Philippines

Duterte behind bars

Partido Lakas ng Masa (Party of the Labouring Masses, the Philippines): After the ICC’s arrest of former President Duterte

Partido Lakas ng Masa — Duterte’s arrest must now be followed up with the dismantling of the bloody and fascistic policies and machinery set up during his time in power.
Zelensky Bongbong Marcos

US-China alignment under Trump and lessons from Ukraine for the Philippines

Reihana Mohideen — Like Ukraine, the Philippines could be reduced to a pawn in the US power play with China.
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte had said on Monday in Hong Kong that he was ready to be arrested if the ICC issued a warrant and has repeatedly defended the anti-drugs crackdown. (EPA Images pic)

Partido Lakas ng Masa (Party of the Labouring Masses, the Philippines): ‘Duterte must be put on trial in the ICC’

Partido Lakas ng Masa — Duterte’s arrest is a vindication and a step towards justice for the tens of thousands who were murdered during the so-called “war on drugs” by his administration.
Southeast Asian Sea

Asserting a Philippine foreign policy of cooperative peace for the Southeast Asian Sea

Rasti Delizo — The geostrategic rivalry between the US and China sharply rages on throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, impinging on the littoral states around the Southeast Asian Sea.
Trump and Modi

Disaster nationalism is the new fascism

Richard Seymour on how crisis and catastrophe are feeding the far-right surge.
Anti-imperialism protest in the Philippines

The logic of imperialism’s ‘Maritime Great Game’ in the Southeast Asian Sea

Rasti Delizo — A fresh inter-imperialist conflict is mounting in the form of a ‘Maritime Great Game’, and it is swiftly accelerating across the Southeast Asian Sea.
BMP Philippines

The BMP’s resolute struggle for socialism in the Philippines

Rasti Delizo — The enduring struggle for the socialist transformation of the Philippines resolutely marches onward in the early half of the 21st century.
President Rodrigo Duterte and President Donald Trump at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on November 13, 2017.

Walden Bello — Fascism is at the gates. How should we counter it?

Walden Bello — Two recent events have shattered complacency about the specter of a fascist takeover globally that a number of us have been warning about for some time now.
PLM anti-vaccine covert operation

The Philippines: Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) condemns US military anti-vaccine and anti-Chinese covert operations

Partido Lakas ng Masa condemns in the strongest possible terms the deadly covert operations conducted by US imperialism against the Filipino people during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
PLM protest climate

Partido Lakas ng Masa (The Philippines): Enough false climate solutions, it’s time for an ecosocialist alternative!

PLM believes that the path towards a rapid, equitable, and just transition to renewable energy cannot be found in the false solutions promoted by domestic and foreign capitalists from the fossil fuels industry.
All eyes on Rafah

Partido Lakas ng Masa (The Philippines): Defend Rafah! End the siege on Gaza now! Stop Israel’s fascist and genocidal invasion!

Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) condemns in the strongest terms the recent wave of bombings of Rafah by the settler-colonial and fascistic Zionist project of Israel.
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Speakers, agenda announced for Ecosocialism 2024: Book your tickets now!

Federico Fuentes — Ecosocialism 2024, to be held on Australia’s west coast, will be an invaluable opportunity to share experiences with activists from around the Indo-Pacific region and discuss how we can collectively campaign against war and climate catastrophe.