Current Events > Philippine military executing left wing activists and labor leaders

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/08/bloody-sunday-left-activists-labor-leaders-executed-philippines-after-duterte-says

In an event that human rights groups are calling "Bloody Sunday," at least nine left-wing activists and labor leaders were executed at their homes and offices this past weekend during a series of coordinated raids carried out jointly by the military and police in four provinces in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines, just two days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered security forces to "finish off" communists in the country.

"I've told the military and the police that if they find themselves in an armed encounter with the communist rebels, kill them, make sure you really kill them and finish them off if they are alive," Duterte said Friday. "Just make sure to return their bodies to their respective families."

"Forget about human rights," the Philippine president continued. "That's my order. I'm willing to go to jail, that's not a problem. I do not have any qualms about doing the things that I have to do."
According to Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), "It is not a coincidence that these deadly raids happened two days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered police and military to 'kill all' communists and 'don't mind human rights.'"

"These incidents," he added, "are clearly part of the government's increasingly brutal counter-insurgency campaign aimed at eliminating the 52-year-old communist insurgency."
While Duterte, a right-wing politician who took office in 2016, claims his government is putting down violent Maoist factions, human rights groups have warned the authoritarian president's anti-left crusade goes far beyond thatusing the rhetoric of "counter-insurgency" to legitimate terrorizing and repressing leftists throughout the country, regardless of whether they are connected to the New People's Army, the armed wing of the national Communist Party.

"The fundamental problem," said Robertson, "is this campaign no longer makes any distinction between armed rebels and non-combatant activists, labor leaders, and rights defenders."
In response to the lethal raids that took place on Sundayin the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Rizal, all in the southern part of Luzon Island, near ManilaCristina Palabay, secretary-general of Karapatan, a progressive organization in the Philippines, said that "nothing could be more apt than calling this day a 'Bloody Sunday.'" Security forces, she added, are "obediently heeding the president's kill, kill, kill orders."

The New York Times reported that, according to Palabay, "the activists who were killed had worked for a variety of organizations, including a group that works on behalf of Philippine fishermen and another that campaigned for the rights of the urban poor."

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Who keeps electing these far right dictator wannabe dumbasses

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duterte deserves the death penalty for all the crimes he is committing
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Jesus. It's the alt-right colossus trying to take power by force. Fuck the alt-right machine.

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Is it really that crazy over in the Philippines? I had no idea. Rip to the murdered, just awful

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

The left must never surrender this. Idc what anyone says, it's clear to me now that this is a legitimate position to hold.

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https://youtu.be/AhxyUqaf6dk

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There's nothing in the world I want more than for all the right wing fascist strongmen to croak.

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HBOSS posted...

https://youtu.be/AhxyUqaf6dk

holy fuck

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Forget about human rights

Hopefuly when there is a Murder/etc. trial when someone does unspeakably horrible things to this piece of shit the judge merely quotes that and dismisses the case.

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Jesus. Shouldn't he be brought up on international charges for this? He shouldn't be in power for a second longer, he's a butcher, a madman, and a dictator.

I guarantee the right will have nothing to say about this as they rant about Venezuela and Cuba. We always love our right wing strong men in this country as long as they kill those dirty commies.

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this is a man trump and his cult idolizes
i doubt this bothers them as this is what they wish would happen in north america

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legendary_zell posted...

Jesus. Shouldn't he be brought up on international charges for this? He shouldn't be in power for a second longer, he's a butcher, a madman, and a dictator.

I guarantee the right will have nothing to say about this as they rant about Venezuela and Cuba. We always love our right wing strong men in this country as long as they kill those dirty commies.

This will trigger all kinds of UN and EU and American investigation. I don't expect him to have any say for much longer at this rate, human rights violations need to be dealt with immediately.

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Man I remember when he was first elected people were claiming he'd be good for The Philippines
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They kill homeless kids too I heard. Cops there are given street execution power. It's worse than America. At least here cops have to pretend they had no choice. And we pretend to try to get justice in a trial later

Bio1590 posted...

Man I remember when he was first elected people were claiming he'd be good for The Philippines

Americans said that about Trump too

MachineJaipur posted...

Americans said that about Trump too

Only the dedicated, the international community knew it would be a disaster.
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Bio1590 posted...

Man I remember when he was first elected people were claiming he'd be good for The Philippines

Even for the first few months, they were happy, because he was only killing drug dealers and such.

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Bio1590 posted...

Man I remember when he was first elected people were claiming he'd be good for The Philippines

i remember when he demanded all drug dealers got executed on the spot
gonna be a bunch of falsely accused executed but trump trolls loved that
when he told a story about inviting a man on helicopter ride and and then pushing him out to his death they cheered

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ultimate reaver posted...

"Forget about human rights," the Philippine president continued. "That's my order. I'm willing to go to jail, that's not a problem. I do not have any qualms about doing the things that I have to do."

I wish someone could make that a reality. This nut job should have never been in power in the first place.

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NinjaWarrior455 posted...

There's nothing in the world I want more than for all the right wing fascist strongmen to croak.

Really? That's what you want out of life? lmao what a very limited and petty goal.

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@Vicious_Dios

at this point it is time for you to pick a side. Jesus or Lucifer.

https://youtu.be/AhxyUqaf6dk

do you support this guy?

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And to think, we were probably very close to having this happen here.

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This is the type of thing that the alt-right wants to see here. We cannot leave them unchallenged.

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Vicious_Dios posted...

Really? That's what you want out of life? lmao what a very limited and petty goal.

Considering that these ring-wing fascists are actively making the world worse, it's not a bad goal to have.

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Cowthief posted...

This is the type of thing that the alt-right wants to see here. We cannot leave them unchallenged.

