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BAYAN Canada on Arroyo's Philippine State of the Nation Address, 27 July 2009

Written by Joey Calugay
Saturday, 25 July 2009
By BAYAN Canada BAYAN Canada, an alliance of Filipino progressive and nationalist organizations in Canada, will conduct its opposition through various protest actions and activities across Canada on the eve of the ninth (9th) SONA of President Arroyo. Described as the “People’s SONA,” these protests will be a vivid contrast to the traditional annual report to the nation by the Philippine President on the current social, economic, and political conditions of the country.
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Peasant groups launch Asia-wide actions against global landgrabbing

Written by rhoda g
Saturday, 25 July 2009
Asian Peasant Coalition At the height of global financial crisis, state terrorism and widespread land grabbing of huge tracts of agricultural land in poor Asian countries, the 15 million strong Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) kicked-off a "Five-month Asia-wide Peasants" Caravan for Land and Livelihood" that started on July 20 in Sri Lanka and will end in November 2009 in India.
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Statement in support of the hunger strike for political prisoners in Iran

Written by ILPS Info Bureau
Friday, 24 July 2009
By Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights The Canada-Philippines Solidarity Group for Human Rights stands in solidarity with our Iranian friends, many of who are former political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and who are on hunger strike today until July 25. The hunger strike, a weapon used by political prisoners around the world, is aimed to draw the world's attention to the plight of the political prisoners in Iran.
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Global day of action against open-pit mining

Written by Joey Calugay
Thursday, 23 July 2009
co-sponsored by BAYAN-Canada Every person should be concerned, open pit mining is responsible for countless human and environmental rights violations. Every Canadian should be concerned, over 70% of all mining companies IN THE WORLD are traded out of Toronto. Every Filipino should be concerned, the Phils has the SECOND largest gold deposits (for it's land area) in the world.
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Statement on the Global Day of Action against Open-pit Mining

Written by Joey Calugay
Thursday, 23 July 2009
By Damayan Manitoba BAYAN Manitoba Organizing Committee Warm greetings from Damayan Manitoba and Bayan Manitoba Organizing Committee! Since the enactment of the Republic Act 7942, or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, large-scale operations by transnational mining corporations (mining TNCs) have proliferated all over the country. These mining TNCs slowly cover the whole archipelago with their mining projects and plunder the country’s mineral resources in order to rake in billions of dollars in profit.
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