Category: Statements
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06262020
Ngayong International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, at ika-14 na anibersaryo ng paglaho ng mga aktibistang sina Karen Empeño at Sherlyn Cadapan, inaresto ang pitong Lumad sa Balingasag, Misamis Oriental at dinakip ang 20 kasapi ng Pride Protest sa Maynila. Inaalala ng Pride Protest kaninang umaga sa Morayta ang 1969 Stonewall Riots sa…
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Stand with the Peasants, Denounce DepEd’s Distance Learning Proposal
By Rosanna Montemayor, Rural Women Advocates The suspension of face-to-face classes due to COVID-19 has caused a sudden scramble for alternative learning modalities. Last March, the Department of Education launched DepEd Commons, an online platform to guide teachers in implementing distance learning. DepEd followed up by releasing a list of Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs)…
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised*
1. Ang itim na TV screen ay nagmistulang belo ng pagdadalamhati sa pagkawala ng pang-ekonomikong kapasidad ng 11,000 na manggagawa ng ABS-CBN bunsod ng di-makatwirang pagpapasara ng gobyerno rito. Nakikidalamhati ang Gantala Press. Dama rin namin ang kahalong takot at pangamba lalo na at nasa gitna tayo ng sala-salabid na krisis na dulot ng pandemiko…
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Of Woman Born: A Labor Day 2020 Statement
We are in the throes of delivering a “new normal.” This could be a twin or a more evil brother of the inhumane old world, or another world which we have never experienced, and yet long for. We feel restless in our confinement, distrustful of the powers that be, uncertain of the times. But the…
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Pahayag sa Lockdown
Hangad ng Gantala Press ang maayos at ligtas na pagpapatupad ng pamahalaan sa enhanced community quarantine, sakaling pahabain pa ito. Nakikipagkaisa kami sa iba’t ibang sektor upang matiyak na maisakatuparan ito. Kaakibat ng mga hakbangin upang sugpuin and COVID-19 ay ang pagsang-alang alang sa kalagayan ng kababaihan! Mahigit isang buwan na mula nang ipinatupad ang…
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#KokoManloloko
We strongly condemn Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III’s breach of health protocols in accompanying his wife for her scheduled childbirth at Makati Medical Center today, March 25. Even if, as Pimentel said, he only learned about his positive COVID-19 test result when he was at the hospital last night, March 24, his visit remains inexcusable…
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Women’s Global Strike: Womanifesto
Womanifesto Women’s Global Strike in the Philippines March 8, 2020 We are the women who everyday suffer from hunger, oppression, and violence in the hands of neoliberal plunder and feudal-patriarchal control. We are the peasants who agonise from land and resource grabbing, usury, and feudal exploitation. We bear half or more of the agricultural and…
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Statement on the Dismissal of the Rape Case vs MIT-trained Science Writer
The recent dismissal of the rape case filed by a fellow against TJ Dimacali, a panelist in the 2019 Iligan National Writers Workshop, exposes how the justice system protects only the powerful. We stand with our sister, the survivor of rape. We deplore the fiscal’s judgment, which echoes the INWW organizers’ claim that the incident…
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Defend Negros
Mariing kinukundena ng Gantala Press ang sunod-sunod na atake sa mga progresibong organisasyon sa Negros at iba pang bahagi ng bansa. Noong 31 Oktubre, hinalughog ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng Armed Forces of the Philippines at Philippine National Police ang mga opisina ng Gabriela, Bayan Muna, at National Federation of Sugar Workers (NSFW) sa Bacolod…
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#HandsOffAngieIpong
Pagkatapos ipasá ang Rice Tariffication Law, gawa-gawang kaso laban sa taumbayan naman ang tinatrabaho ng rehimeng Duterte. Nakikiisa ang Gantala Press sa pagkundena sa huwad na pagparatang sa manggagawang kultural na si Ka Angie Ipong, at sa panawagang bawiin at ipawalambisa ang inihaing warrant of arrest laban sa kanya. Ginugugol ni Ka Angie ang kaniyang…