For majority of Filipinos, the worsening crisis of the semicolonial and semifeudal ruling system is marked by the unbearable weight of soaring prices of basic goods and services, stagnant wages, and widespread landlessness. Following the US imperialist war on Iran and the compounding impacts of oil price hikes, Filipino families already struggling to make ends meet are forced even further to stretch their shrinking incomes as they shoulder the burden of a crisis they did not create.  The resulting increase in fuel