Vol. 72/No. 50 December 22, 2008
The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, International Action Center, International League of Peoples Struggle, BAYAN-USA, Anakbayan Los Angeles, and Habi Arts sponsored the meeting. Labog also spoke at the University of California, Berkeley where the Institute of East Asian Studies invited him. His tour has also included activities in San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
The purpose of Labogs visit was to speak out on acts of repression being carried out under the government of Philippine president Gloria Arroyo. Labog told the mostly Filipino audience that members of unions and other organizations have been the victims of a wave of murders, arsons, and arrests. Over 900 people have been killed and 199 disappeared since Arroyo took office in 2001, he stated.
Labog said that the labor movement and progressive people in the United States should denounce the killings, demand the release of political detainees, and call for the immediate pull out of all U.S. troops and a halt to all military aid to the Arroyo government now.
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