International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Philippines in times of disasters: The State - In the Eye of the Storm

Harrison Mariano — 2012-05-02T07:22:10Z

On the 17th of December 2011, Northeastern Mindanao had been hit by a never-expected disaster. Thousands were killed in a short a time, millions of pesos worth of properties were destroyed and several hundreds of people were missing. This disastrous event was brought by the strong current of water from the river with tons of logs and mud in it. The darkness and the destructive flood buried and flashed away the dreams and future of those families, communities and children. Experts named the typhoon in local and international as Sendong and Washi respectively.

- IV448 - May 2012 / Philippines, Ecology and the Environment, Solidarity after disasters

Revolutionary Mass Movements: Who shall Build and Strengthen?

Harrison Mariano — 2012-05-02T07:15:18Z

Revolutionary movements are and will always be grounded with the masses' conditions. They grow and gain strength from the real support and followings of the masses. Without the situations of injustices, massive poverty and hunger, inequalities, monopolies and elitist social structure that victimize the masses no revolutionary movements with the political aim to achieve structural change in power relations will not have ground and reason to exist.

- IV448 - May 2012 / Philippines

Revolutionary Festivities on the RPM-M 10th Anniversary

Harrison Mariano — 2012-04-30T05:20:17Z

Camp Usman, Mindanao – It was a cloudy 1st of May in 2011 when members of the Revolutionary Workers Party – Mindanao commemorated the 10th anniversary since its founding on May 1st 2001. Despite the rocky and difficult terrain towards the camp, it was a festive revolutionary gathering with comrades greeting one another.

- IV447 - April 2012