Anakbayan CEAT - UPLB

SURPRISE!!! Banda ni Kleggy added to our official lineup!

ANAKBAYAN-UPLB
in partnership with UPLB University Student Council

presents

PAGLAUM: A Cultural Concert
"Celebrating the youth's role in advancing national interest"
February 16 (Thu) | 8PM | UPLB Feb Fair Grounds

starring

6CYCLEMIND
Banda ni Kleggy
Datu's Tribe
ninaVIRGIN
UPLB Street Jazz Dance Company
Wyre Underground of UPLB
UPLB Filipiniana Dance Troupe
UPLB Sandayaw Cultural Group
UPLB Writers' Club
Sikhay-UPLB: Sining at Kulturang Handog sa Bayan
Tulisanes
Umalohokan, Inc.

FREE ADMISSION!

Sponsors:
All UP Academic Employees Union - UP Los Banos
Timog Greens and Grill - * Restaurant * Bar * Grill *
Ginhawa Craft Studio's Asian Art Cafe
Banahaw Heals Spa Los Banos, Laguna Branch
JJusco Oriental
Eatsumo Teri Haus
101 Boutique
ninaVIRGIN
Parduch
Rhosignature
Hanarose Sizzlers
Jungle Java
Bestprint

Media partner: Southern Tagalog Exposure

SURPRISE!!! Banda ni Kleggy added to our official lineup!

ANAKBAYAN-UPLB
in partnership with UPLB University Student Council

presents

PAGLAUM: A Cultural Concert
"Celebrating the youth's role in advancing national interest"
February 16 (Thu) | 8PM | UPLB Feb Fair Grounds

starring
6cyclemind
Banda ni Kleggy
Datu's Tribe
ninaVIRGIN
UPLB Street Jazz Dance Company
Wyre Underground of UPLB
UPLB Filipiniana Dance Troupe
UPLB Sandayaw Cultural Group
UPLB Writers' Club
Sikhay-UPLB: Sining at Kulturang Handog sa Bayan
Tulisanes
Umalohokan, Inc.

FREE ADMISSION!

Sponsors:
All UP Academic Employees Union - UP Los Banos
Timog Greens and Grill - * Restaurant * Bar * Grill *
Ginhawa Craft Studio's Asian Art Cafe
Banahaw Heals Spa Los Banos, Laguna Branch
JJusco Oriental
Eatsumo Teri Haus
101 Boutique
ninaVIRGIN
Parduch
Rhosignature
Hanarose Sizzlers
Jungle Java
Bestprint

Media partner: Southern Tagalog Exposure

ANAKBAYAN-UPLB
in partnership with UPLB University Student Council

presents

PAGLAUM: A Cultural Concert
"Celebrating the youth's role in advancing national interest"
February 16 (Thu) | 8PM | UPLB Feb Fair Grounds
starring
6cyclemind
Datu's Tribe
ninaVIRGIN
UPLB Street Jazz Dance Company
Wyre Underground of UPLB
UPLB Filipiniana Dance Troupe
UPLB Sandayaw Cultural Group
UPLB Writers' Club
Sikhay-UPLB: Sining at Kulturang Handog sa Bayan
Tulisanes
Umalohokan, Inc.

FREE ADMISSION!

Sponsors:
All UP Academic Employees Union - UP Los Banos
Timog Greens and Grill - * Restaurant * Bar * Grill *
Ginhawa Craft Studio's Asian Art Cafe
Banahaw Heals Spa Los Banos, Laguna Branch
Eatsumo Teri Haus
101 Boutique
ninaVIRGIN
Parduch
Rhosignature
Hanarose Sizzlers
Jungle Java
Bestprint

Media partner: Southern Tagalog Exposure

ANAKBAYAN-UPLB
in partnership with UPLB University Student Council

presents

PAGLAUM: A Cultural Concert
"Celebrating the youth's role in advancing national interest"
February 16 (Thu) | 8PM | UPLB Feb Fair Grounds

starring

6cyclemind
Datu's Tribe
ninaVIRGIN
UPLB Street Jazz Dance Company
Wyre Underground of UPLB
UPLB Filipiniana Dance Troupe
UPLB Sandayaw Cultural Group
UPLB Writers' Club
Sikhay-UPLB: Sining at Kulturang Handog sa Bayan
Tulisanes
Umalohokan, Inc.

