****MEET-UP LOCATION UPDATED to Ph Consulate****Join BAYAN USA Northern CA and Malaya Movement NorCal for the United People's State of the Nation Address on July 26th, 2020!
End Tyranny in the Philippines: Duterte Wakasan Na! What is the United People's State of the Nation Address (PSONA)?
Every year, the president of the Philippines delivers a State of the Nation Address that fails to acknowledge the concrete conditions of the Filipino people as a result of U.S. imperialism, bureaucrat capitalism, and feudalism.
As a response, Filipinos and allies launch a People's SONA to protest the worsening conditions in the Philippines and call for genuine democracy.
For the past five years, President Duterte has responded to the people's resistance to his regime by heightening militarization, intensifying his war on drugs and on the poor, total subservience to foreign powers like the U.S. and China, and complete neglect of Overseas Filipino Workers.
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened these conditions.
Instead of providing free mass testing and PPE for health workers, Duterte has responded with de facto martial law under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). He prioritized the signing the Anti-Terrorism Bill into law. These efforts consolidate and fortify Duterte's fascist rule for a total crackdown on anyone who expresses dissent against the reactionary Philippine government.
We will join protests in the Philippines and around the world to condemn the anti-people and foreign policy oriented dictatorship of the Duterte regime.
We call on all our kababayan and allies to join us as we say enough is enough - we demand a just and lasting peace in the Philippines and national democracy for and by the Filipino people.
Here is our PSONA Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfE8sgd3boFhkTwmI4aXcJeb1G_eLdmaZs2T1KgdgsIJ41ZGw/viewform
If you or your organization would like to sponsor and/or endorse PSONA here is our form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfE8sgd3boFhkTwmI4aXcJeb1G_eLdmaZs2T1KgdgsIJ41ZGw/viewform
CO-ORGANIZERS
Anakbayan East Bay
Anakbayan Daly City
Anakbayan Silicon Valley
Anakbayan SF
Anakbayan Santa Cruz
Anakbayan De Anza
Gabriela Oakland
Gabriela Santa Cruz
Gabriela Stanford
General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS)
Kabataan Alliance
Kapwa Health Collective
League of Pilipino Students-SFSU
League of Pilipino Students-UCB
Malaya Movement Tri City
Malaya Movement SF
Malaya Movement South Bay
Northern California Pilipinx American Student Alliance (NCPASA)
Philippine-U.S. Solidarity Organization (PUSO) - East Bay
Philippine-U.S. Solidarity Organization (PUSO) - CCSF
Pilipino Association of Workers and Migrants (PAWIS) - San Jose
San Francisco Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (SFCHRP)
National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON)
Student Kouncil Intertribal Nations (SFSU)
CO-SPONSORS
API Equality – Northern California (APIENC)
Center for Political Education (CPE)
Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)
Critical Resistance Oakland
Kapwa Health Collective
Northern California Pilipinx American Student Alliance (NCPASA)
Philippine Solidarity Task Force
Showing Up for Racial Justice San Francisco (SURJ SF)
CO-ENDORSERS
7th West
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA)
Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)
Asian Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL)
Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador - Bay Area (CISPES)
National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Bay Area
Event Venue
Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, 447 Sutter St Fl 6, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States