Tag Archives: anti-US bases

ACTION ALERT: Help End Torture, Cut US Aid to the Philippines!

Posted on June 27, 2009 by lfssfsu

(From our good friends at New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines) **** URGENT ACTION ALERT **** SIGN THE EMERGENCY ONLINE PETITION<<<<<<<<<<< * STAND AGAINST TORTURE ON JUNE 26, THE UN INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, International, Petition, Philippines, United States | Tagged AFP, anti-US bases, Armed Forces of the Philippines, balikatan, enforced disappearances, extra judicial killings, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, GMA, human rights, Imperialism, John Edward Handoc, Juanito Carabeo, junk vfa, Karapatan, Kidnapping, Melissa Roxas, New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, NYCHRP, petition online, Philip Alston, Philippines, Senator Patrick Leahy, stop the killings, terrorism, Torture, U.N., U.S., UNCAT, United Nations, United Nations Committee Against Torture, US Appropriations Committee, US Military Aid, VFA, Visiting Forces Agreement, Women, youth | Leave a comment

Day of Action: Junk the VFA, Justice for the Abducted

Posted on May 26, 2009 by lfssfsu

**Please forward widely** DAY OF ACTION AGAINST THE VISITING FORCES AGREEMENT 10 years of the VFA = 10 years of military occupation, abductions, and rape Wednesday, May 27, 2009 PROTEST and Meeting with the Philippine Consulate General 3:30pm @ the Philippine … Continue reading →

Posted in Fliers, Human Rights, Philippines, United States, Women | Tagged "War On Terror", AFP, Anakbayan East Bay, anti-US bases, Babae, BAYAN, BAYAN-USA, economic crisis, enforced disappearances, extra judicial killings, Filipina, GAB USA, Gabriela, GABRIELA-USA, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, GMA, human rights, Imperialism, John Edward Handoc, Juanito Carabeo, junk vfa, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, League of Filipino Students, LFS, Melissa Roxas, military bases, NAFCON, Philippine Consulate, Philippines, Pinay, prostitution, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, SFCHRP, SOMCAN, stop the killings, terrorism, U.S., US Military Aid, VFA, Visiting Forces Agreement, Women, youth | Leave a comment

The Only “Change” We See Is the Change Being Pocketed by the Philippine Government to Rape and Terrorize the Filipino People—BAYAN-USA

Posted on May 14, 2009 by lfssfsu

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CASE GO TO: Another ‘Nicole’: Filipina Accuses US Marine of Rape; Case Heightens Junk-VFA Call – Bulatlat (Fact Sheet on the case at the bottom of statement) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rhonda Ramiro, secgen@bayanusa.org May … Continue reading →

Posted in Gabriela, Human Rights, Petition, Philippines, Photos, Statements, United States, Women | Tagged "Nicole", "Vanessa", AFP, anti-US bases, balikatan, Barack Obama, BAYAN, BAYAN-USA, Bulatlat, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, economic crisis, extra judicial killings, Fact Sheet, Filipina, GAB USA, Gabriela, GABRIELA-USA, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, GMA, human rights, Imperialism, junk vfa, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, Philip Alston, Philippines, Pinay, stop the killings, U.S., VFA, Visiting Forces Agreement, Women | Leave a comment

JUFRAN Blog: “Turning silence into song”

Posted on April 30, 2009 by lfssfsu

For the JUFRAN workshop two weeks ago, we showed the interns a documentary called “That the Mountains May Chant the Truth”. It talked about the human rights situation in the context of the Cordillera region of the Philippines. Two summers … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, Indigenous, Philippines, Photos, United States, Videos, Youth | Tagged AFP, Alice Claver, Anakbayan, anti-US bases, BAYAN, Blue Scholars, Cordillera Peoples Alliance, CPA, Documentary, extra judicial killings, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, GMA, human rights, Imperialism, Indigenous, Jufran, League of Filipino Students, LFS, Markus Bangit, Philippines, stop the killings, U.S., video, youth | Leave a comment

GABRIELA USA Denounces US-Philippine Collusion in the Acquittal of a High-Profile Military Rape Case

Posted on April 25, 2009 by lfssfsu

For Immediate Release April 23, 2009 Reference: Raquel Redondiez, Chair, GABRIELA USA, 415-244-9734 GABRIELA USA Denounces US-Philippine Collusion in the Acquittal of a High-Profile Military Rape Case Filipina-Americans in the United States express our disgust and anger at the news … Continue reading →

Posted in Gabriela, Philippines, Photos, Statements, United States, Women | Tagged "Nicole", anti-US bases, Babae, balikatan, Filipina, FIRE, GAB USA, Gabriela, GABRIELA-USA, GMA, human rights, Imperialism, junk vfa, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, Pinay, PINAY sa Seattle, prostitution, SiGaW, VFA, Visiting Forces Agreement, Women | Leave a comment

SMITH ACQUITTAL A COLLABORATIVE MANEUVER BY ARROYO & US GOV’T TO PROTECT VFA

Posted on April 23, 2009 by lfssfsu

RP court acquits US Marine convicted of raping Filipina MANILA, Philippines – Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, the American who was earlier convicted by a lower court of raping a Filipina in Subic, was acquitted by the Court of Appeals (CA). … Continue reading →

Posted in Gabriela, News Article, Petition, Philippines, Photos, Statements, United States, Women | Tagged "Nicole", anti-US bases, Babae, balikatan, BAYAN, BAYAN-USA, Filipina, FIRE, GAB USA, Gabriela, GABRIELA-USA, GMA, GMANews, human rights, Imperialism, junk vfa, justice for nicole, Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, military bases, Philippines, Pinay, prostitution, rape, U.S., US Tax Dollars, VFA, Visiting Forces Agreement, Women | Leave a comment

FLIP DA SKRIPT! AN OPEN MIC! JUNK JUNK JUNK VFA! featuring ZELSTARRR

Posted on April 23, 2009 by lfssfsu

Calling all poets, artists, singers, emcees, and musicians! The League of Filipino Students @ SF STATE is proud to present… FLIP DA SKRIPT! an open mic! JUNK VFA! THURSDAY, APRIL 23rd @ BURK HALL 28, San Francisco State University Doors … Continue reading →