January 16, 2024 Transport protest The jeepney is the weapon.

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On this day in 1899, the US started what became known as the “first Vietnam” when it began colonizing the Philippines. During the “Philippine-American War”, up to 1.4 million Filipinos were massacred. 🧵

Today would've been the 83rd birthday of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton. Watch him declare that the final battle for global liberation will be waged by oppressed peoples inside the belly of the beast.

“Pilipino tayo, Temy! Di tayo dapat maglaban!” “Sumama na kayo sa amin!” “Mga Pilipino kayo!” “Bayan natin ito, bayan natin ito!” Actual footage of Filipinos at EDSA pleading to soldiers to disobey Marcos’ attack orders: #DefendHistoricalTruth #EDSA38

I’m an Indigenous woman of Anishinaabe territory, being sued for $4M, facing 1 yr jail for locking to a CAT machine at Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would serve Elbit Systems. Our peoples will *never* die. We are the land, the land is us. We stand with you, relatives ✊🏽❤️ #IWD

🚨CONGRATULATIONS to workers at the NERV HQ location in Tokyo-3, who unanimously unionized today! The impact of their victory reminds us that as long as we have solidarity with one another, everything will be alright. Congratulations! Congratulations!

“The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.” - Huey P. Newton

NOW: Bangladeshi protesters storm the residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she fled the country for India in a military helicopter moments earlier. Yesterday, the deadliest day since the outbreak of the uprising, shook the country with almost 100 deaths. As news of

#TaumbayanSaSenado ✊🏼

Bakit tatakbo ang Makabayan sa Senado? Mula nang inanunsyo ng Makabayan ang kapasyahan nitong magpatakbo ng sariling slate, upang ialay ang sarili bilang oposisyon ng bayan, slate na bubuuin ng iba't ibang aping sektor ng lipunan, nakatanggap tayo ng samu't saring reaksyon. 🧵

Philippine justice system is a circus. See how they arrested Reina Mae Nasino with made-up evidence vs Alice Guo with strong evidence of crime 🤡

This cartoon was drawn in 2006.

Whether it will be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump who wins in the US presidential elections, we expect that US foreign policy regarding the Philippines will remain largely unchanged. We do not see an end to US military exercises and the pre-positioning of weapons in the country.

Congratulations sa bagong tagapagtaguyod ng imperyalismo! 🤩 While the USA welcomes a new face, we must recognize that only its figurehead has changed, and that the fight to bring down imperialism must continue! #ImperyalismoIbagsak #USPaawatNaPls #USAElection2024

Family and women's rights advocates pay tribute to Lola Estelita Dy, 94, one of the last surviving Filipino "comfort women." Lola Estelita Dy was 14 years old when she was abducted and forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World War II. She remained in captivity for

The most memorable scene of today's Labor Day protests will be this: Ka Jerome Adonis and Ka Danilo Ramos forming a hammer and sickle, symbolizing the solidarity between workers and farmers–the Filipinos the youth must fight for. #LaborDay2025 #LaborDay