Malaya Movement USA denounces the Salaknib military exercises, which will be followed by the yearly Balikatan war games on April 21. These yearly war games have proven to be expensive, destructive to the environment and disruptive to the livelihood of peasants, farmers, and fisherfolk who reside in the areas where they happen. We strongly oppose Trump’s newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's visit to the Philippines, a pit stop in his Asia tour starting on March 28. Hegseth’s recent blunder in accidentally texting war plans to the media reveals the current US administration’s ineptitude and carelessness and does not bode well for the so-called “ironclad” partnership between the two countries. 

As you read this, Malaya Movement members across the country are urgently responding to Trump's mass deportations, which have included Filipino immigrants, and renewed promises by this administration to fund violations of international humanitarian law in the Philippines, as well as a regional war with China that puts the Philippines in the dead center. We joined the streets on inauguration day to show our communities that we need to come out and band together to protect each other. Protect our communities against fascists and join Malaya Movement!

IMPEACH SARA! Vice President Sara Duterte’s unhinged tirades shows she is unfit for office. Much like her tyrant father, she is undeserving of one of the highest seats of power in the Philippines. Malaya Movement USA echoes the people’s organizations in the Philippines calling for her impeachment. 

It is critical that both Sara and Rodrigo Duterte are held accountable for their crimes. It is equally as critical that Marcos Jr. should be held accountable for his crimes against the Filipino people.

Impeach Sara! Duterte, Ikulong! Marcos Jr. singilin!

During the entirety of the 2024 election cycle, the members of the Malaya Movement have stressed that regardless of which candidate wins the United States presidency, there’s a long road ahead in order to advance the interests of the Filipino-American community. And while we face the same anti-people, anti-immigrant, anti-poor, and pro-war policies as we would if Kamala Harris had won, we are aware that these will be made worse by an openly fascist, violent, racist, and xenophobic agenda that Donald Trump brings with him to the White House.