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Migrante BC condemns the arrest of 51 protestors–including three paralegals and 13 minors– during the People’s State of the Nation Address.
On Monday July 27th, more than 15,000 protestors across sectors and from various progressive organizations gathered along Commonwealth avenue in Quezon City to oppose Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address with their own People’s SONA, exposing the true state of the Filipino people who are being used as collateral in US-backed wars, face labour exploitation and contractualization, are being displaced by extractive mining projects and environmental plunder, and are forced abroad as Overseas Filipino Workers with precarious status and no protections to quell economic crises all over the globe.
In response to the protest, the Philippine National Police deployed around 22,000 forces across Metro Manilla, nearly half stationed in Quezon City. While the arrests and use of force were a response to “vandalism” and the “wearing of balaclavas”, videos were shown of PNP officers pulling protestors from the crowd seemingly without reason and harassing the elderly, amongst other violent acts. The repression of the people by the state proves what we already know: the Marcos Jr. regime does not truly care for the people.
We reiterate that the people’s anger is just when the government does nothing while Filipinos starve, and are used as cheap disposable labourers.
As migrants, the underclass of the working class, Marcos Jr. does nothing but smile and shake hands with the very Prime Minister who is treating migrant workers like criminals and fugitives, deporting 400 migrants per week and shutting down programs for caregivers all whilst using Filipinos to recover key sectors of the Canadian economy.
Join Migrante BC and other national democratic and progressive organizations calling for the release of the SONA 51 and the end of state terror!!
#ReleaseSONA51
#EndStateTerror
#SONA2026
On Monday July 27th, more than 15,000 protestors across sectors and from various progressive organizations gathered along Commonwealth avenue in Quezon City to oppose Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address with their own People’s SONA, exposing the true state of the Filipino people who are being used as collateral in US-backed wars, face labour exploitation and contractualization, are being displaced by extractive mining projects and environmental plunder, and are forced abroad as Overseas Filipino Workers with precarious status and no protections to quell economic crises all over the globe.
In response to the protest, the Philippine National Police deployed around 22,000 forces across Metro Manilla, nearly half stationed in Quezon City. While the arrests and use of force were a response to “vandalism” and the “wearing of balaclavas”, videos were shown of PNP officers pulling protestors from the crowd seemingly without reason and harassing the elderly, amongst other violent acts. The repression of the people by the state proves what we already know: the Marcos Jr. regime does not truly care for the people.
We reiterate that the people’s anger is just when the government does nothing while Filipinos starve, and are used as cheap disposable labourers.
As migrants, the underclass of the working class, Marcos Jr. does nothing but smile and shake hands with the very Prime Minister who is treating migrant workers like criminals and fugitives, deporting 400 migrants per week and shutting down programs for caregivers all whilst using Filipinos to recover key sectors of the Canadian economy.
Join Migrante BC and other national democratic and progressive organizations calling for the release of the SONA 51 and the end of state terror!!
#ReleaseSONA51
#EndStateTerror
#SONA2026
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