Tanggol Magsasaka

22/09/2026

ALERT

Nagpaabot ang mga umattend na talkback speakers ng pelikulang Bloom Where You Are Planted ng ulat ng magkasunod na lantaran surveillance ngayong araw pagkatapos ng kanilang film screening sa Taft, Manila. Nakaramdam ang team ng Bwyp ng harrassment sa ganitong pangyayari.

Napansin ng team na may lalaking nakaabang sa kanila sa isang istasyon ng tren habang kinukunan sila ng larawan at video. Nang kuhanan ng picture ng team ang lalaki ay mas ipinakita pa nito na kumukuha siya ng litrato. Hindi natigil doon ang insidente. Pagkasakay at pagkababa nila ay may mga nakasunod pa rin sa kanila at patago rin silang kinukuhanan ng litrato.

Ano ang masama sa pagpapalabas ng pelikula? Bakit kailangang magpakalat ng mga tauhang nakabihis-sibilyan ngunit halatang nagmamanman at nakasunod?

Ang sining ay hindi kailanman isang krimen.

19/09/2026

𝗡𝗢 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣! 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗡 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗬!

Our screening in Isabela State University- Echague was unilaterally cancelled by the university administration, headed by Executive Officer Dr. Artemio Martin Jr. today, a weekend, and a few days before the planned screening on September 21.

According to the concerns raised by the administration, even with completed paperwork and approvals from concerned departments, the activity could be connected to a political gathering of recruiters and anti-government activities in line with the significant date of Martial Law Commemoration. In addition, concerns of a possible rally occurring after the screening is raised. With this, we see this as a form of censorship of the film.

Our film is made out of archival materials from the Cagayan Valley movement. The scenes are straight out of the lives of Cagayan and Isabela farmers and farmworkers, and activists who chose to serve the people amid threats and attacks. The entirety of the film was made for the people to see how the continuing attacks on Cagayan Valley activists are happening. It is saddening that the university administration seems to be on the side of the oppressors of student organizations.

We still hope to screen in Isabela and more than willing to screen to other universities and schools in Isabela, Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, and even Batanes.

Fight censorship! Stand with student organizations who want to learn more about the Filipino struggles.

18/09/2026

‎LOOK: Peasant leader Danilo Ramos filed a letter-complaint to the Commission in Human Rights (CHR) earlier today September 18. The submission is regarding the September 12 and 14 harassment and surveillance by self-identified military men against him.
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‎He was joined by Ronnie Manalo of Tanggol Magsasaka, as well as leaders from Anakpawis Partylist, BAYAN, Makabayan, Karapatan, KADAMAY, Pamalakaya, Seniors Kontra Kurakot, and youth advocacy groups.
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‎Despite the attempt to silence and frighten Ramos, he vowed to continue speaking up against corruption and for peasant rights.
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17/09/2026

ALERT!

Military men search for Danilo Ramos after anti-corruption protest in Malolos

Last September 12, six individuals searched for Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) National Chairperson Danilo Ramos in his hometown of Malolos, Bulacan. The six men wore civilian clothes and initially introduced themselves as farmers who wanted to talk with Ramos.

They later told a local government official they belonged to the military and came from the "General Headquarters." One among them identified himself as "Master Sergeant Banjo." The military men demanded to talk with local farmer organizations before leaving.

The same day, multiple suspicious men were observed snooping around the residences of Ramos’s relatives.

On September 14, three of the six men returned and talked with another set of local officials, inquiring about farmer organizations in the area.

The incidents occurred a couple of weeks after the big anti-corruption protest held in Malolos last August 31, of which Ramos was among the leading figures.

Tanggol Magsasaka condemns the continued harassment and surveillance by state agents against Ramos. We likewise condemn the military's intrusion upon the work of farmer organizations. Soldiers have no business in agrarian and agricultural matters. Peasants have the right to organize and the . Such actions aim to silence land rights defenders and critics of corruption.

Ramos is among the lead convenors of Kilos Bulacan, an anti-corruption alliance in the province described as the “epicenter” of the flood control scandal. A renowned farmer-leader advancing genuine land reform since the 1980s, Ramos also faced similar incidents in 2024 as he was preparing for his historic run for a Senate seat.

Ironically, anti-corruption protesters have faced more persecution from state forces than the biggest plunderers in government. Worse, the easily misused confidential funds are likely utilized for these kinds of harassment tactics.

