International Labor Solidarity
SUPPORT THE MEXICAN MINERS
fighting corporate and government oppression in the wake of mining disaster that killed 65.

Women of different political groups and professions were present at the March. Thirteen major groups joined forces under the banner “Martsa ng Kababaihan”. Present in big numbers were members of Akbayan, LABAN ng MASA, Bayan, Black and White Movement, Sanlakas, women advocate groups like Gabriela Women’s Party, Welga ng Kababaihan, and WomenSpeak. In an interesting twist of history, this was the first time that the women’s movements gathered together in a common cause since the Marcos dictatorship.

March 27 offers a chance to make many points to City Council and the media on issues concerning corrupted media/science/medicine/government, about dioxins and pesticides, about labor abuses, about indigenous people's cultural/religious traditions...and more.

The lifting of Presidential Proclamation 1017 (State of Emergency) is a victory for the Filipino people! It was not the will of GMA, but the will of a determined people, who had continuously fought and challenged the proclamation and held protest actions to oust her from office, that made such lifting possible.

The "Green Scare" Continues...

Many of us in the intersex community feel marginalized, ridiculed and excluded from groups which speak for us.