Left Review Online August 12, 2020
Kathmandu. International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) Commission 6 has denounced the brutal killing of Randall "Ka Randy" Echanis and demanded justice for the renowned peace activist of the Philippines. ILPS Commission 6 (Peasants Commission) - the committee responsible for peasants' issues globally - released a media statement...More
Kathmandu. KMP demands justice for veteran peace advocate, peasant rights defender Randall 'Randy' Echanis, a media statement by KMP mentioned. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) denounces in the strongest terms the brutal and heinous killing of its national deputy secretary general, Randall "Ka Randy" Echanis, today August 10....More
Kathmandu. International League of Peoples' Struggle Philippines (ILPS Philippines) strongly denounced the assassination of the veteran peasant leader this morning and demanded justice for Randall "Randy" Echanis. ILPS Philippines released a media statement today to condemn the brutal assassination of the veteran peasant leader Randall Echanis, who was...More
Kathmandu. The exiled founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) comrade Jose Maria Sison strongly condemned the murder of comrade Randall (Randy) Echanis, a veteran peasant leader of the Philippines. In a statement released today, veteran communist leader Comrade Jose Mario Sison, who is also the...More
Kathmandu. The People's Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS), an international network of peasants and civil society organizations condemns the killing of the popular Philippino peasant leader and peace advocate Randall "Randy" Echanis. The septuagenarian peasant leader Echanis was stabbed to death this morning by the state agents in...More
Kathmandu. The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) expressed its solidarity with the Filipino people – the LGBTQ+ community, jeepney drivers, Indigenous Peoples, farmers, and all the other marginalized sectors – for their rights and welfare, especially amid the country’s unabated COVID-19 pandemic. In a media statement released on...More
The People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) slams the blatant railroading of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Its passage would further endanger the lives of rural peoples and food sovereignty advocates in the Philippines. Prior pandemic, state-perpetrated peasant killings are already taking place, and they never stopped amid...More
Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday witnessed the signing of a series of cooperative agreements, with experts hailing it as signals of bilateral relations remain on a honeymoon with cooperation expanding to non-traditional areas. "At present, the international and regional situations...More
Beijing. Under the global spotlight of whether the "honeymoon" of China-Philippine ties may come to an end, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte kicks off his fifth official trip to China on Wednesday. Experts reaffirmed Tuesday that such speculations are intended to disrupt bilateral ties, and China-Philippine relations are in...More