Filipino Peasants and Workers in Long March for Land, Decent Jobs

Days before the State of the Nations Address (SONA) of the Philippine President, thousands of farmers, workers,
students and activists braved the heat and the rain as they marched from the provinces of
Southern Tagalog Region on July 20 to Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on July 26.

The march, called Lakbayan (People’s March), is their way of fighting the regime’s abuses and asserting their basic rights.