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Bayan@40: ‘The real power rests with the people, not politicians’

The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) founded during Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s dictatorship marks its 40th anniversary this week and continues to perform its avowed role as a voice for the people.  The nationwide alliance celebrated the occasion on Jan. 14 with a program titled “Bayan Kwarenta” at the University of the Philippines Diliman’s Ignacio B. Gimenez...

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Fighting back: Activist Carol Araullo takes Red-taggers to court

Two of the government’s main anticommunist propagandists were brought to court on Wednesday on a P2.15-million civil suit by one of their principal targets, Carol Araullo, a veteran activist and chair emeritus of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan). Araullo said in a statement that she filed the first such damage suit against Lorraine Badoy Partosa...