Philippines
June 26, 2009, is the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a particularly significant day for those of us concerned about the continued use of this criminal act worldwide. Most recently, a US citizen of Filipino descent has fallen victim to this cruel and degrading act in the Philippines....
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An unprecedented humanitarian crisis has brought about tremendous suffering, illness, and death to more than 500,000 war refugees in Mindanao, Philippines....
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Migrants from all over the world will gather in Manila on October
28-30,
2008 and will speak for themselves when the inter-government-led Global
Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) holds its second session to
discuss about issues surrounding migration and development. This
concerted voice is the Migrants' Challenge to the GFMD....
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The International Action Center sends greetings of
solidarity, condolence and great respect to the comrades, friends and family of the great Philippine working class leader Crispin Beltran
- Ka Bel. His heroic contributions to the struggle of the Philippine people stand as a shining example to all peoples fighting for change and a new world....
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A category of semi-secret U.S. bases is vastly extending the
Pentagon's military presence around the globe. Innocuously called CSLs, for Cooperative Security Locations, these bases are a new, covert form of intervention....
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A report of interviews, meetings, and other first-hand accounts of the situation in the Philippines: issued March 2007...
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On Sept. 30, the television program "Desperate Housewives" had one of its main characters make a scripted racist slur against Filipino medical
professionals. The character insulted the medical education system of the Philippines....
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We know that US imperialism will always use wars of aggression as a potent weapon in order to control the much needed resources in the
world for the benefit of the big monopoly corporations. US imperialism will always display its military strength and capability to bully nations asserting their sovereignty. It is actually strengthening military
relations with Japan and Australia to ensure that its interest in South-East Asia and the Pacific is well guarded. ...
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