The Malaya Movement USA joins the Filipino people in celebrating and remembering the 37th anniversary of the EDSA People’s Power Uprising that toppled the 20-year dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. In this year’s anniversary celebration, we especially call on the Filipino people to study and critically evaluate the past, both its achievements and shortcomings so as to understand our current situation and draw necessary lessons for our present struggle against the restoration of the Marcos dynasty.

This month, Malaya Movement USA celebrates our 5th founding anniversary. This anniversary celebration is set in the context of our continuing duty to advance the struggle to defend, uphold and assert human rights, democracy and sovereignty in the Philippines. First and foremost, we offer this 5th founding anniversary celebration to the Filipino people. We dedicate this to all victims of the Duterte regime’s vicious war on drugs, to the many activists and human rights defenders who have been martyred in the fight against fascism, and to all the political prisoners.

Malaya Movement USA condemns the addition of four military bases from which the U.S. can operate out of in the Philippines as part of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).

Stop the Censorship!

Statement on the Meta’s Censorship of Progressive Voices in the Philippines

Malaya Movement USA strongly condemns Meta/Facebook’s censorship of progressive groups in the Philippines. This statement is in response to the recent censorship spree of Jose Maria Sison tribute posts and the shutdown of the Facebook pages affiliated with the progressive organizations Anakbayan, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) in the Philippines.

On December 9, 2022, on the eve of International Human Rights Day, the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it is sanctioning rapist and sex trafficker Apollo Quiboloy. This sanction would freeze Quiboloy’s assets in the U.S., from bank accounts to any real estate holdings. It would also prevent businesses from engaging in any deals with Quiboloy. Quiboloy is one among 40 individuals that the U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned for corruption and human rights violations.

The Malaya Movement USA joins the Filipino people in celebrating International Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. Today must serve as a reminder and a continuing call to action to defend and assert human rights and the collective rights of the Filipino people against the continued violations of the Philippine government under the Marcos-Duterte regime.