The Philippine Navy’s “friendliness” with the US Navy comes at the cost of peace and progress for the rest of the Philippine nation. For in conducting the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), the Philippine Navy has reduced itself to a reserve army of the US Navy and a steward of the US in maintaining its hold in the Asia-Pacific region.
This conviction rallied members of the League of the Filipino Students (LFS) in a march on Fil-Am Friendship Day to the US Embassy in Manila to denounce the Aquino administration’s pursuance of US interests in the country amidst strong opposition from the group and other militant progressive organizations.
US[er]-friendly
The anti-imperialist group pointed out the abusive relationship between the Philippines and the US, claiming there is no friendship in the US manipulating the submissive Philippine government into furthering its own agenda while compensating the condition of Filipinos.
“While US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. denies CARAT’s involvement in the West Philippine Sea dispute with China, there’s no denying that the naval exercises serve the US’ aim of interoperability following its strategic defense plan released January this year that calls for the rebalancing of US military forces toward the Asia-Pacific,” explains LFS Chairperson Gemma Canalis.
With the US gaining a foothold in Mindanao and other bases and ports in the Philippines, the LFS contests it would be easier for the imperialist state to then execute its plans in the Asia-Pacific to preserve itself as the sole economic superpower, which it maintains by exploiting the people of its neo-colonies like the Philippines.
Call to action
The LFS criticized President Aquino for the allowing the continued US use of Philippine facilities and territory and called on the rest of the Filipinos to protest the blatant exploitation of the Philippines by the US government.
“In face of foreign neoliberal policies permeating our country, we should all unite in registering our demand for a Philippines able to govern itself and free from the dictates of the imperialist US. We cannot rely on Aquino’s ‘daang matuwid,’ for in his two years in power he has made clear that his road is going down the path of poverty for the Filipino people in favor of foreign capitalists. Only through collective action shall we be able to forge our own nation with a government that will truly serve the interests of its people,” says Canalis.
(via lfs.ph)
This conviction rallied members of the League of the Filipino Students (LFS) in a march on Fil-Am Friendship Day to the US Embassy in Manila to denounce the Aquino administration’s pursuance of US interests in the country amidst strong opposition from the group and other militant progressive organizations.
US[er]-friendly
The anti-imperialist group pointed out the abusive relationship between the Philippines and the US, claiming there is no friendship in the US manipulating the submissive Philippine government into furthering its own agenda while compensating the condition of Filipinos.
“While US Ambassador Harry Thomas Jr. denies CARAT’s involvement in the West Philippine Sea dispute with China, there’s no denying that the naval exercises serve the US’ aim of interoperability following its strategic defense plan released January this year that calls for the rebalancing of US military forces toward the Asia-Pacific,” explains LFS Chairperson Gemma Canalis.
With the US gaining a foothold in Mindanao and other bases and ports in the Philippines, the LFS contests it would be easier for the imperialist state to then execute its plans in the Asia-Pacific to preserve itself as the sole economic superpower, which it maintains by exploiting the people of its neo-colonies like the Philippines.
Call to action
The LFS criticized President Aquino for the allowing the continued US use of Philippine facilities and territory and called on the rest of the Filipinos to protest the blatant exploitation of the Philippines by the US government.
“In face of foreign neoliberal policies permeating our country, we should all unite in registering our demand for a Philippines able to govern itself and free from the dictates of the imperialist US. We cannot rely on Aquino’s ‘daang matuwid,’ for in his two years in power he has made clear that his road is going down the path of poverty for the Filipino people in favor of foreign capitalists. Only through collective action shall we be able to forge our own nation with a government that will truly serve the interests of its people,” says Canalis.
(via lfs.ph)
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