LIB July-Sept 2015

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LIBERATION
INTERNATIONAL
Published by the International Office of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
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ON A RAMPAGE
Philippine military unleashes terror on indigenous
community; kills Manobo leaders, local school head
By Jose Emilio Jacinto III
The US-Aquino regime has intensified its terror attacks against the
Manobo indigenous community in Mindanao island with the recent
killings of Manobo indigenous leaders.
Throwing away any pretension at respecting human lives, international
humanitarian laws and UN conventions, the Aquino regime last Sept. 1
Emerito Samara (inset),
murdered Emerito Samarca, executive director of the Alternative
Learning Center for Agriculture and Development, Inc. (Alcadev) and a Alcadev’s executive
convenor of the Save Our Schools Network. His body was found lying director, one of those who
in a pool of blood, with stab wounds on his neck, and his throat slit.
were brutally murdered
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Dionel Campos, chairperson of Mapasu
(Persevering Struggle for Future Manobo
Generations), and a cousin, Aurelio “Bello”
Sinzo, meanwhile, were shot dead in front of
many witnesses in Han-ayan, Lianga town,
Surigao del Sur province.
The paramilitary group Magahat — armed,
controlled, and commanded by the 36th
Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army —
was responsible for the killings. Days before the
killing rampage, this same group burned down a
school cooperative building and threatened to
massacre the entire community if they would
not leave the area.
Since the implementation of Aquino's
counterinsurgency scheme dubbed “Oplan
Bayanihan”, many schools and related facilities
in Mindanao and other rural areas in the
School or Hospital. Under both directives,
Philippines, have been turned into military
military elements are allowed to conduct “civil -
camps and outposts, disrupting the operation of
military operations” as long as the AFP has a
these schools, depriving schoolchildren the right
written request and school authorities have
to basic education, sowing fear and terror in the
given their approval. Since the issuance of the
lives of many communities, specifically
department order, an increase in the number of
indigenous communities in Mindanao, and
military attacks on schools was noted.”
violating and disregarding international laws
prohibiting the use of schools for military
Concerned organizations and children's
purposes.
advocate groups have launched a campaign to
end the continuing use of the military of these
In one of its recent reports, Karapatan, a
schools and to expose and oppose Aquino's
people-based human rights alliance, stated:
education department's approval to militarize
“Since 2011, a total of 82 incidents of state-
schools and deprive rural schoolchildren of the
instigated attacks involving 57 schools and
right to education.
daycare centers in Mindanao have been
documented and reported by the Children’s
The fascist brutes of the US-Aquino regime
Rehabilitation Center. In Southern Mindanao
have deep hatred in the fact that these
alone, at least 13 cases have been documented
indigenous leaders and indigenous schools
and reported from January to May of this year.
advance a liberating education for the
indigenous peoples to assert their fundamental
“The Department of Education further
rights, overturn the neglect and discrimination
supported the military’s use of schools and
on them by the Aquino regime and fight for
violation of children's right to education when it
their ancestral lands against imperialist plunder.
issued Memorandum 221, series of 2013 or the
Guidelines on the Protection of Children
The fascist AFP has continued to train their
During Armed Conflict which adopted the AFP
guns in Mindanao, particularly among the
Directive 25 or Guidelines on the Conduct of
peasant and lumad (indigenous) communities
AFP Activities Inside or Within the Premises of
because these marginalized sectors have long
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stood up to resist imperialist mining, logging burn down the Misfi-run (Mindanao
and other exploitative and abusive big Interfaith Services Foundation Incorporated)
businesses in the region. It is also among these school which offers 7th and 8th grade
sectors where the revolutionary movement led education in Sitio Dao, Bukidnon.
by the Communist Party of the Philippines and
6. Adding to these abuses is the ongoing mass
the New People's Army (NPA) have taken deep
evacuation of the Talaingod Manobo people
roots and have continued to grow in strength.
in Davao City since April of this year due to
According to the Save our Schools Network in intensified military operations and threats
Mindanao, these killings are but the latest in a from the terrorist paramilitary group
string of attacks on indigenous communities and Alamara. Around 1, 000 individuals from San
schoolchildren in Mindanao. The attacks Fernando Bukidnon, Kapalong and
include: Talaingod, Davao del Norte have sought
sanctuary at UCCP Haran, Davao City.
