Cuban people demand end to US imperialist embargo

On December 20, in Havana, Cuba, hundreds of thousands of Cuban people protested in front of the US Embassy demanding the end of the US’ crippling embargo and  remove the country from its  list of countries “supporting terrorism”. The protest was led by Cuban President Miquel Diaz-Canel.

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Marcos Jr. plans to deploy US Typhon missile system in Ph condemned

The plan to buy and deploy the costly US Typhon missile system in the Philippines has been widely assailed, both in the Philippines and abroad.

The Typhon Mid-range Capability (MRC) missile system has the capability to launch Tomahawk and SM-6 missiles that can fly up to 1,600 kilometers. The US began manufacturing such weapons in 2019, which were previously banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a nuclear treaty between the US and the then USSR signed during the Cold War. The US withdrew from this treaty in 2019.

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Railroading of Japan-Ph RAA blindsided the Filipino people - CPP

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), through its Chief Information Officer Marco Valbuena, on 17 December, 2024, strongly condemned the Philippine Senate railroading the ratification of the Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) which completely blindsided the Filipino people.

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FFPS launches global actions abroad to support NDFP, fight fascist attacks

In time with the birth anniversary of Filipino proletarian revolutionary Andres Bonifacio and the 60th founding anniversary of the Kabataaang Makabayan (Patriotic Youth, KM), a broad solidarity for the Philippine struggle has launched global-wide activities in support of the NDFP.

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Journalist Atom Araullo, others gain landmark victories vs red taggers

Broadcast journalist Atom Araullo and his legal counsels from the Movement Against Disinformation (MAD) said that their legal victory may be used as a reference for future cases against red-tagging, especially for activists and journalists.

In a 27-page court decision dated Dec. 12, 2024, Judge Dolly Rose Bolante-Prado of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 306 said that the right to free speech was abused by the defendants, Lorraine Marie T. Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey Celiz, by red-tagging the plaintiff, Araullo.

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On int’l human rights day, groups hold Duterte, Marcos Jr. accountable

Progressive mass organizations and parties all over the Philippines commemorated the 75th International Human Rights Day on 10 December, 2024, by staging demonstrations and rallies in various cities nationwide. The carried the call “Bring Duterte to justice, hold Marcos accountable,” to highlight the extensive violations of human rights under the two consecutive regimes.

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NPA military victories belie US-Marcos claims of ‘weakening armed struggle’

Successive military victories carried out by various New People’s Army (NPA) units across the country in October and November belie the US-Marcos regime’s propaganda of supposedly ‘weakening the armed struggle’ of the revolutionary forces in the countryside.

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