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The Mendiola Massacre: Decades on, Philippines Land Reform Remains Mired in Blood


“The interests of the peasants and landowning politicians can never be reconciled,” says one activist.
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January 22, 2021
Protesters reenact the 1987 Mendiola Massacre during a rally on Jan. 22, 2021 in Manila, Philippines. Protesters also accused the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte of responsibility for the recent killings of peasants.
Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila
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Thirty-four years ago today, Rafael Mariano was marching towards the presidential palace in Manila. Joined by over 10,000 others protesting for peasant land rights, he remembers trudging past Manila Central Post Office before pushing on to Mendiola Street.
“We wanted genuine reforms with free land distribution for peasants, fully abolishing the unjust arrangements of centuries prior.  We looked for government officials to discuss our demands, but we found no one,” said Mariano, then a 30-year-old peasant activist. ....

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Justice For Tumandok Massacre


The recent massacre
of nine Indigenous Tumandok and the illegal arrest of 17
others in Capiz province in the Philippines two days before
2020 ends warrant our strongest condemnation!
The
International Indigenous Peoples Movement for
Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) and Katribu
National Alliance of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines
strongly denounce this new spate of mass murder of leaders
of indigenous group TUMANDUK in a time when the world just
observed the International Human Rights Day. We call for
justice for all victims of Tumandok Massacre – TUMANDUK
heads Eliseo Gayas Jr. and Roy Giganto, as well as Mauro
Diaz, Arcelito Katipunan Sr., Mario Aguirre, Jomer Vidal, ....

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