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Continue reading →: 35 years after US bases rejection: The Ayta fight for land continues
Thirty-five years ago, on September 16, 1991, the Philippine Senate rejected the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Security that would have extended US use of Subic for another decade. Washington had already decided to abandon Clark after Mount Pinatubo’s eruption. At that time, Clark Air Base and Subic Naval Base…
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Continue reading →: LEC Investment Forum: US-backed open house for plunder of PH resources
On September 10-11, the governments of the US, Japan, and the Philippines will co-host the Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC) Investment Forum. Sponsored by the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), the event is expected to bring together around 600 foreign investors, industry leaders, and senior government officials. Its stated objective…
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Continue reading →: Marcos’ SONA hype could not hide the harm of Pax Silica
President Marcos, as expected, hyped Pax Silica in his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). He claimed that the US-led initiative “will bring quality jobs to our people, accelerate our industrial competitiveness, and revitalize our economy.” The Marcos regime wants the Filipino people to take these claims on the…
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Continue reading →: War & Plunder: US imperialism in the Philippines in today’s sharpening inter-imperialist contradictions
For almost half a century, US imperialism relied on unbridled neoliberal globalization to assert and maintain its global hegemony. Trade and investment liberalization, privatization of public services and government functions, and deregulation of state control over key industries, sectors, and activities of the economy were promoted to facilitate the monopoly…
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Continue reading →: Poorest regions pay more for diesel, gasoline
Another round of big-time oil price hikes hit the hapless public transport drivers, private motorists, poor farmers and fishers, and consumers this week. Major oil companies announced that they increased the pump prices of diesel by P17.95 to P18.80 per liter, gasoline by P4.90 to P5.40 per liter, and kerosene…
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
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