17/09/2026

12/09/2026

‎LEC 5, released through bail
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‎The five paralegals arrested following a protest action against the Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC) and Pax Silica are released after posting bail today, September 12.
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‎Three of the five - Mara Peralta, Jona Yang, and Kenneth Castor - were picked up by the Taguig City police during a dispersal of a protest in front of the Grand Hyatt Hotel last September 10. An Investors' Forum for the LEC was being held there at that time.
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‎PCOL Julius Añonuevo, who led the violent dispersal, was recorded on video ordering his men to "drag them along" ("kaladkarin niyo na 'yan"), referring to Peralta and Yang as they repeatedly identified themselves as paralegals. Castor was also arrested during the commotion.
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‎The other two, RC Placido and Daya Julian, were supposed to assist a lawyer in responding to the arrest. But they were also arrested after entering the Tuktukan Taguig City Police Station, where the three were detained. Even the lawyer was threatened with arrest.
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‎All five were charged with alarms and scandal, resistance and disobedience, assault, and tumults.
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‎Tanggol Magsasaka condemns the Taguig police, led by PCOL Añonuevo, for its wanton violation of democratic rights.
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‎It is important to reiterate that the protest began non-violently. It was security forces who initiated the use of force to break off what was otherwise a legitimate exercise of the constitutional right to expression.
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‎The arbitrary and illegal arrest of paralegals who provide necessary legal support for activists and lawyers especially demonstrate a repressive mindset. Lamentably, none other than the PNP Chief defended the actions of the Taguig police in a statement today, showing that this approach is shared by the entire police force. Regardless, we demand that erring state agents be disciplined.
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‎The police's violation of due process is all the more enraging in the context of the conveniences accorded to Vice President Sara Duterte, Imelda Marcos, and other government officials involved in continuing the flood control scandal.

‎Peralta and Placido are paralegals for Tanggol Magsasaka and staunch peasant advocates. Peralta is from Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) and a tireless cultural worker. Placido is a student leader from National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates (NNARA) Youth.
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‎The LEC is a US initiative with Japan and the Philippine governments intending to build industrial and logistical infrastructure along Subic, Clark, Manila, and Batangas. It is part of the US’s broader Pax Silica initiative aiming to serve its imperialist interests. #

06/09/2026

𝙐𝙈𝘼𝘿𝘿𝘼𝙉𝙂 𝘾𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖 𝙩𝙞 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

As the country grapples with the effects of habagat, intense flooding and continuous heavy rainfall, the Marcos government rained terror against the people.

The Philippine National Police are accusing 11 activists and human rights defenders from Cagayan Valley of violating Republic Act No. 10168, or the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012 (TFSPA). Over the past four years, this draconian law has been used against activists and non-government organizations at the forefront of peasant advocacy, environmental defense, and human rights work.

The 11 Cagayan Valley defenders are now entangled in a web of lies concocted by military assets who are handled and coerced by their superiors in the military establishment. Their grand evidence? Uncooked rice, allegedly found decaying inside plastic containers buried underground for seven full years.

Landlessness and rural poverty persist in Cagayan Valley region. The El Nino phenomenon in the first half of 2026 damaged 1.44B worth of crops in Cagayan alone, adversely affecting the lives and livelihood of farmers, agricultural workers and many more families and communities that depend on agriculture and the local economy. Destructive, foreign, large-scale mining force their way into the country's remaining mountainous frontiers, salivating at the rich natural and mineral resources that have long sustained indigenous communities in Kasibu and Dupax del Norte in Nueva Vizcaya. Vast tracts of land have also been reserved for the use of the United States Army in EDCA sites, functioning as launchpads for American military aggression in the Asia-Pacific, terrorizing the people with frequent joint military exercises that include bombing, rocket launching and live firing.

But the nationalist and democratic fervor is not lost in the people of Cagayan Valley. Linked in arms with the oppressed Filipino people, pockets of resistance have sprung up in the region, with the indigenous peoples of Kasibu and Dupax del Norte initiating a defensive barricade against foreign mining, with Isabelino farmers once again forging unity and marching on the streets, and the Cagayano youth expressing their dismay over the government's corruption scandals. The people of Cagayan Valley, through their unity and organization, courageously step forward, umaddang! There is no recourse but to expose the criminalization of activism, including the weaponization of "terrorism financing" as a convenient and effective tool in the fascist arsenal of the state.

We stand alongside the Cagayan Valley 11, namely Agnes Mesina, Isabelo Adviento, Cita Managuelod, Jackie Valencia, Deo Montesclaros, Renato Gameng, Mafel Macalanda, Anne Marie Pascual, Nelson Escalante, Walter Villegas, and Jhames Paredes, as they face the fresh fabrications of terrorism financing by the state. We are one with their families, lawyers, friends, and supporters, as they fight in the streets and inside the courtroom.

We call for the immediate dismissal of the trumped-up charges against the Cagayan Valley 11, Nueva Vizcaya environmental defenders, and all political detainees. We urge the Philippine Congress to repeal RA 10168 and instead pass laws on agrarian reform, environmental protection and social justice.

DROP ALL TRUMPED-UP CHARGES AGAINST CAGAYAN VALLEY DEFENDERS!
ABOLISH NTF-ELCAC!
ACTIVISM IS NOT TERRORISM!
UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS, UMADDANG CAGAYAN VALLEY!

03/09/2026

03/09/2026