BAYAN-USA Statement: Obama, NDAA

News Statement January 2, 2012 Reference: Bernadette Ellorin, Chairperson, BAYAN USA, email: chair@bayanusa.org NDAA WILL NOT QUELL THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF DISSENT AS GLOBAL CRISIS ENSUES– BAYAN USA Filipino-Americans across the US, under the banner of BAYAN USA, and their supporters condemn the last minute moves by President Barack Obama to railroad the signing of the National [...]

ABSD X OSD

FROM MIND TO MASSES by Ivan Penetrante All poems are broken poems unless they are kiss or a raised fist For Something, Someone, A cause So the slogan better be worth something so that poems can be worth something, But don’t worry I hear you and I love what you say I love those words [...]

International Day of the Disappeared

STOP ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES NOW! JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES!   Amnesty International USA article: Remember the Disappeared in the Philippines

Justice for Melissa Press Conference, Los Angeles

MEDIA ADVISORY August 22, 2011 Contact: Kuusela Hilo Justice for Melissa Roxas Campaign Email: info@justiceformelissa.org Website: www.justiceformelissa.org What: Justice for Melissa Press Conference; Appeal to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Where: Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90010 When: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 6 PM – 7 PM *** PHOTO OPPORTUNITY *** [...]

CHR Resolution Protects Torturers, Torments Victims

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Reference: Rhonda Ramiro, BAYAN-USA Secretary General, secgen@bayanusa.org (photo via pinoyherald.org) CHR Resolution Protects Torturers, Torments Victims “This is a cover-up,” stated BAYAN-USA Chair Bernadette Ellorin in response to the release of a Resolution by the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines (CHR) on the case of the abduction and torture of [...]

BAYAN USA Stands in Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers, Supports Call for General Strike

News Statement March 11, 2011 Reference: Bernadette Ellorin, Chairperson, BAYAN USA, email: chair@bayanusa.org, url: www.bayanusa.org BAYAN USA Stands in Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers, Supports Call for General Strike The unremitting campaign of the Wisconsin State legislature to illegally railroad the wildly unpopular budget bill proposed by Governor Scott Walker is being confronted head-on by a [...]

Filipino-American Youth and Students Stand in Solidarity with Kilusang Mayo Uno and the Filipino Working Class

Filipino-American Youth and Students Stand in Solidarity with Kilusang Mayo Uno and the Filipino Working Class On the occasion of Kilusang Mayo Uno’s 10th National Congress, we Filipino-American youth and students proclaim our solidarity with the struggle of the working class in the Philippines and throughout the world. We applaud Kilusang Mayo Uno’s genuine, militant [...]

BAYAN USA Celebrates 100 Years of Women in the People’s Struggle

News Statement March 8, 2011 Reference: Bernadette Ellorin, Chairperson, BAYAN USA, email: chair@bayanusa.org, url: www.bayanusa.org BAYAN USA Celebrates 100 Years of Women in the People’s Struggle On this centennial anniversary of International Women’s Day, BAYAN USA, an alliance of 14 Filipino organizations in the United States, salutes all the women on the frontlines of national [...]

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Freedom for the 43 is a Welcome Holiday Gift & Victory for the People

News Statement December 17, 2010 Reference: Bernadette Ellorin, Chairperson, BAYAN USA, email: chair@bayanusa.org Freedom for the 43 is a Welcome Holiday Gift & Victory for the People—BAYAN-USA The US Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, or BAYAN-USA, an alliance of 14 Filipino organizations across the US, congratulates and welcomes back the formerly detained health workers who [...]