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Continue reading →: Martial Law, US imperialism and the Marcos dictatorshipMarcos, his family and cronies would not had been able to plunder and repress the country the way they did without the support of the US. Marcos lasted for as long he did because he was backed by an imperialist superpower.
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Continue reading →: Murderous war on drugs could be Duterte’s downfallDuterte’s war on drugs kills the poor but not their poverty. This is the reason why Duterte will never win this war. But the more poor people he kills, the deeper he digs the grave of his own regime.
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Continue reading →: SONA 2017: What’s in it for China in Duterte’s ‘Build, Build, Build’?Big infrastructure lenders like China and Japan profit not only from the interests accruing from their loans to build rails and roads. The larger gains they make are from the conditionalities they tie to these loans.
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Continue reading →: SONA 2017: Business interests with ties to Duterte to benefit from Martial Law extensionPresident Rodrigo Duterte with his Martial Law administrator Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and implementor Armed Forces Chief General Eduardo Año (Photo from Al Jazeera) As expected, the so-called supermajority in Congress granted the extension of Martial Law that President Rodrigo Duterte asked for. Martial Law would be in effect in…
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Continue reading →: Martial Law: Lorenzana and Año’s “innovative” approach not just vs. Maute?Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana and AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año (Photo from Frances Mangosing/inquirer.net) Is Martial Law Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and armed forces chief (and now Martial Law administrator) Gen. Eduardo Año’s “innovative” approach to end the armed conflict in Mindanao and to achieve the military establishment’s…
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