1. Since April of 2014 up to present, 25 Lumad
Learners from Salugpungan Ta Tanu
schools and community schools were forced
Igkanugon Community Learning Center Inc.
to halt operations for the entire month of
(Sttilci) in Talaingod have been holding their
June due to harassment by the AFP and
classes at the refugee camp since the
sanctioned by the Department of Education
evacuation started. Worse, three soldiers of
(DepEd).
the 1003rd Infantry Brigade raped a 14-year
old Manobo grade 4 student of the Butay
2. At least 84 cases of attacks on 57 community
elementary school while conducting military
schools have displaced and disrupted the
operations in the area.
education of over 3, 000 Lumad children.
7. Last month, the Rural Missionaries of the
3. Three minors were brutally killed by the
Philippines-Northern Mindanao schools in
elements of 3rd Company of the 1st Special
Agusan del Sur and Bukidnon have earlier
Forces Battalion under ground commander
reported harassments and threats from
Capt. Balatbat with Col. Nasser Lidasan as
suspected state forces in the form of
Battalion Commander on Aug. 19, 2015 in
anonymous text messages, private message
Pangatukan town, Bukidnon province. They
via Facebook, and surveillances. On March
were part of five Manobo tribals strafed and
18, 2014, RMP-NMR school grounds in
killed on suspicion of being NPA
Binikalan, San Luis, Agusan del Sur was
combatants.
strafed by 26th IB troops disrupting the
4. The schooling of Lumad children under the graduation practice of the school. In
Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur Sarangani province, administrators and
(Trifpss) was disrupted when residents of faculty of the Center for Lumad Advocacy
Brgy. Siagao, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur and Services (Clans) which provides
were displaced. The victims were killed by an education to indigenous Blaan children have
armed group led by Hasmin and elements of been filed with false criminal charges of
the 36th IBPA serious illegal detention of evacuees and
inciting to sedition. 
5. A Lumad child was among 14 farmers in
White Culaman, Kitaotao, Bukidnon who The indigenous people and the Filipino people
were illegally detained and arrested by demand justice for the murdered indigenous
elements of 8th IB and 23rd IB headed by leaders and to hold the US-Aquino regime
Nicolas Rivera and an official named Tocmo. accountable for this latest crime and all other
All were accused as members of the New crimes against the Filipino people. The
People’s Army in contrast to the fact that revolutionary movement is always ready to exact
they are members of organizations justice where it is due. n
Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma sa Barangay White
(Data from the Save our Schools Network
Culaman (Namabaw) and Tinananon
Mindanao.)
Kulamanon Lumadnong Panaghiusa sa
Arakan (Tikulpa). The Army threatened to
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GUILTY AS CHARGED
International tribunal finds Obama, Aquino governments

guilty of gross human rights violations
By Ed Ladera illegal and criminal acts, to repair
the damages done to the Filipino
The International People's
people and their environment,
Tribunal (IPT) rendered its
compensate the victims and their
verdict on July 18, 2015 in
families for their atrocities, and
Washington, DC, finding
to rehabilitate the communities,
President Simeon Aquino III and
especially indigenous
the Government of the
communities that have been
Philippines and the United States
destroyed by the criminal acts of
Government represented by
the Defendants.”
President Barack Hussein Obama
II The Filipino people at the suit of ECUVOICE,
KARAPATAN, HUSTISYA,
1. GUILTY of gross human rights violations
DESAPARECIDOS, SELDA, BAYAN, KMU,
involving the civil and political rights of the
KMP, GABRIELA, MIGRANTE, and
Filipino People, for committing extrajudicial
KADAMAY, people's organizations and
killings, disappearances, massacres, torture,
alliances active in the struggle for human rights
arbitrary arrests and detentions as well as other
and development, filed the charges against the
vicious, brutal and systematic abuses and attacks
Defendants.
