LIBERATION International, July - September 2010 issue
By Andrea Ibarra
Barely 100 days into his term, government of the Republic of he Philippines (GRP) President Benigno C. Aquino III has come under fire for a number of tinderbox issues.
If Aquino’s first 100 days in office is a foretaste of things to come, the next six years will see an ever increasing mass of people outraged by this regime’s incompetence and subservience. The people are faced with no other option but to wage revolutionary and militant struggle in order to defend and advance their interests... Read more.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
Aquino government pushes anti-people budget
By Ed Ladera
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) sternly criticized the PhP 1.64 trillion budget proposal for 2011 of the newly-installed Benigno Aquino III government, calling it “a counter-insurgency budget”. The CPP pointed out its “counter-insurgency” framework and priority, especially as it gives priority to beefing up the military and other security agencies, alongside debt servicing.
This budget is very much in line with the US Government Counter-Insurgency Guide of 2009, the CPP declared... Read more.
Manila bus hostage crisis: the tragedy of incompetence
By Ed Ladera
Before the eyes of the world, the hostage-taking on 23 August of a busload of tourists in Manila was horribly bungled by police and civilian officials of the Benigno Aquino III government. After hours of inutile negotiations and a couple of attempts at rescuing the hostages, police agents eventually stormed the bus, resulting in the death of eight hostages and the hostage taker, ex-Police Captain Rolando Mendoza.
Among the dead were Hongkong residents and three Canadian citizens. Nine were injured, one of whom critically, and two others seriously injured... Read more.
NPA answers OBL extension with more tactical offensives
By Bagani Dong-ilay
Newly-installed President Benigno Aquino III of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, repeating the same mistake of his predecessors, has ordered the 6-month extension up to January 2011 of the failed counter-revolutionary military campaign Oplan Batay Laya.
He has likewise ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to devise a new national security program to run through his term, one that hews closely to the US Counterinsurgency Guide of 2009, combining mainly military force and psychological warfare techniques, in a vain attempt to defeat the revolutionary movement... Read more.
Aquino government tramples on children’s rights
From Ang Bayan
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denounced the Aquino regime and its Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the current spate of violations of children’s rights as the AFP continues to implement the government’s national security program Oplan Bantay Laya, which has been extended by the Aquino government up to the end of 2010.
The CPP said that children continue to be subjected to widespread abuse and violence under Oplan Bantay Laya... Read more.
Massive protest actions rock Europe, workers say NO to austerity measures
By Isah Antonio
Europe reverberated with massive protest actions of workers and their supporters when Europe-wide coordinated strikes and demonstrations were held on 29 September 2010 in different European countries in Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Called the Day of Action, the workers staged strikes, walkouts, slowdowns, and other industrial protest actions to express their outrage against a new series of austerity measures imposed by European governments... Read more.
US guilty of far worse terrorism than 9/11 terrorists -- ILPS
By Jose Emilio Jacinto III
US imperialism hijacked the sorrow and outrage of the people as a result of 9/11 and used it to justify its own far worse crimes of terrorism.
Thus stressed the International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) in a statement released by its chairperson Prof. Jose Maria Sison, commemorating the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and condemning its perpetrators as well as US imperialism... Read more.
US heightens aggression in Korean peninsula
By Jose Emilio Jacinto III
The sinking of a south Korean naval ship last 26 March in which 38 people died, and which the US, its south Korean puppet state and other imperialist countries blamed on north Korea, has only heightened the US threat of direct imperialist aggression on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea... Read more.
Women’s movement responds to the needs of the times, launches International Women’s Alliance
By Coni Ledesma and Isah Antonio
16 August 2010 is a historic day for the women’s anti-imperialist movement. On this day, the International Women’s Alliance (IWA) held its Founding Assembly in Montreal, Canada. More than 150 women, representing more than 25 mass organizations and networks from around the world were present during the assembly, forming the core of the Alliance.
The anti-imperialist Alliance aims to coordinate local, regional and international campaigns, promote mutual support and sharing of resistance strategies, and mobilize women around the world in the struggle against imperialism and capitalist globalization... Read more.
By Bagani Dong-Ilay 
