NDF: Assert Bangsamoro Self-Determination! Expose the Marcos Jr. Regime’s Sabotage of the Peace Process The National Democratic Front (NDF)-Mindanao stands with the Bangsamoro people in confronting the deepening crisis in the peace process under the regime of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. What is unfolding is neither delay nor mismanagement of the peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front—it is the necessary outcome of a reactionary state bound to imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism. The peace process is being implemented in a manner that preserves ruling class control over Moro land, resources, and political authority, ensuring the continuity of a semi-colonial and semi-feudal order that denies the Bangsamoro their right to genuine self-determination. The Bangsamoro question is a national question rooted in land dispossession and national oppression. The majority of Moro people remain landless peasants and poor fisherfolk, with up to 70% living in poverty and lacking access to basic services. This condition is the product of a long historical process through which land and resources were systematically transferred to the alliance of landlords, comprador bourgeoisie, and bureaucrat capitalists in partnership with imperialist interests.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/assert-bangsamoro-self-determination-expose-the-marcos-jr-regimes-sabotage-of-the-peace-process/ Pakistan Plays Peacemaker While Bombing and Blockading Afghan Civilians “There is a lack of reporting because many people, including journalists or human rights activists from Kabul or abroad don’t visit this region,” said Sher Agha, a local activist from Kunar. Before speaking to Drop Site News on Wednesday, he had visited the funeral of one of the recent attacks’ victims, a little girl named Baharat whose picture was also spread on social media. “Attacks are taking place while I am talking to you. Sarkano district, which lies along the border, is being hit intensely. This is the ongoing situation for weeks,” he added. What emerges from the border are fragments: local testimonies, community statements, and scattered data points. Taken together, however, they reveal a coherent picture of a war fought witho
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