Feed our families, not the wealthy!
The past few weeks, Filipinos have rightfully spoken out against corruption in the government, but we do not accept Marcos’s tears. While GABRIELA USA is outraged that over P545.6 billion pesos have been stolen from the Filipino people for sham flood projects, we do not accept the “sympathy” extended by Marcos or the politicians playing the blame game.
The living conditions for Filipino families has only worsened since Marcos Jr. has taken office. In 2025, around 15.5 million Filipino families consider themselves poor. Around 3 out of 10 Filipino households experience moderate to severe hunger. A severe lack of adequate paying jobs and a a minimum wage of less than $10/day worsens this crisis. It is no wonder that our people are tired of watching politicians - these bureaucrat capitalists, who use their positions to increase their wealth - live lavishly while the poor and working classes starve.
The pointing of fingers and crocodile tears from Marcos will do nothing for the Filipino masses who are no stranger to this legacy of corruption. The construction contractors, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and politicians all must all be held accountable to this betrayal. This level of corruption is not new. Under Marcos Sr. it was the useless San Juanico Bridge - with Marcos Jr it is the unfinished and poorly built flood projects.
While politicians play up their anger for the cameras, they still have no solutions for what is at the root of these floods in the first place - the mining, quarrying and devastation of the land by multinational corporations’ greed for our homeland’s critical minerals. Deforestation and harmful mining practices strip away the country’s natural flood defenses. These companies also land-grab from peasant and Indigenous peoples. When they assert their right to their land, they are red-tagged and attacked by PH state forces.
We have had enough of the utter neglect our people are facing. While we may live in the US, we cannot ignore the suffering of our kababayan and families back home. We also can’t ignore the suffering of our migrant Filipino community here in the US. For months, migrant Filipinos in ICE detention have been treated by the Philippine Embassy and Consulates as mere “checklists” to handle - not as human beings. If it weren’t for our Tanggol Migrante Movement holding them accountable, the same neglect would have continued on.
Filipino women: Now is the time to join the militant women’s mass movement! We know that only through our honest struggle for genuine democracy and national liberation can our people be freed from this cycle of corruption and exploitation!