The massive human rights violations in the Philippines by the Arroyo regime have been universally condemned by Amnesty International, the United Nations, National Lawyers Guild, Reporters Without Borders, and other international bodies.

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Produced by Artists for the Removal of Gloria (ARREST Gloria)
Lyrics: Alex Remollino (Kilometer 64)
Music: Bobby Balingit (vocalist and lead guitarist, The Wuds)
Vocals: Lourd de Veyra (vocalist, Radioactive Sago Project)
Sound mix: Southern Tagalog Exposure

(Southern Tagalog Exposure and Kilometer 64 are member organizations of the ARREST Gloria alliance, while Bobby Balingit and Lourd de Veyra are individual members)

("Tuparin Natin ang Banta ng Ating Panahon" first appeared in print as a poem in the Oust Gloria chapbook published by Kilometer 64)

QC Indymedia received a copy of the following article from Bulatlat. We have decided to repost it for its interesting cultural content.

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the underground alliance of revolutionary organizations that include the New People’s Army (NPA) and Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), will turn 32 on April 24.

In connection to this, a rare public showing of documentary films on the underground Left will be held on Monday, April 25 at the Aldaba Hall (located at the back of the Film Center), University of the Philippines, Diliman. The activity is sponsored by the group Contend-UP.

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The book Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World - Portrait of a Revolutionary (Conversations with Ninotchka Rosca), published in the US early this year by Open Hand Publishing, is scheduled for a series of launches in the Philippines beginning this week. It is a series of interviews that deal with the life, thoughts, and works of exiled Philippine revolutionary leader Jose Maria Sison, who is also branded by the US government as a "foreign terrorist" together with the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army.

The collaborators in this book are both award-winning writers. Sison, a poet and essayist, won the 1986 Southeast Asia WRITE Award, while journalist-novelist Rosca is a recipient of the American Book Award for Excellence in Literature.

Co-author Ninotchka Rosca will be autographing copies of the book at Powerbooks-Greenbelt on Aug. 19. Another launching will be held on Aug. 24 at Balai Kalinaw, University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

See reviews by Alexander Martin Remollino and Elmer Ordoñez.