Dennise Velasco #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

Dennise is a former political prisoner arrested on Human Rights Day 2020 and released on Women’s Day 2022. He is a labor organizer and human rights defender.

[Renato Reyes, Jr. @natoreyes]

Never have the words “rule of law” been repeated ad nauseam to justify an injustice. When this is what the “rule of law” looks like, our duty is to resist.

[Dennise Velasco #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @FreeDennise]

Chiz Escudero could never do a Pimentel.

https://t.co/7Z1vWQHhXU

[Renato Reyes, Jr. @natoreyes]

RED

[Dennise Velasco #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @FreeDennise]

No Celebration for a Tyrant: Migrante Canada Condemns Duterte’s Legacy of Violence on His Birthday

https://t.co/XmCDTcGCT0

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

Today during the initial appearance of suspect Rodrigo Roa #Duterte, #ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I provisionally scheduled the opening of the confirmation of charges hearing for 23 September 2025. Info, photos, AV materials and more ⤵ #Philippines
https://t.co/sAEpX5gKu4

[Renato Reyes, Jr. @natoreyes]

We have learned that a plane is being readied to bring Duterte to the ICC in the Hague. Meanwhile, Duterte’s lawyers are asking the SC to stop the transfer and effect the release of the former president. The Filipino people must remain vigilant and ensure that justice is achieved

[Teddy Casiño @teddycasino]

Maraming salamat sa mga nanood ng Tanong ng Bayan GMA senatorial debate! Sa mga hindi pa nakakakilala sa akin o nais akong ipakilala sa iba, pls. read and share na lang po. Tnx!

[Sarah Elago @sarahelago]

Mahalaga ang debate para makita natin ang paninindigan, kaalaman, at kakayahan ng mga kandidato. Ang pag-iwas dito ay tila pag-iwas na din sa pananagutan sa publiko. Piliin ang mga lider na may tapang at katapatan na harapin ang mga isyu ng bayan!#TanongNgBayan #TaumbayanSaSenado

[Renato Reyes, Jr. @natoreyes]

Ekonomiya ang pangunahing isyu ngyayong eleksyon. Paano magbibigay ng solusyon ang mga political dynasties kung sariling interes lang nila ang dala nila? Yung mayayamang kandidato di naman danas ang problema ng karaniwang tao. Kailangan ng tutugon sa mga problemang ito.

[Renato Reyes, Jr. @natoreyes]

Coming soon, nationwide and overseas.

#TaumbayanSaSenado. Para sa dagdag sahod, mababang presyo, libreng serbisyong panlipunan, tunay na kalayaan at demokrasya.

[Renato Reyes, Jr. @natoreyes]

Let the family of Mary Jane Veloso meet her at the airport when she arrives, before she is brought to the CIW detention facility. It is the humane thing to do. Sa unang yapak ni Mary Jane sa Pilipinas, sana pamilya nya ang sumalubong sa kanya sa halip sa diretso sya sa kulungan.

[Dennise Velasco #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @FreeDennise]

#FreeHumanRightsDay7
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

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[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

LOOK: After 16 grueling public hearings, the Senate panel on women adjourned on Tuesday its probe into illegal Pogo operations in the Philippines.

While she was delivering her closing statement, Sen. Risa Hontiveros presented an image showing the “web of people” who used Pogos for their “own and selfish interests.” | @charieabarcaINQ

[Mong Palatino @mongster]

“Generations of student leaders have bravely fought for the establishment of an independent University Student Council; it was reclaimed even during the martial law years."

I chaired the USC UP Diliman in 2000

https://t.co/CQHXJqYTfM

[Renato Reyes, Jr. @natoreyes]

Filipinos belonging to Bayan USA are preparing to hit the streets and advance the mass movement by organizing more people to fight the imperialist system. They are not afraid of Trump and never had any illusion that the elections will bring about real change. They are not shedding tears over the election results and remain steadfast in the struggle, together with allies in the Palestinian movement and anti-imperialist movements. Hope lies in the mass movement, in collective action to change the system. Makibaka, huwag matakot!