FREE ADMISSION!

Sponsors:
All UP Academic Employees Union - UP Los Banos
Timog Greens and Grill - * Restaurant * Bar * Grill *
Ginhawa Craft Studio's Asian Art Cafe
Banahaw Heals Spa Los Banos, Laguna Branch
Eatsumo Teri Haus
101 Boutique
ninaVIRGIN
Parduch
Rhosignature
Hanarose Sizzlers
Jungle Java
Bestprint

Media partner: Southern Tagalog Exposure

Anakbayan College of Forestry and Natural Resources - UPLB invites you to an EDUCATIONAL DISCUSSION on ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION.

February 09 | Thursday | HUM 103 | 5PM

Everyone is invited!
Dumalo at magpadalo!

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF ANAKBAYAN CAS - UPLB ON THE SUSPENSION OF PEACE TALKS BY THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION

Anakbayan College of Arts and Sciences - UPLB expresses its utmost condemnation of Duterte's suspension of peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF). This move comes after the withdrawal from ceasefire by the New People's Army (NPA) in response to numerous attacks against the NPA being shamelessly committed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) despite the presence of ceasefire and peace talks, along with Duterte's refusal to fulfill his campaign promise of releasing 400 political prisoners unjustly prosecuted in previous administrations. These simply show how unserious the Duterte administration is in pursuing peace in the country and—by suspending the peace talks—in addressing the roots of armed conflict.

Genuine peace comes hand in hand with justice. Armed conflict is only the result of several injustices that prevail in the Philippines such as the state's many violations of human rights, its refusal to give poor Filipinos opportunities for sufficient livelihood in favor of capitalists and imperialist powers, or its disregard for the basic social needs of citizens like health and education. As such, it is only when these injustices are halted that genuine peace can prosper in our land, and peace talks are a venue for discussing this. Apparently, however, Duterte does not understand this, as he says he finds no "compelling reason" to continue with the peace talks. Workers suffer from low wages, contractualization, and unjust working conditions. Tuition fees are ever-increasing, preventing millions of students from acquiring formal education. Peasants are killed on the ground they till, as indigenous peoples are forced to leave their homelands. All these injustices, yet Duterte still cannot comprehend what peace talks are for.

With this, we say that Duterte is no different from previous Philippine presidents; all of them are willing to forsake peace just so they can serve the interest of themselves and the ruling class. This calls for even greater militancy from the masses, especially the Filipino youth, in standing up against this oppressive state and fighting for the peace being continually denied to us!

KAPAYAPAANG BATAY SA KATURANGAN, IPAGLABAN!

OPISYAL NA PAHAYAG NG ANAKBAYAN-CEAT UKOL SA TRAHEDYA SA HTI

Nakikiisa ang Anakbayan-CEAT sa pagpapanawagan ng hustisya at kagyat na tulong sa mga manggagawang biktima ng sunog na nangyari bandang 6:20 kagabi sa House Technology Industries (HTI), sa Export Processing Zone, sa Rosario, Cavite. Ayon sa mga ulat, 104 na manggagawa ang dinala sa mga malalapit na ospital dala ng pinsalang dinulot ng nasabing pagawaan ng pre-fabricated house.

Sa pagpapatupad ng Department of Labor and Employment ng Department Order No. 131-13 kung saan ipinapatampok nito ang "culture of voluntary compliance with labor laws" at ang pagbabawas responsibilidad ng gobyerno sa pagsiguro ng occupational health and safety standards (OHS) sa mga pabrika tulad sa HTI, lalo lamang nitong binigyan ang mga kapitalista ng kakayahan na magpabaya sa OHS standards sa ngalan ng pagkamal ng tubo na siyang nagdala ng posibilidad na mangyari ang trahedya.

