January 2011
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Top 10 Mass Movement Moments of 2010 →
BAYAN’s Nato Reyes lists his “Top 10 Mass Movement Moments of 2010” —from the urban poor resisting forced dislocation to the international fight to free the Morong 43.
I wonder what a U.S.-based version of this list would like…Any ideas?
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HRW: AFP Abuses Against Morong 43 Should Be Taken...
More than 10 months after the 43 health workers were illegally arrested—and after two of the women had given birth in jail—most of them have finally been released, following President Aquino’s order to withdraw charges against them.
Unfortunately, the ordeal isn’t over yet. While the freed health workers must yet tend to the physical and psychological wounds left by their extended...