#philippineamericanwar

[kirbyaraullo]

Look what came in today, what perfect way to end my Friday!! 🎉 The first 30 copies 📚 of “Black Lives & Brown Freedom: Selected Readings from the First Draft” ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾 It’s not the final book yet, only a few of my favorite chapters, while I polish the final draft 😊. I figured I might as well release a #pocketbook “teaser” since I promised myself that I’ll give my dad a book I wrote when I see him next week in the Philippines 🇵🇭 (last time I saw him in person was yearsss ago!!)… Hit me up for ways to get a copy! Proceeds will go towards @ProjectBulosan, @RiseUpYolo, & our amazing & super talented students creating the incredible doodles/illustrations for the final draft 😉 ___ #BlackLives & #BrownFreedom: Stories of #War #Solidarity, & #Genocide ___ ___ #ProjectBulosan #BulosanCenterNow #FilipinoStudiesNow #AsianAmericanStudies #AfricanAmericanStudies #EthnicStudies #BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesBrownFreedom #PhilippineAmericanWar #FilipinoAmerican #Filipino #KirbyNoodle

[no1-pogi-americano]

The Philippine-American War (1899-1902) began just months after Filipinos believed they had won their independence from Spain. The Treaty of Paris transferred the Philippines from Spanish to American control for $20 million, a transaction that treated an entire nation of people like property. When Filipino revolutionaries, who had already declared independence and established the First Philippine Republic, resisted American annexation, the result was a devastating conflict. An estimated 200,000 to 1,000,000 Filipino civilians died, many from war-related famine and disease. American forces employed scorched earth tactics, concentration zones, and water torture methods that would later resurface in other conflicts.

Mark Twain, one of America's most celebrated writers, was among the loudest critics of the Philippine-American War. He called it an attempt to turn the American eagle into a vulture. Even at the time, many Americans recognized the injustice. This is a chapter of shared history that deserves to be remembered by both nations.

[hainesville]

[gabriela-nj-blog1]

Last Tuesday in Journal Square, we stood in solidarity to demand justice for the 27,000+ lives lost under the Duterte regime in the last two and a half years. In addition, we commemorated the 200,000+ civilian lives lost during the Philippine-American War. Finally, we demanded justice for the extrajudicial killing of NDFP Peace Consultant Randy Felix Malayao, who, on Jan 30, 2019 at 2:30am, was killed while sleeping on a bus. Peace Consultants are supposed to be protected under the law. This should not have happened, much like the thousand other killings should not have happened. Now, more than ever, we need to build international solidarity for the Philippines!

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Although most passersby were tired and heading home from the Path, it was energizing to see so many people stop to join our vigil, listen to us explain the human rights crisis, and sign Malaya postcards to tell Sen. Booker & Menendez to urge Congress to stop US aid to the PH military & police, who are responsible for the killings. 

So many Filipinos live in Jersey City, but it was really heartening to have so many non-Filipinos, Black people, and people of color join us. It really gave us hope and we plan to continue our outreach in Journal Square. Big shout out to Anakbayan NJ, who helped us with flyering and getting signatures!

Please contact us if you’re interested in helping with outreach, detainee visits, or joining us at our February General Meeting on the 20th!

[ellobofilipino]

The worst thing that happened to the Filipinos in the Filipino-American War of 1899 was the assassination of Gen. Luna ...

The Filipinos had only one general, and they have killed him.