Interview with Kathleen Gutierrez of Anakbayan East-Bay

lfssfsu — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:21:58 +0000

What was your initial reaction when you went to the Philippines through an “organizer’s perspective”? Well I actually first got involved into the national democratic movement in 2009 when I went to the Philippines for about half a year and integrated with the Gabriella women’s sector… The last sentence says proletarian revolutionary. What does that [...]

Interview with Adrian Bonifacio of Anakbayan Silicon Valley

lfssfsu — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:56:59 +0000

If you would like to give just a general reflection on what you thought about the article/can you shed some more light on that? Yeah I really agree with the article, I had a good time [reading it], in terms of highlighting the political/economic turmoil at the time and how the life was and a [...]

Akbayan received funds from Hacienda Luisita owners. Download report here

lfssfsu — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:39:33 +0000

Reblogged from like a rolling stone: DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE: The links between Aquino and Akbayan, even from the time of 2010 elections, show that Akbayan is really Aquino’s favored partylist. And now that Noynoy Aquino is President, questions continue to arise on how Akbayan will be using its position in the Aquino government to gain [...]

LFS-SFSU to Fil-Am Youth: Honor those who fought Martial Law, advance the struggle for National Democracy in the homeland

lfssfsu — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:10:44 +0000

San Francisco – Today, the 40th Anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines, the League of Filipino Students-San Francisco State University (LFS-SFSU), the only overseas chapter of the League of Filipino Students (LFS), calls upon Filipino youth all over the world to link up with the broad masses in the homeland and [...]

From Howard Zinn

lfssfsu — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:27:20 +0000

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

8/3/12

We arrive again at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and have lunch. We visit a new section. Inside looks like a church. The forum begins. These are notes that I have taken in a dimly lit auditorium, curious to what we would be talking about. It turned out that many speakers from the youth sector were preparing for the height of their youth/student campaign in December. This aimed to energize that campaign.

1. Apparently 6.4 billion people amount in the Philippines. So, we must allow the ND movement to strengthen in order to allocate at least half of the budget to education. This is a long term investment. SONA was a short term reactionary settlement to the advancement of the movement.

2. July 24's GMA bailout of GMA is a victory for the bourgeoisie and those that dictate this republic.

The discussion is shifting to Cha-Cha. This is a parliamentary struggle towards governmental land and societal change. To call a constitutional convention, and to reform policies on corporations, actually dismisses the workers at places like HLI and their conditions. They carry the most potential for revolution from within.

Gemma speaks. Topics include: U.S. intervention, PPP, charter change, mining act of 1999 (Executive Order), Military Exercises, SONA, TPP

Issa speaks. Topic includes: neo-liberal education and deregulation of schools. What she means by this is the government having a "hands-off" approach to conducting the budgets for schools. What this leads to is higher privatization, and also the strengthening of the bureaucracies that run the university. In return, highly privatized schools makes it less affordable for those in Philippine society, because of the deregulation. Question: does deregulation mean lower taxes for the institution?

To us, this might have felt like just another ordinary day on campus (meeting more students). What most of us will not witness, is what will happen during the projection of this campaign in December, where an Occupy Mendiola will take place. I feel glad to have visited this auditorium. This is a tool that we can bring to our campuses here in America.

One does not need the highly prepared tech to attend an auditorium, but as long as one believes in the protracted struggle towards genuine change, he or she must feel naturally inclined to any discussion. The students casually walked in, strolling in and out, and event though that in and of itself can be an assessment, the point was made that the methods for campaigning amongst youth is something we can all learn from.

daeniel

SFSU Fil-Am Orgs to Fundraise for Flood Relief Efforts

lfssfsu — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:05:11 +0000

This September, the League of Filipino Students-San Francisco State University (LFS-SFSU), with the support of Pilipino American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE), Alpha Kappa Omicron (AKO), Chi Rho Omicron (XPO), and Kappa Psi Epsilon (KΨE/Kappa), will conduct fundraising activities for Tulong Kabataan, a flood relief operation headed by progressive youth organizations in the Philippines, and BALSA (Bayanihan [...]

The Struggle Is Endless

jerconde — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:46:50 +0000

In a conversation I had with Edward Pastor, the current Deputy Secretary-General of Anakbayan National I wrote down one of his various quotes. “One month isn’t enough to integrate, because the struggle is endless” Surely enough, I agree. I’m writing this on the eve I depart back home to the Bay Area as I sit [...]

Finishing with the KMU Integ

lfssfsu — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 14:24:21 +0000

Back at the hq – had cake – lit up the cake – sang for Marvin – assessed to date. Daeniel

[PRESS STATEMENT] “Aquino Accountable for GMA Bail Grant”

lfssfsu — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:39:40 +0000

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 July 2012 “Aquino accountable for GMA bail grant”—LFS The League of Filipino Students (LFS) condemns in the highest possible terms the granting of bail to Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on the electoral sabotage case filed against her earlier today. The LFS would like to call out the Aquino administration’s [...]

Follow the Philippines State of the Nation Address today!

lylestyles — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:32:31 +0000

Today (Philippines time), President Noynoy Aquino will deliver his annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) to the Filipino people. But we know he won’t give the true situation of the country and he will continue to deceive the people in order to continue his same failed policies. So we will march with the masses [...]