We express cautious optimism for the potential resumption of Peace Talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). As a movement founded with the express intent to advance genuine democracy and stop the rampant killings of Filipinos, whether under the government-sponsored “war on drugs” or repression of dissent through various fascist schemes like the NTF-ELCAC, we want to register our membership’s desire for the GRP to address the root problems of poverty, landlessness, and suffering that have led to armed resistance against repression and government reaction using detention, torture, and assassination.

Malaya Movement USA members register our disgust and horror after one of our members was sexually and physically assaulted by police officers of the San Francisco Police Department, during protests against Philippine President Bongbong Marcos’s visit and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which was gratuitously welcomed and accommodated by the City of San Francisco.

Malaya Movement USA supports the resolutions put forth by several House representatives to cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigations of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly War on Drugs and extrajudicial killings starting from his time as Davao City Mayor. We condemn the Marcos-Duterte administration and its cronies for consistently blocking any attempts to hold dictator Duterte accountable for his crimes against the Filipino people.

Malaya Movement USA stands in solidarity with the thousands of PISTON and MANIBELA jeepney drivers and transport workers who have launched a multi-day strike, ahead of the jeepney phaseout deadline of December 31.

From November 14-17, Marcos Jr. was in San Francisco to participate in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting. This was his 18th trip abroad in just 16 months of office, bringing with him the largest Philippine delegation yet.

Malaya Movement USA opposes Marcos Jr.’s participation in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, where the son of the dictator will further auction off the Philippines to foreign governments and corporations.

Despite this trip being his third to the United States and his 16th outside of the country since June 2022, the promised investments have yet to bear fruit for the Filipino people and has only resulted in more foreign subservience for the Philippines. APEC will be no different in that regard, that’s why we joined Filipinos and thousands of others in the streets of San Francisco on November 12-15.