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Jeepney drivers in the Philippines just launched a successful two-day strike to protest the “Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program.” This program would force drivers to purchase new and expensive vehicles without any subsidy, thereby forcing ordinary drivers out of business and

The International Working Women’s Day (IWWD) this 8th of March comes in the midst of a dire global crisis caused by monopoly capitalism in the 21st century: neoliberalism. The neoliberal policies have effected, among others, extremely low wages, massive flexibilization of work,

Press Statement 08 March 2023 Today, March 8, International Working Women’s Day (IWWD), Migrante-International salutes the working women of the world and joins women among the working masses in the Philippines and migrant Filipinas abroad in calling on the Bongbong Marcos regime

BAYAN USA Opposes Resolution for Constitutional Convention in the Philippines BAYAN USA condemns to the utmost extent the railroading of charter change in the Philippines to further open the economy to foreign exploitation and cement the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. We

Press Statement 06 March 2023 Migrant Filipinos are deeply interested in public transportation in the Philippines and policies surrounding it. Most of our families and relatives are commuters. Many returned migrants have become either drivers or operators of either jeepneys or FX,

Press Statement  06 March 2023 Migrante-International vehemently opposes the Charter Change scheme being pushed by the Bongbong Marcos regime through its allies in Congress and the Senate. We condemn legislators’ efforts to railroad Cha-cha and ram it down the throats of the

Filipino activists march to Philippine Embassy & White House to oppose Marcos Jr.’s attempts to change Philippine Constitution WASHINGTON, D.C.— Hundreds of Filipinos and supporters from across the United States marched to the Philippine Embassy and White House to register their objection

Press Statement 28 February 2023 MIGRANTE International joins all nationalist- and progressive-minded Filipinos in condemning the Bongbong Marcos government for bringing the Philippines into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with the Senate’s ratification on February 21.  Like all free-trade agreements that

ILPS extends militant solidarity to earthquake-impacted peoples (February 22, 2023) As yet another earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria, the Working Committee for Africa and West Asia of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) extends our deepest sympathy to the peoples of