutional rights to freedom of association and self-organization. It is the employers’ who exploit “management prerogative” when they bust unions, pay starvation wages, and employ cheap and docile labor through contractualization. <br /><br />Mr. Duterte may feign ignorance. As a lawyer, he must know the legal concepts of social justice and human rights, especially the limitations to “property rights”.  Workers form unions, not because they are provoked by radicals. They do so in order to enjoy the rights and standards that are enshrined in the Constitution, yet are wantonly disregarded by employers.  <br /><br />We will not allow Duterte, this time, to hide behind his favorite alibi of “hyperbole”. He had the gall to utter a not-so-thinly-veiled threat to unionism. We dare him to share the same harsh words to abusive capitalists and landowners who violate every letter and spirit of the Labor Code and the Agrarian Reform Law. But he will not. Like every dyed-in-the-wool fascist, he only plays upon popular discontent with trademark demagoguery yet he is afraid to displease the oligarchy – the very minority that oppresses the impoverished majority! <br /><br />However, Duterte’s speech before his proclamation rally in Tondo revealed his bankrupt development agenda. He says, the country needs to entice investments for economic growth. How? By scaring the hell out of the trade union movement, i.e., by making workers surrender their rights to the altar of global capital. Cheap labor policy! It is the same neoliberal paradigm shared by post-Edsa 1986 governments. Yet, the Duterte-Cayetano camp continues to harp on its rhetoric of “change”. <br /><br />Unfortunately for the outspoken mayor, history is not on the side of fascism. Duterte may temporarily reap from the desperation of a people that has not benefit from the so-called democracy that was restored by the Edsa revolts. But soon, the masses will grow tired of his heavy-handed rhetoric and realize that their emancipation from poverty and misery is in their hands, not in the iron gloves of wannabe messiahs.<br /><br /><b>RELATED STORY</b><br /><a href="http://pinoybuzz.blogkorner.com/2016/02/infographic-16-things-you-need-to-know-rodrigo-duterte.html" rel="nofollow">INFOGRAPHIC: 16 Things You Need To Know About Presidential Candidate Rodrigo Duterte</a></div>

Duterte’s slip of the tongue reveals his true character as 'anti-labor, fascist thug' - BMP

This is a press statement from Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP). MANILA, Philippines - No, militant labor would not be spun around b...