on the basic democratic rights of the people;
The Prosecution, with Atty. Ramsey Clark,
2. GUILTY of gross and systematic violations of
former US Attorney General as Chief
human rights, particularly economic, social and
Prosecutor, stated “they have presented
cultural rights of the Filipino people through
meticulously and thoroughly a compelling case
the imposition of neoliberal “free market”
of complicity, collusion, responsibility, and
globalization to exploit the people;
liability for gross, massive, and systematic
transgression of their economic sovereignty and
human rights violations.” They presented one
plunder of their national patrimony and
after the other, 34 cases with 32 witnesses, 17
economy; and attacks on the people's livelihood
here in Washington, D.C., 10 in Manila, 5 from
and the destruction of the environment; and
more far-flung parts of the Philippines. The
3. GUILTY of gross and systematic violations of People have also submitted 29 more cases for
the rights of the people to national self- the consideration of the jury. The jury
determination and liberation through the concluded, “Indeed, the Prosecution has
imposition of the US war of terror and US satisfied the burden of proving satisfactorily
military intervention; as well as the perpetration that the Defendants, in concert with each other,
of crimes against humanity and war crimes; wilfully and feloniously committed gross and
misrepresentations of the people's right to systematic violations of the Filipino people's
national liberation and self-determination as basic human rights.”
“terrorism” and the baseless “terrorist” listing of
The witnesses presented their testimony before
individuals, organizations and other entities by
a prestigious panel of jurors composed of Atty.
the US and other governments.
Azadeh Shahshahani of the US National
The International People's Tribunal further Lawyers' Guild, Atty. Camilo Perez-Bustillo, Rev.
enjoined “the Defendants to undertake, and the Malcolm Damon, Rev. Molefe Tsele, Prof. Pao-
People to pursue proper remedial measures to yu Ching, Rev. Michael Yoshii and Ms. Mary
prevent the commission or continuance of such Boyd.
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Among the testimonies were that of Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP),
Raymond Manalo, former political prisoner, International Association of Democratic
who testified to seeing students, Karen Lawyers (IADL), National Lawyers' Guild of
Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan being tortured the USA, and IBON International provided
and sexually molested by General Jovito strong support to the IPT. The IPT also
Palparan as well as the burning to death of enjoyed the solidarity of Endorsers consisting
peasant farmer Manuel Merino; Maria Aurora of 18 organizations and four individuals,
Santiago, testifying to the extrajudicial killing among whom were the International League
of her husband, Dutch missionary Willem of Peoples' Struggles (ILPS), ANSWER –
Geertman; Maria H. Enriquez, Chairperson ACT NOW TO STOP WAR AND END
of Karapatan, presenting evidence of RACISM, Asian Human Rights Commission,
extrajudicial killings, enforced International Action Center, Peace for Life
disappearances, state terror and other human Network, Union of Progressive Iranians,
rights violations by the Aquino government; Fuerza Mundial Global (FMG) and Mining
the testimony of Melissa Roxas, US citizen of Justice Alliance (MJA – Vancouver, BC).
Filipino origin, arrested, detained and
Hundreds of participants enthusiastically
tortured during her visit to the Philippines;
followed the IPT sessions and celebrated the
the testimony through Skype by Liza Maza,
Verdict, issued at the very heart of US
Gabriela leader, prevented by US authorities
imperialism, in Washington, D.C. n
from boarding the plane in Manila in flagrant
violation of Philippine sovereignty. She was
scheduled to appear at the IPT to present her
testimony.
Other powerful
testimonies
from workers,
farmers and
indigenous
people are
recorded and
may be accessed
at the website
of the
International
People's
Tribunal.
The Conveners:
International
Coalition for
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SCORING VICTORIES
New People’s Army launches successful tactical offensives

nationwide
By Ed Ladera & Roselle Valerio
In Northeastern Mindanao, in
Surigao del Sur, four days after
gruesome murders on Sept. 1, 2015
of Emerito Samarca, Dionel
Campos and Juvello Sinzo by the
36th Infantry Battalion (IB) and its
paramilitary Magahat Bagani, the
New People's Army attacked troops
of the 36th IB, causing the death of
three soldiers and four wounded.
