We at the CRPP wish to draw the attention of the international community to the plight of the adivasi people in one corner of the State of West Bengal, India. That area is called Lalgarh--an integral part of Jangal Mahal i.e., a vast stretch of forest area situated in the West Medinipur district of West Bengal. The tribal people of India had always been the targets of some of the worst man-eating policies of the ruling classes, be that during colonial times or during the period following the ‘transfer of power’ to friendly hands in 1947.
DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines — The progressive Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas in Central Visayas has urged the Philippine Senate to conduct an investigation into the murder of Negros Oriental peasant leader Fermin Lorico.
Earlier, KMP affiliate Kapunungan Alang sa Ugma sa Gagmayng Mag-uuma sa Oriental Negros (Kaugmaon, or Association of Small Farmers of Oriental Negros) pinpointed the 79th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army as the culprit behind Lorico’s murder last June 10, 2009, in San Jose Extension in Dumaguete City.
MANILA — Farmers’ groups trooped to the House of Representatives in Quezon City Tuesday to denounce the violent dispersal of their camp-out outside the south gate of the Batasan Pambansa Complex last Friday.
“We condemn the violent dismantling of our camp-out. Instead of legislating a genuine land reform program, they dispersed our ranks,” Danilo Ramos, secretary-general of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), said in Filipino.