Ang pagpapatuloy na pagpapatupad at paghihikayat ng kasalukuyang administrasyon sa mga neoliberal na polisiyang pang-ekonomika na sinimulan ng mga nakaraang administrasyon ay magpapadami lamang ng mga trahedya tulad ng nangyari ngayon sa HTI, at sa Kentex dalawang taon na ang nakakalipas kung saan 72 na manggagawa ang namatay ngunit mas inalala pa ng mga may-ari ang mga gawang produkto na maaaring manakaw at hindi ang kapakanan ng kanilang mga manggagawa.

Ang trahedyang ito ay isang ehemplo na walang maliwanag na kinabukasan kung papalala nang papalala ang mga kondisyon sa paggawa, kontraktwalisasyon, at mababang pasahod.

HUSTISYA PARA SA MGA MANGGAGAWANG BIKTIMA NG TRAHEDYA SA HTI!

LABANAN ANG MGA NEOLIBERAL NA ATAKE SA ATING MGA KARAPATAN AT KAPAKANAN!

ISULONG ANG PAMBANSANG INDUSTRIYALISASYON!

Justice must be given to HTI fire victims; check factories’ OHS status

"...these incidents remain an imprint of capitalists’ neglect of occupational health and safety (OHS) standards which endanger the workers – an event that emerges like the incident in HTI."

Hustisya para sa mga manggagawang biktima ng trahedya sa HTI!
Karapatan para sa maayos na kondisyon sa paggawa!

pamantik2009.wordpress.com The militant regional labor center PAMANTIK-KMU calls for aid and justice for the workers of House Technology Industries (HTI) still trapped in a fire since yesterday night. The latest repor…

paglaum: Bisaya ng salitang "pag-asa"

Abangan ngayong Feb Fair 2017.

JOIN THE MOB TODAY | JAN 24, 2:30PM, HUM STEPS

(Updated 1-24-2017)


JOIN THE MOB TODAY | JAN 24, 2:30PM, HUM STEPS

It has come to public attention that UP President Alfredo E. Pascual (PAEP), mastermind of SAIS, eUP, and many other anti-student programs and policies, will be in UPLB today for a tribute to his name. The shameless tribute, planned by the administration to supposedly honor him as his term as UP President nears its end, will be held at 4pm at DL Umali Auditorium. The mere existence of a tribute to PAEP is a huge insult to thousands of UP students who have suffered under his administration, more so when it is held in UPLB which abounds with memories of students staying in the campus even after midnight just to acquire slots, students being barred from enrollment by financial inadequacies and absence of slots, and students having to face dubious school fees—all because of PAEP's SAIS. We also take into account how this garbage of a program called SAIS and its mother project eUP, collectively (and corruptly) cost billions worth of the people's money despite their uselessness to technically anyone but the private corporations who benefited from their purchase. Moreover, PAEP has also masterminded the rampant commercialization and privatization of various UP units, selling off university property to wealthy business people. He is also behind the approval of the GE reform, the academic calendar shift, and other colonialized university programs which betray the orientation of UP as a national university which upholds the interests of the Filipino masses, not the desires of foreign nations.

With this, we call on everyone to join the protest action today, starting 2:30pm at Humanities Steps, where we will make sure that PAEP does not easily enter and leave UPLB without facing the studentry which he subjected to oppression.

YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN UPLB, PAEP!

JOIN THE MOB TOMORROW | JAN 24, 2:30PM, HUM STEPS

It has come to public attention that UP President Alfredo E. Pascual (PAEP), mastermind of SAIS, eUP, and many other anti-student programs and policies, will be in UPLB tomorrow for a tribute to his name. The shameless tribute, planned by the administration to supposedly honor him as his term as UP President nears its end, will be held at 4pm tomorrow at DL Umali Auditorium. The mere existence of a tribute to PAEP is a huge insult to thousands of UP students who have suffered under his administration, more so when it is held in UPLB which abounds with memories of students staying in the campus even after midnight just to acquire slots, students being barred from enrollment by financial inadequacies and absence of slots, and students having to face dubious school fees—all because of PAEP's SAIS. We also take into account how this garbage of a program called SAIS and its mother project eUP, collectively (and corruptly) cost billions worth of the people's money despite their uselessness to technically anyone but the private corporations who benefited from their purchase. Moreover, PAEP has also masterminded the rampant commercialization and privatization of various UP units, selling off university property to wealthy business people. He is also behind the approval of the GE reform, the academic calendar shift, and other colonialized university programs which betray the orientation of UP as a national university which upholds the interests of the Filipino masses, not the desires of foreign nations.