On the same day, the NPA attacked
troops of the Army's Scout Rangers
in Buhisan, San Agustin. Three
troopers were killed and four
wounded. on Respect for Human Rights and International
Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL), an
In North Central Mindanao, the New agreement forged between the National
People's Army (NPA) carried out 21 military Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP)
actions in June and July, 2015. The NPA seized and the reactionary government of the
16 assorted firearms. The troops of the Aquino Philippines (GRP, now calling itself,
regime suffered 20 fatalities and more than 12 Government of the Philippines (GPH). The
wounded. The entire revolutionary movement CARHRIHL was signed on March 16, 1998 by
in the area rendered its salute to two Red the negotiating panels of the NDFP and the
fighters who were martyred in these battles. GRP and approved by their respective
principals on April 10, 1998 and Aug. 7, 1998,
Among the military actions of the NPA in these
respectively.
two months are the following:
June 9 – three troopers of the elite force, the
June 14 – a unit of the NPA under the South
Special Action Force of the Philippine National
Central Bukidnon Sub-regional Command
Police (PNP) were killed after three incidents of
successfully raided troops of the 69th Infantry
harassment by an NPA squad in the village of
Battalion (IB) who occupied the community hall
Olave, Buenavista, province of Agusan del
in a village in San Fernando Bukidnon. Two
Norte.
soldiers were killed and one was wounded. The
NPA seized 13 firearms (a K3 light machine gun, June 27 – an NPA unit harassed troops of the
an M203 grenade launcher, three M-16 and five Regional Public Safety Battalion – PNP in the
M-14 rifles and three handguns, together with village of Tungao, Butuan City. Two troopers
other military hardware. Note that International were killed and some wounded. Due to their
Law on Armed Conflict strictly forbids the rage, the troopers killed a civilian, a charcoal
military encampment in community halls, maker near the incident.
because this act causes grave danger to the
civilian population. Such act is likewise July 19 – a team of Red fighters harassed the
prohibited by the Comprehensive Agreement paramilitary detachment of the 58th IB in the
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village of Hindangon, Gingoog City. Three harassment operations in the villages of Rawis
members of the paramilitary unit were killed. and Pioduran. The NPA action followed two
NPA Actions in Mindanao, Aug. 6 – 11, 2015 weeks of terrorizing of civilians by the soldiers
in seven villages in the area.
The NPA in three sub-regions of Mindanao
carried out tactical offensives against troops of In the province of Quezon, in Southern Tagalog,
the 4th Infantry Division. Eleven soldiers were Luzon, the NPA Apolonia Mendoza Command
killed and many were wounded in the hilly parts launched a military action against troops of the
of the provinces of Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental 85th IB who camped in the village community
and Agusan del Norte. hall of Malabahay, Macalelon town. The NPA
action took place in the night of July 26. No
The NPA in South Central Bukidnon launched
casualties were reported.
on Aug. 6 three harassment operations against
the troops of the 8th IB and the Division In Northern Luzon, the NPA in the
Reconnaissance Company which were operating Cordillera Region attacked two truckloads of
in the village of Indasa, Malaybalay City. Three soldiers of the 50th IB and 51st Division
soldiers were killed and five wounded. Reconnaisance Company. The ambush was
launched around 11 p.m. on July 27 in Pinukpuk,
On Aug. 8, two operations were launched by the
Kalinga. The enemy suffered 15 casualties: 12
NPA in the same village of Indasa. Five soldiers
injured and three dead, including two sergeants.
were killed, and many wounded. In reaction, the
The NPA suffered no casualties.
military bombarded the place almost the entire
afternoon. Their helicopters landed several In the Visayas, in Central Philippines, the
times to retrieve their casualties. NPA Jose Percival Estocada Jr. Command
(JPEC) in Central Panay launched nine military
On Aug. 11, the NPA harassed soldiers in
actions from June to August. Six enemy
subvillage Magawa, Village of Bolunay near the
elements were killed and three wounded while
town of Impasug-ong. There was no report of
the NPA suffered no casualty. Among these
casualties.
