Today is the Day of the Disappeared.
- In 2 years of Noynoy Aquino’s presidency, there have been 99 victims of extrajudicial killings and 11 enforced disappearances.
- In 2011, an extrajudicial killing happened almost every week in the #Philippines.
- As of June 30 2012, there are 385 political prisoners in detention centers and military facilities all over the #Philippines.
- Under Aquino, killings of environmentalists & land rights activists has increased #RIPGeertman #RIPPalispis #DayoftheDisappeared
- From 2001 to 2010 there were 1,206 victims of extrajudicial killings & 206 victims of enforced disappearances under former Pres. Arroyo.
- Human Rights group @karapatan has documented 170 political prisoners arrested and detained in the two years of Noynoy’s presidency.
- 5 of 9 extrajudicial killings in the #Philippines, from Jan-June 12 occurred because of military indiscriminate firing. #DayoftheDisappeared
- Of the 99 victims of extrajudicial killings in the last 2 years, 53 were peasants. #DayoftheDisappeared
- Students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeno disappeared on June 26, 2006. They are still missing. And their captors have yet to be tried.
Mao Tse Tung and the Chinese Revolution
Crayon Drawing
by Gianluca Traina
Palermo, Italy
Original: $600.00
Print: $78.00
“Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt they can’t afford the time to think. Tuition fee increases are a “disciplinary technique,” and, by the time students graduate, they are not only loaded with debt, but have also internalized the “disciplinarian culture.” This makes them efficient components of the consumer economy.”
— Noam Chomsky (via quiettemperament)
(via jbabyespana)
