#pasismo ibagsak

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i didnt realize it was 1972 again in the Philippines but with a fucking pandemic

the Philippine government just shut down a major news media company (ABS-CBN) because of its ‘expired franchise’ further cementing the fact that our country is going to live through another Martial Law soon. 

let it be known that this comes after this administration’s constant attacking of the press and press freedom. the first major red flag was when the CEO of another news outlet (Rappler), Maria Ressa was imprisoned after the outlet’s continuous calling out of the administration’s many many bullshit. 

since the beginning this pandemic has been used as an excuse to strengthen the military presence, including but not limited to: arresting people for violating guidelines, the president himself giving a shoot to kill order during a press conference when talking about violators or those resisting arrest or “disrespecting” officers (hence the rise of the slogan: Solusyong Medikal Hindi Militar [trans. “Medical solutions, not military”]). not once have they done anything to flatten the curve, provide aid for our frontliners - and in fact, in another (or the same tbh all his presscons happen at midnight or later bc theyre prerecorded but announced as “live” and sound like that drunk uncle at a party) press conference said that medical workers should be proud to die protecting the country. 

this entire pandemic was painted as a battle, with

President Rodrigo Duterte saying that the medical workers and frontliners are “heroes” and “should be glad to die for our country”

military personnel being deployed and the strongest police presence in civilian community in what is already a very aggressive military-heavy administration

Salvador Panelo (chief legal counsel of the president) literally saying a day ago “the invasion of the COVID19 may be grounds for declaring Martial Law”

As all this is happening, according to the Department of Health only 0.1% of the population has been tested because we’re still not receiving mass testing on a national scale. any mass testing done has been because of the work of Local Government Units (LGUs) and often funded by the personal pockets of the governors or mayors because the national government isnt doing shit besides threatening violence.

This shutting down of one of the two biggest news outlets in the country is a major red flag. not only is this blatant silencing of press freedom and the freedom of speech, the last time this same news outlet was shut down was in 1972 right before then president Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law bringing in years of human rights abuses, “disappearances” and silencing, and torture. my father - someone who has never really spoken about local politics - heard the news and immediately told me that Martial Law is gonna happen soon because he was there the first time, so many survivors - people that still go through the trauma of being captured and tortured are witnessing the same thing happen today because another monster is in office.

protesters and activists have been at risk this whole administration with them often “disappearing” or suddenly and this honestly scares me more than the pandemic. so many of my friends have been a part of rallies, so many of us are is groups and so many of us have been red-tagged as a “communist rebel”. this is the final straw that we hoped would never actually come to pass. 

idk what this post would rly do but please spread awareness of whats happening here. 

ive said a bunch of times that i hate living through a historical event - but that was about a plague. and now the sentiment stands even stronger bc this has all happened before. 

But we fought for our freedom from a dictator once before then we can do it again. 

NO TO ABS-CBN SHUTDOWN

DEFEND PRESS FREEDOM

PASISMO IBAGSAK! [trans. DOWN WITH FASCISM!]

*pls feel free to reach out to me for more info and i’ll do my best to provide it pls engage with the post and anyone that would like to add to it or correct anything i may have gotten wrong pls do so bc i wrote this while literally shaking from fear and anxiety and a hell of a lot of anger. anyone that can provide more links is welcome to do so pls

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duterte since his administration started

#governments be like

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Nuod tayo Porn tungkol sa Pilipino

"Salat sa yaman, Lugmok sa kahirapan." Iyan ang kalagayan ng mayorya sa ating lipunan. Hindi masisisi ang ilan kung bakit patuloy na lumalaban laban sa mga impokritong nakaupo sa gobyerno. Sa Literatura ng Uring Anakpawis ni Gng. Rogelio L. Ordonez tinalakay ang ibat ibang akdang pumapatungkol sa realidad na kahirapan ng mga pilipino na ang ating lipunan sa kasalukuyan ay pinamumunuan ng mga kapitalista o burgis dahil sila ang mas nakaaangat o may kaya, sila ang nasa itaas, at sa tingin nila, sila ang pinakamakapangyarihan at sila lang ang maaring tumakbo sa mga matataas na posisyon. Sa bawat akdang tinatalakay ay ang bawat problemang kinakaharap ng sambayanang pilipino na hanggang ngayon ay hindi masolusyunan ng mga trapong politiko. Dahil silay takot na baka pag nakaahon ang mahirap sa kinalalagyan nila ay matalo sila at mawalan sila ng kapangyarihan. Sa kabila nito, maraming organisasyong nagpapakita ng hangarin na tumulong sa mga mahihirap, NGO o LGU man yan. Halimbawa nalamang nito ang Eat Bulaga na Sugod bahay gang, Wish ko lang, Rated K, Wowowin at marami pang iba, itong mga ito ay may layunin na tulungan ang mga pilipino, magmudmod ng limpak limpak na salapi na sa mata ng karamihan ay napakaganda pero hindi lingid sa kanilang kaalaman ang tunay na esensya nito. Kaya naman ipinaliwanag ni Gng. Ordonez ang pagiging talamak ng Poverty Porn na hindi ka lamang tumatangkilik sa mga akda o pelikula dahil gusto ito ng karamihan, kundi nais mong makatulong sa charity o donasyon na patutunguhan ng bayad mo kumbaga dito ipinapalabas mo o ginagamit mo ang mga mahihirap para makakuha ng simpatiya ng iba para sakanila samantalang sila ay hindi nila ito masyadong alintana. Ngunit sa pamamagitan nito pinauusbong natin ang konsepto ng kapitalismo na kung saan pinaniniwala nito ang karamihan sa mga tao na makakatulong sila sa tunay na mahihirap sa pamaagitan ng pagtangkilik nila o panonood o kung magbibigay man sila ng donasyon para sa mga ito. Ganito kadumi ang kalagayan ng pilipinas na ang mayaman ay patuloy na yumayaman samantalang ang mahirap ay patuloy lamang na naghihirap. Kaya naman hindi nga nakakapagtaka kung ang mga katagang: "Edukasyon Edukasyon Karapatan ng Mamamayan" "Sahod Itaas, Presyo Ibaba" "Serbisyo sa tao, Huwag gawing negosyo" "Uring manggagawa, hukbong mapagpalaya" "Uring magsasaka, pangunahing pwersa" "Presyo ng bigas, ibaba ibaba Presyo ng palay itaas itaas" "Tunay na reporma sa lupa, ipaglaban" "Imperyalimo, ibagsak Pyudalismo, ibagsak Burukrata-Kapitalismo, ibagsak Bulok na Estado, babagsak Duterte mismo, babagsak " "Pasismo biguin Duterte Patalskin" "Asyenda buwagin Plantasyon baklasin' "Lupa sahod trabaho edukasyon at karapatan, ipaglaban " "Ang tao ang bayan, ngayon ay lumalaban" ay patuloy na mamamayagpag sa lansangan sapagkat kung puwersa ng masa ay ang pinakakinatatakutan ng mga nasa itaas kaya nga’t takot silang magkaron ng sapat ng edukasyon ang mga ito. Dahil alam nilang pwede silang mapatalsik sa kanilang kinalalagyan ano mang oras kung ito ay mangyayari.