[Renato Reyes, Jr. @natoreyes]

Whether it will be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump who wins in the US presidential elections, we expect that US foreign policy regarding the Philippines will remain largely unchanged.

We do not see an end to US military exercises and the pre-positioning of weapons in the country. We do not foresee an end to the VFA and EDCA and the cold-war relic that is the Mutual Defense Treaty under both Harris or Trump.

US policies in Asia, especially regarding China, are the result of the US economic crisis. The US wants to be the main economic and military power and has sought dominance in this region. China is a rising imperialist power with its own economic and military agenda threatening US economic interests . Whether it’s Harris or Trump, the economic and military contradictions between the two super-powers will remain. The US is not likely to end its policy of encirclement of China and will continue to use the Philippines as a launching pad for its own geopolitical intervention . The US has already prepositioned a missile system in the northern part of the Philippines, the first time a weapons system of the sort has been placed on Philippine soil since the US bases were kicked out in 1991.

We also do not see any meaningful shift when it comes to US military aid to the Philippines despite the terrible human rights track record of the country. Military aid has been the go-to means of the US to justify its prolonged military presence in the Philippines. Human rights groups have objected to US military aid because these are being used to commit human rights violations in the course of counter-insurgency campaigns. The US has not made military aid contingent on compliance with international human rights standards, as seen from the US support for the genocide in Gaza.

Our status as a US neocolony will remain whether it’s a Democrat or Republican who runs the White House. There should be no illusions that any meaningful change will be coming soon. The only question is how bad will the US crisis get under a new US president and how the drive to address the crisis will continue to affect countries like the Philippines.

As to China, it is important that the Philippines not tie its foreign policy to that of the US. If we are to uphold our national interests in the West Philippine Sea and exercise our sovereign rights in our EEZ, we must do so apart from or not entangled with US geopolitical interests. The US remains an imperialist power with its own goals in the region which are not identical to Philippine interests. We should pursue a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the WPS and refrain from allowing ourselves to be used in the power-play of imperialists like the US or China.

Folks in the US are of course well within their rights to choose whom to vote for. That is their prerogative based on their objective situation . But from the POV of people affected by US foreign policy, from Palestine to the Philippines, there’s really not much hope that things will change fundamentally, whatever the outcome may be.

Whatever happens after November 5, continue to fight US imperialism and struggle for national and social liberation. ###

[Dennise Velasco #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @FreeDennise]

@manilabulletin How about rugby or solvent?

[Dennise Velasco #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners @FreeDennise]

@teddycasino In the 80s, 90s, and 2000s, “abstain” was rarely an issue in student council elections, never winning. Students were politically active, and genuine leaders were chosen when parties truly represented youth interests. Abstaining showed dissatisfaction with the org/party’s efforts.

[Teddy Casiño @teddycasino]

Dami mong sinabi but you fail to get your facts straight.

1. Bayan never said Duterte was a socialist. It was only him who proclaimed himself as such.

2. Bayan has never claimed to be a socialist party or movement. It is an alliance of national democratic mass organizations.

3. Bayan did not support Duterte in the 2016 presidential elections. We supported Grace Poe.

4. From the start, Bayan described Duterte as a reactionary politician and treated him as such.

4. The short-lived alliance with Pres. Duterte was based on his initial effort to resume the peace talks, appoint progressives in his cabinet and pursue some reforms. Despite this, we had always been critical of his fascist mindset and neoliberal policies.

5. As a people’s movement, it is Bayan’s task to engage with the reactionary state, using a whole range of tactics, to push for the people’s agenda. It is myopic and erroneous to nitpick on some photos, a couple of statements, or one moment in time and then make sweeping generalizations that Bayan is capitulating with the reactionary state or enabling someone like Duterte who draws his power, first and foremost, from the dominant reactionary classes.