Xiannen Amory Alcantara Command

23/05/2025

23/05/2025

Ngayong araw, inaalala natin si Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran sa okasyon ng ika-17 na taon ng kanyang pagpanaw.

Si Ka Bel ay isang tapat na lingkod-manggagawa. Bago pa man maitatag ang ating sentrong unyon, namuno na si Ka Bel sa mga unyon at pederasyon, at pinagkaisa sila sa mga labanan para sa sahod, trabaho, at karapatan.

Pagdating ng 1980, isa si Ka Bel sa mga unang tagapagtatag ng Kilusang Mayo Uno. Kasama ang mga naunang lider, pinagkaisa nila ang pinakamalaking bilang ng mga manggagawa para labanan ang diktadurya. Noong 1987-2001, maihahalal bilang Tagapangulo ng KMU si Ka Bel, pagkatapos ng brutal na pamamaslang kay Rolando "Ka Lando" Olalia.

Si Ka Bel ay tunay na lingkod-bayan. Sa kaniyang pamumuno, dinikit niya ang mga manggagawa sa iba't ibang isyu ng bayan. Kinilala niya ang malaking tungkulin ng mga manggagawa na manguna sa mga paglaban ng mamamayan. Naging Tagapangulo siya ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan mula 1993-1999.

Si Ka Bel ay makabayang mambabatas. Naging representante si Ka Bel sa ilalim ng Bayan Muna noong 2001 at 2004, at sa ilalim ng Anakpawis noong 2007. Sinulong niya ang mga batas para sa kagalingan ng mga manggagawa at ng buong bayan. Namuhay siya tulad ng mga ordinaryong mamamayan na kaniyang kinatawan, at tinutulan ang anumang porma ng kurapsyon sa pamahalaan.

Sa paggunita ng ika-45 na anibersaryo ng Kilusang Mayo Uno, balikan natin ang kabangyaman ng karanasan na iniambag ni Ka Bel sa militanteng kilusang paggawa. Alalahanin natin ang buhay ni Ka Bel - isang buhay na kumakatawan sa tunay, palaban, at makabayang prinsipyo ng ating Kilusang Mayo Uno.

Mabuhay ang alaala ni Ka Bel!
Mabuhay ang tunay, palaban, at makabayang unyonismo!
Tuloy ang laban para sa sahod, trabaho, at karapatan!

22/05/2025

mabuhay ang XAAC-KEDU

22/05/2025

ang ating kilusang tunay na nagtatanggol sa bayan

12/05/2025

Over 50 Baguio youth orgs call for: ZERO VOTES FOR POLITICAL DYNASTIES

Formations from major universities in Baguio, city-wide organizations, and numerous advocacy organizations have signed the unity statement launched by Kabataan Partylist Cordillera. We laud every Baguio youth who joined us in solidarity. For the people of Baguio, for the youth: NO TO POLITICAL DYNASTIES!

It is clear that the youth of Baguio rejects all forms of political dynasties! We had enough of traditional politics and corrupt politicians. The youth deserves better, the youth forwards genuine alternative politics of change.

Amnesty International Philippines UP Baguio
Innabuyog Gabriela Youth UP Baguio
UP Baguio Outcrop
UPB USC - College of Social Sciences
Anakbayan UP Baguio
UP Baguio University Student Council
SLU Supreme Student Council
Bahaghari SLU
Campus Alliance for Dedicated and Unified Action (CADUA)
UP Baguio Council of Leaders
SLU SSC - STELA Assembly
UP Kalipunan ng Mag-aaral sa Kasaysayan
SLU DASIG
Spades UC
White and Blue
Anakbayan Saint Louis University
Akbayan Youth - Baguio
SK Campo Filipino
Mentors' Guild
SLU Stellaris
Progressive Igorots for Social Action
Kalasag UC
Kaya Natin Youth - Baguio
SLU Congress of Louisians
REPORMA-ACS
UPB USC College of Science
UP Palaris Confraternity - Baguio
Rotaract Club of Saint Louis University
Baguio Youth for Good Governance
Tanghalang Bayan ng Kabataan sa Baguio
Sulong Bayan
UP Artists’ Circle - Baguio Chapter
SLU STELA-Repertory
UP Kafagway
ACS UPB
Prime Movers Society - JSWAP SLU Chapter
League of Filipino Students - Metro Baguio
Innabuyog Gabriela Youth UP Baguio
Walang Iwanan Louisian Network
The Anthropology Organization
Say-ang Arts Collective
Bahaghari - UP Baguio Chapter
Anakbayan Metro-Baguio
Youth Act Now Against Tyranny - Baguio-Benguet
College Editors Guild of the Philippines - Cordillera
National Union of Students of the Philippines Cordillera
Cordilleran Youth Center
Agham Youth - UP Baguio
Youth Vote Kordi
UPB OBRA
Sulong Likha
PAGTA Official

Read the full unity statement here:
"Political dynasties in Philippine elections are a deeply rooted problem in our political system. A powerful few have turned governance into a family affair, passing down positions from generation to generation—using every means to retain control.

In the upcoming 2025 Elections, 71 out of 82 governors come from political families, and 113 of 149 city mayors belong to dynasties. Among 156 party-list groups, 40 are linked to political dynasties. In the city of Baguio, we must reject all attempts to establish political dynasties.

Dynasties are a clear threat to our democracy. When power is concentrated in the hands of the elite, corruption, abuse, and impunity thrive. Political dynasties do not serve the people—they exist to protect their own power, wealth, and family interests.
We call on the Filipino youth and the broader public: ZERO VOTES FOR POLITICAL DYNASTIES!

We must resist this rotten political system and fight for a new kind of politics—genuine, people-centered, and rooted in real change.”

12/05/2025