NPA actions were the following:
In the province of Misamis Oriental, the NPA
Aug. 15 - an NPA team harassed the forces of
attacked the troops of the 1st Special Forces
the 61st IB encamped in the mini-market of
Company and the paramilitary Cafgu (Citizens'
Katipunan Village, Tapaz, Capiz. Three enemy
Armed Forces Geographical Units) in the village
troops confirmed dead.
of Farmbugas, Claveria on Aug. 8. One Cafgu
was killed and 1 soldier wounded. Aug. 16 - another NPA team attacked the 6th
Philippine National Police detachment in
In Southern Luzon, on the island of Masbate,
Agcalaga Village, Calinog, Iloilo. One enemy
on Aug. 3, the NPA Jose Rapsing Command or
was wounded.
JRC attacked joint troops of the Bravo
Company of the 9th IB and the Civilian Aug. 17 - NPA fighters ambushed the troops of
Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the 61st IB in Aglinab Village, Tapaz, Capiz.
the Philippine National Police. Killed was Sgt. Three enemy soldiers were killed and one was
Fernando Leynes Jr. and wounded were wounded.
corporals Razalo, Abumita and Umdop of Bravo
The NPA in Central Panay launched these
Company. One trooper of the CIDG was
military actions to show support to the strong
wounded. This NPA ambush was preceded by
opposition of the Tumanduk indigenous people
three days of terror inflicted by the soldiers on
to the two mega dams to be constructed along
the civilian population from villages in the
the Jalur and Pan-ay rivers. These mega dams
towns of Cataingan, Palanas, Cawayan and
will displace thousands of the Tumanduk people
Placer.
and cause grave damage to the environment.
In the province of Albay also in Southern Moreover, the NPA units are exposing the lies
Luzon, on Aug. 7, four soldiers of the 2nd IB of the 3rd Infantry Division and 301st Brigade
were wounded in NPA operations. The NPA who claim that the revolutionary forces in
Santos Minamera Command carried out the Central Panay are weakening. n
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MEDICAL TRAINING
People’s army
 in Samar holds medical training
In the hilly part of Samar, in the early part of the machinery of the NPA in Eastern Visayas so
2015, the New People’s Army (NPA) Northern that it can further raise the capacity to launch
Samar Command (Rodante Urtal Command), tactical offensives. She said the medics further
together with several dozen peasants and their strengthen the commitment of the Red fighters
families, launched a medical training for 30 Red in launching armed actions.
fighters and members of mass organizations.
Ka Tina, with three other instructors, presented
Led by the medical staff of the NPA Eastern the basic principles for better care of the health
Visayas, they carried out the joint Level 1 and 2 of the Red fighters. Together with this, the
medical training in instructors taught
three weeks. The the scientific and
objective of the The NPA’s medical service is in stark simple ways to avoid
training was to push common illnesses in
forward the the communities.
contrast to the criminal neglect of
implementation of This is part of the
the medical task health campaigns
the reactionary state in giving
inside the NPA being launched
platoons and the together with other
public service in the face of
areas where they mass campaigns in
operate. the barrios. The
widespread privatization of medical instructors hope that
According to Ka
the youth will lead
Tina, main instructor
services and facilities. the training
of the training, this is
participants set up
part of strengthening
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medical groups in the very far hospitals
the barrios. Thus, and facilities. When
ensuring that the 
their children get
people of the barrio sick, she said, they
get the most basic are forced to borrow
medical service. money from the
usurers who charge
The NPA’s medical
high weekly interest
service is in stark
because they cannot
contrast to the
rely on the local
criminal neglect of
reactionary
the reactionary state
government and its
in giving public
agencies.
service in the face of
widespread According to a youth
privatization of participant in the
medical services and locality, they are ready
facilities. to answer the challenge of service to their
barriomates. One of the first things they will pay
Ka Tina praised the students who finished the
attention to is the gathering of adequate
training. In spite of the difficulty of memorizing
medical instruments and tools so that they can
the symptoms of the illness, appropriate
start medical service right away.
medicines and other medical concepts, they
studied persistently and meticulously theory The representatives of the Front consider as a
and practice. big victory the training that was launched
amidst the limitations and other tasks. The
Most of the students came from the peasant
knowledge imparted will serve the people's
class and reached only elementary level in
army, they said, and help in the consolidation of
formal schools. They had difficulty keeping
the mass organizations and in the building of
track of the methods of measuring medicines,
revolutionary committees in the barrio, and
such as “”mili-milligram of penicillin” and
eventually in the municipality.
