The Barack Obama administration鈥檚聽鈥淧ivot to Asia鈥 鈥斅爐he military, economic and political strategy to deploy more than half the US Navy to the Pacific 鈥 is continuing apace. Reihana Mohideen argues it needs to be resisted.
Reihana Mohideen
Reihana Mohideen discusses the May 9 election result in the Philippines, which saw the consolidation of rule by political dynasties and clans under the former Rodrigo Duterte regime.
Partido Lakas ng Masa representative Reihana Mohideen聽speaks to 91自拍论坛 about the national elections in the Philippines.
The May 9 national elections in the Philippines are taking place as the country reels under the blows of multiple system crises 鈥 climate, economic and social 鈥 compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Reihana Mohideen.
The intensification of multiple, intersecting crises under capitalism, which are disproportionately affecting women, requires a united struggle against them, writes Reihana Mohideen.
Long-time feminist and socialist聽Reihana Mohideen聽on the dire situation in the Philippines, where聽workers in the informal sector and the urban poor are bearing the brunt of a woefully inadequate health response by the Rodrigo Duterte regime.
President Rodrigo聽Duterte鈥檚 strong-armed response to the COVID-19 pandemic contrasts with its failure to deliver basic public services, including healthcare, to the people, writes Reihana Mohideen.
The burial of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes鈥 Cemetery (Libingan ng mga Bayani 鈥 LNMB) was hurriedly and secretively carried out, with military-style logistical support.
Marcos ruled the Philippines from 1965 until he was overthrown in the Peoples Power EDSA Uprising of 1986. He died in exile in the US three years later.
Comparisons must be made between the impact of the September 5 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the quake that hit Haiti in January.
In Haiti 鈥 with a population of about 9 million 鈥 about 250,000 people died in the earthquake. According to government figures, 200,000 were injured and 1 million were made homeless.
Eight months later, disaster still grips people鈥檚 lives.
Fortunately, but in staggering contrast, no lives were lost in New Zealand, although the earthquake was of a similar 鈥 but slightly more powerful 鈥 magnitude (7 on the Richter scale).
Despite the fanfare about Asia鈥檚 鈥渕iracle鈥 economies, the problem of 鈥渕issing women and girls鈥 is actually growing, the United Nations Development Program-sponsored 2010 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report said.
There is a revival of socialist feminism in Latin America, spearheaded by the Venezuelan and Cuban revolutions.
According to recent Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) figures, another 40 million people were pushed into poverty and hunger in 2008 as a result of spiralling food prices. he total number of people suffering hunger and malnutrition has reached 963 million worldwide.
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