It's not just an alt-right thing.

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hopefully this weird experiment of electing the worst possible humans in the world to lead countries is coming to an end

fuck dicktators


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pure_temper posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

The left must never surrender this. Idc what anyone says, it's clear to me now that this is a legitimate position to hold.

What the fuck is your 357 or AR15 at best going to do against the united States military?

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Solar_Crimson posted...

And to think, we were probably very close to having this happen here.

Almost. January 6th was the worst of it I hope. Dont worry, normal people will not tolerate this and we will see the truth of it once the Proudboy informant working w/ the FBI lands the alt-right terrorists in prison for treason.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

What the fuck is your 357 or AR15 at best going to do against the united States military?

you think Duterte would be so bold if the journalists and communists had guns? Or the military genocidal clowns in Myanmar. You think they could just indiscriminately slaughter families including kids in the open, if there was a 2nd amendment there?

edit: im very open minded if you have good arguments

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pure_temper posted...

you think Duterte would be so bold if the journalists and communists had guns? Or the clowns in Myanmar. You think they could just indiscriminately slaughter families including kids in the open, if there was a 2nd amendment there?

Yes and they'd get slaughtered even worse than they are now.

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China, its your time to shine. Invade and get Duarte.

pure_temper posted...

@Vicious_Dios

at this point it is time for you to pick a side. Jesus or Lucifer.

Odd choice for a gimmick, but pop off I guess.


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pure_temper posted...

you think Duterte would be so bold if the journalists and communists had guns? Or the military genocidal clowns in Myanmar. You think they could just indiscriminately slaughter families including kids in the open, if there was a 2nd amendment there?

He absolutely would.

A second amendment-equivalent wouldn't mean anything if he has the whole damn military at his beck-and-call.

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Vicious_Dios posted...

Odd choice for a gimmick, but pop off I guess.

arent you one of the fundie trump supporters? My b if i confused you with someone else

Solar_Crimson posted...

He absolutely would.

A second amendment-equivalent wouldn't mean anything if he has the whole damn military at his beck-and-call.

he would no longer have that if the people had a 2nd amendment. The alternative is literally what we are watching - slaughter without any chance. :/

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The US won't do anything about it lmao. Odds are Duterte does this on fed/CIA orders

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pure_temper posted...

he would no longer have that if the people had a 2nd amendment. The alternative is literally what we are watching - slaughter without any chance. :/

You are talking about a hypothetical. I am not.

China wasn't given to Mao Zedong when WW2 ended. He had to take it by force. There's was a democratic capitalist resistance of. Private citizens. They had guns and they resisted with guns. We know how that story ends.

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Doe posted...

The US won't do anything about it lmao. Odds are Duterte does this on fed/CIA orders

stop spreading tankie propaganda. Its 100% the case that the FBI had an informant at the top levels of the alt-right (Proudboy bullshit) to find out who did January 6.

That same side is powering Dutertes delusions. Its a dying alt-right colossus trying to fuck up whatever it can as it loses power.

the FBI and CIA and Interpol were only ever sorta underestimating the problem, but never did the entire thing get corrupted the way the alt-right wanted.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

You are talking about a hypothetical. I am not.

China wasn't given to Mao Zedong when WW2 ended. He had to take it by force. There's was a democratic capitalist resistance of. Private citizens. They had guns and they resisted with guns. We know how that story ends.

i actually dont know how that story ends because i dont remember ever reading about the Chinese people ever having that last line of defense enshrined in the common culture and parlance and constitution

Whereas the history I DO know in America and even Romania when Michael told the Nazis to fuck off, is that its better to have a chance. So idk dude.

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pure_temper posted...

i actually dont know how that story ends because i dont remember ever reading about the Chinese people ever having that last line of defense enshrined in the common culture and parlance and constitution

Okay well the story ends with them being killed or having to flee to Taiwan and then the government changes the constitution however it pleases without regard to the citizens opinions and then kill anyone who complains.

The real alternative is to sanction and embargo these countries until their economy collapses and the government can no longer afford it's own military and then have democratic leaders take over and reopen trade.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

The real alternative is to sanction and embargo these countries until their economy collapses and the government can no longer afford it's own military and then have democratic leaders take over and reopen trade.

wrong. This is neo-liberal war-hawk type thinking from 15 years ago

those ppl are not the problem. Its the elite ruling class. Royal families, billionaires.

they stage proxy wars as a sick game and leverage it to profit enormously and to exploit human bodies. Literally true.

So imo tax the highest echelons of capital hoarding, until they are regular people like us

why does anyone have more than $1 billion at most? Fine, have it after we have free college and universal basic income (median household wage tied to inflation) and vertical farms and Starlink for all and etc.

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Well isnt that shitty. Justify harm of those you consider beneath you and it can very well seep into this.

His murdering drug dealers and abusers was nothing to celebrate, but it provided him the supporting cover he needed to do this.

Solar_Crimson posted...

Considering that these ring-wing fascists are actively making the world worse, it's not a bad goal to have.

VD just feels personally attacked. As he should.

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pure_temper posted...

wrong. This is neo-liberal war-hawk type thinking from 15 years ago

those ppl are not the problem. Its the elite ruling class. Royal families, billionaires.

they stage proxy wars as a sick game and leverage it to profit enormously and to exploit human bodies. Literally true.

So imo tax the highest echelons of capital hoarding, until they are regular people like us

why does anyone have more than $1 billion at most? Fine, have it after we have free college and universal basic income (median household wage tied to inflation) and vertical farms and Starlink for all and etc.

Uhh what? How does embargoes have anything to do with war hawks and how do you propose we tax another country's bourgeoisie?

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