reading medical literature such as the
instructions for the medicines because these are Part of the completion of the medical training
in the English language. was the launching of a two-day people's clinic
which was attended by many peasants even
To facilitate and make the training easier, the
though it was held in a faraway place. After
instructors simplified the theories and stressed
meticulous medical consultations, a simple
more on the practice. In every chapter, they did
common meal was provided. This was followed
the practicum so that the concepts could be
by dancing, as part of the celebration.
better understood. They deepened the truth and
the emptiness of superstitions and hearsay According to Ka Tina, the said training is only
which are widespread in the barrios. one of a series that the medical staff of the
region is launching. In October 2014, the Level 3
They meticulously studied the particular
training was launched in the nearby province
illnesses in the region, such as
which was attended by representatives of the
“sisto” (schistosomiasis) and “tugsik” (sickness
medical groups of the different NPA commands.
that is similar to leptospirosis).
Aside from the trainings, Ka Tina and her
The local Party branches in the nearby barrios
comrades also campaigned for widespread
were happy with the graduation of the new
vaccination, restoring the broad practice of
members. According to Ka Auring, member of
acupuncture, fostering the wide use of herbal
the local Party branch, hundreds of peasants are
and local medicine and remedies, and avoiding
awaiting the care of the new medics of the NPA
“sisto” and curing it. (Reprinted from Ang Bayan,
and the medical group. For a long time, the poor
the official publication of the Communist Party of the
peasants bear the burden of the very high
Philippines.) n
charges of the doctors, expensive medicines and
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K-12
YET ANOTHER
SCHEME TO
ENLARGE ARMY
OF CHEAP LABOR

By Jose Emilio Jacinto III making the unemployment problem worse. The
net effect will be lower wages for workers.
Protest activities greeted the opening of
schoolyear this June as teachers, students, Citing the think-tank outfit Ibon Foundation’s
parents and organizations from other sectors data, Crisostomo added that as of January 2015,
waged united actions against the the Filipino youth comprises 78% of
implementation of the US-Aquino regime’s K-12 unemployed Filipinos under the Aquino
program. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers administration and 3 out of 10 (33.4%) had a
(Act) and the youth organizations Anakbayan college education; with at least 20.4% actually
and League of Filipino Students vowed to having graduated, and 7 of 10 unemployed were
continue their fight and declared June 30 as a high-school or college-educated. This data
National Day of Protest against K-12. shows that the Aquino regime failed to generate
jobs for Filipino youth thereby pushing them to
Rallies and demonstrations demanding the
poverty.
junking of K-12 were held by students and
teachers of Manila High School, Manila Science Already burdened with the worsening economic
High School, Araullo High School, Ramon crisis, the youth and their parents have to
Magsaysay High School, Caloocan High School confront the nightmare of a costly education
and Batasan High School. While students from that is becoming accessible to fewer and fewer
various universities and colleges in Metro families, and at the same time facing the
Manila and major regional centers all over the prospect of not finding any work upon
country walked out of their classes in protest of graduation. Costs of education continue to rise
K-12 program, tuition fee increases and other despite the fact that the Philippine educational
school fees. system has deteriorated significantly since
imperialist agencies, from the time of the
The Aquino regime's “K-12”scheme
Marcos dictatorship, began to re-program said
(kindergarten to grade 12) is part of the overall
system to suit imperialist ends – supply cheap
design of imperialist globalization to further
but skilled labor for the global capitalist
commercialize the already profit-oriented
markets.
educational system and further gear schools to
prepare the Filipino youth to become the menial Because the Aquino cacique regime and its
servants of global capitalism, while castrating imperialist bosses don't intend to industrialize
patriotic, progressive and scientific the Philippines and they want to maintain it as
consciousness in the next generation of Filipino backward, agricultural and underdeveloped, the
youth. educational system as an ideological apparatus
has to ensure that the country remains
Vencer Crisostomo, National Chairperson of
semicolonial and semifeudal, an adjunct of the
Anakbayan, stated that the K-12 program aims
global imperialist system and a tool for
to create more cheap labor and ensure that
preventing genuine social change. Thus, despite
more semi-skilled youths enter the labor force
a much-hyped new education scheme, the
as soon as they graduate senior high school
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