July 15, 2025

Liberation International April-June 2025

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Bagong Pilipinas, Same Old Story

The 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was, as expected, a circus of illusions and empty promises meant to deodorize the rotting carcass

The deceptive theatrics of reactionary elections

The curtain rises on yet another season of Philippine reactionary politics: familiar faces, recycled promises, and the steady hand of US imperialism behind the scenes. Indeed, elections under a semicolonial

Follow the footsteps of LGTBQ+ martyrs of the Philippine revolution

In the Philippines, imported narratives of identity politics have been used to depoliticize, fragment and neutralize the LGBTQ+ struggle. Under the guise of “inclusion,” imperialist states and corporations have promoted

Life under the shadow of the Balikatan war games

In the early hours of a November morning, the quiet rhythm of daily life in the coastal barangay of San Vicente was broken by the sudden roar of low-flying helicopters.

Another bogus peace plan

On November 8, 2024, the US-Marcos regime approved the National Action Plan for Unification, Peace, and Development (NAP-UPD). Behind its lofty name, the NAP-UPD is another bogus peace plan of

Heightened military operations cannot deter the armed resistance of the Filipino people

The heightened military counterrevolutionary operations in the countryside have done little to deter the revolutionary movement’s advances as it continued to launch tactical operations against the fascist Armed Forces of

The people’s democratic revolution in the Philippines inspires resistance abroad

In the spring of 2023, the three of us landed at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila and our two and a half month long ‘integration trip’ organized by

Marcos Jr.’s “no more guerrillas” claim blows up in his face

Just two days after Marcos claimed in his 4th “state of the nation address” (SONA) last July 28, that guerrilla groups no longer exist in the country, the brutal Philippine