With this, we call on everyone to join the protest action tomorrow, starting 2:30pm at Humanities Steps, where we will make sure that PAEP does not easily enter and leave UPLB without facing the studentry which he subjected to oppression.

YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN UPLB, PAEP!

(Updated 1-24-2017)


JOIN THE MOB TODAY | JAN 24, 2:30PM, HUM STEPS

It has come to public attention that UP President Alfredo E. Pascual (PAEP), mastermind of SAIS, eUP, and many other anti-student programs and policies, will be in UPLB today for a tribute to his name. The shameless tribute, planned by the administration to supposedly honor him as his term as UP President nears its end, will be held at 4pm at DL Umali Auditorium. The mere existence of a tribute to PAEP is a huge insult to thousands of UP students who have suffered under his administration, more so when it is held in UPLB which abounds with memories of students staying in the campus even after midnight just to acquire slots, students being barred from enrollment by financial inadequacies and absence of slots, and students having to face dubious school fees—all because of PAEP's SAIS. We also take into account how this garbage of a program called SAIS and its mother project eUP, collectively (and corruptly) cost billions worth of the people's money despite their uselessness to technically anyone but the private corporations who benefited from their purchase. Moreover, PAEP has also masterminded the rampant commercialization and privatization of various UP units, selling off university property to wealthy business people. He is also behind the approval of the GE reform, the academic calendar shift, and other colonialized university programs which betray the orientation of UP as a national university which upholds the interests of the Filipino masses, not the desires of foreign nations.

With this, we call on everyone to join the protest action today, starting 2:30pm at Humanities Steps, where we will make sure that PAEP does not easily enter and leave UPLB without facing the studentry which he subjected to oppression.

YOU ARE NOT WELCOME IN UPLB, PAEP!

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF ANAKBAYAN CA-UPLB ON THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MENDIOLA MASSACRE

Thirty years ago today, thousands of peasants were violently dispersed with gunfire which took the lives of 13 farmers and injured hundreds. Thirty years later, justice has not yet been served for the martyred victims of the said incident now known as the Mendiola Massacre. At present, non-stop abuses are still inflicted on thousands of farmers nationwide including the continuing violence in Hacienda Luisita and Lapanday Food Corp., to name a few.

Anakbayan CA-UPLB calls on the Duterte Administration to finally attend to the thirty-year cry for justice for the victims of the infamous tragedy and hold the landlords such as the Conjuangco-Aquinos and other landlord-serving constituents accountable.

We also urge the GRP and NDFP panels to carefully tackle in the ongoing third round of Peace Talks all the important drafts on the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) which covers genuine agrarian reform and development.

JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MENDIOLA MASSACRE!
GENUINE AGRARIAN REFORM NOW!

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF ANAKBAYAN CA-UPLB ON THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MENDIOLA MASSACRE

Thirty years ago today, thousands of peasants were violently dispersed with gunfire which took the lives of 13 farmers and injured hundreds. Thirty years later, justice has not yet been served for the martyred victims of the said incident now known as the Mendiola Massacre. At present, non-stop abuses are still inflicted on thousands of farmers nationwide including the continuing violence in Hacienda Luisita and Lapanday Food Corp., to name a few.

Anakbayan CA-UPLB calls on the Duterte Administration to finally attend to the thirty-year cry for justice for the victims of the infamous tragedy and hold the landlords such as the Conjuangco-Aquinos and other landlord-serving constituents accountable.

We also urge the GRP and NDFP panels to carefully tackle in the ongoing third round of Peace Talks all the important drafts on the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) which covers genuine agrarian reform and development.

JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MENDIOLA MASSACRE!
GENUINE AGRARIAN REFORM NOW!

OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF ANAKBAYAN-UPLB ON THE VIOLENT DISPERSAL OF MCC-MSI WORKERS ON STRIKE IN CANLUBANG, CALAMBA

Anakbayan-UPLB strongly condemns today's violent dispersal of the contractual workers on strike from the Manila Cordage Company (MCC) and the Manco Synthethics, Incorporated (MSI) in Carmelray, Canlubang at Calamba. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has long issued an order that the workers be given back their jobs and regularized, only to be ignored by the capitalist behind the companies. The workers have been on strike for eight months now, staying inside the MCC-MSI plantation and paralyzing production.

We also express our militant support to the workers of MCC and MSI who have managed to keep hold of the plantation despite the dispersal and continue their battle against contractualization, unjust wages, absence of benefits, and inhumane working conditions. Our support extends to all other workers in the country who bear the same fight. Moreover, we demand that the MCC-MSI management be held accountable for disregarding DOLE's order and for their continued fascism towards the workers.

Anakbayan-UPLB is proud of its member Paul Jhon Diezon for being one of the 2016 Ten Outstanding Jose Rizal Model Students of the Philippines! Padayon, kapatid! Patuloy na paglingkuran ang sambayanan!



“I must say that my experience of living in the communities and going to the streets, organizing protests and mobilizing students to fight for their rights has transformed me to become more passionate and driven. Those experiences with the masses made me believe that our 1.0’s or 1.25’s won’t feed the hungry; they won’t give the farmers their land nor give justice to those workers who are experiencing contractualization."
- Paul Jhon Diezon

SALUBONG SA BAGONG TAON
Illustrated by Regine Vasquez of SIKHAY, cultural arm of Anakbayan-UPLB

SALUBONG SA BAGONG TAON
Illustrated by Regine Vasquez of SIKHAY, cultural arm of Anakbayan-UPLB

As the skies light up with the coming of 2017, thousands of Filipino families grieve for loved ones who are deprived of another tomorrow. An innocent person lies dead on the road, a cardboard on his body replacing what should have been due process. In another town, a six-year-old girl gets shot to death in the car of her father who is suspected of drug abuse. All in the name of a misdirected war on drugs. In the countryside, a peasant leader, whose only wish is for farmers to be able to freely till their land and eat enough, is killed by goons hired by a wealth-driven family. Murdered in the same manner are workers and students and indigenous people fighting only for a dignified future. Thousands more are dying, stripped of basic social rights like healthcare, education, and livelihood.

Thus, it is needless to say that as the skies light up with the coming of 2017, our fight for the respect of human rights intensifies. Let the new year be a stronger year of calling for the end of killings done in the name of "change" or greed or outright desire for violence. This coming year, we continue to call on the government to rechannel its efforts into addressing the actual root of substance abuse and criminality: poverty as a result of inaccessibility to basic social services. We also call on the government to act on why Filipinos fight and protest in the first place, that is, that the masses continue to suffer while families and individuals from the ruling class get richer and more powerful by the minute, as corrupt and fascist state officials are freed from prosecution and a murderous dictator is given a hero's burial.

This 2017, we fight for all who have been unjustly deprived of life and liberty, and we fight even stronger.

Isang maligayang Pasko sa ating lahat!

Sa pagdiriwang natin sa espesyal na araw na ito, nawa'y hindi natin makalimutan na wala nang mas magsasabuhay pa sa diwa ng Pasko kaysa sa taos-pusong paglilingkod sa masang Pilipino! Sinasalamin nito ang pag-aalay ni Hesus ng Nazareth sa kanyang buhay para pagsilbihan ang mahihirap at inaapi. Kung kaya nama'y isang malaking hamon sa ating lahat na walang-pag-aalinlangang ipaglaban ang masang api: ang magsasakang pinagkakaitan ng lupa, ang manggagawang inaabuso ng kapitalista, ang kabataang walang pambayad sa edukasyon, ang kababaehan at LGBTQ na alipin ng lipunang patriyarkal, ang katutubong pinalalayas sa lupang ninuno, at iba pang inaabusong sektor.

Ngayong Pasko, at sa lahat ng susunod pang mga araw, maging mapagbigay tayo—mapagbigay ng buhay na handang ialay hanggang kamatayan man, alang-lang sa sambayanan!