From JLo to Food Crisis

I read Jun Lozada's piece in Black and White Movement's blog and believe me, I got tired. I know Jun still agonizes over the pain of being kidnapped by the police. And I know how he felt then, knowing full well that these people are out to silence him.

And I sympathize with him. I share his struggle. In fact, like millions of us, we want to see these people behind the ZTE scam imprisoned.

Jun was lucky he did'nt suffer what Joe Burgos' son experienced. Unlike JLo, hundreds of activists, labor leaders and urban poor organizers have been arrested illegally, jailed and killed. They never reached La Salle. They never even enjoyed the protection of the nuns and Cory Aquino.

Like Jun, they were heroes. And we salute them.

However, Jun and the rest of the B&M must realize that issues have their beginnings and endings. Like others before him, JLo's story have been over-stretched to its limits. Like what I wrote in my previous blogs, people already know what happened. People already believed him. People are definitely convinced that this government tried to hide the truth.

In fact, the struggle right now is not about truth. No. Truth is as clear as what we see in an LCD TV.

The truth lay before us--we have a corrupt government. Period.

We have a government being run by a strong mafia. This mafia controls almost everything. They are the new autocrats. Worst, this group does not have a figure for the people to throw stones at. They enjoy anonymity in a land of extreme poverty and chaos.

We have a government that is vindictive. They kill with impunity. They punish their enemies with severity.

We have a government that likes everything Chinese. To appease their Chinese gods, this mafia can go to extreme lengths as sell millions of hectares of our lands, prostitute our women and donate the organs of our children, just to make their Chinese gods smile.

Jun and the B&M do not need to hammer us with this. The People already know that injustices are being committed everyday. We already know that we are oppressed. We already know that government even manipulate prices to accommodate big food traders.

Jun, we know everything.

Your call right now should be a search for Justice.

Jun, you should call upon the people to act in the struggle for Justice. We were wronged. You were wronged. This is now the time to call upon the Patriots of this land and fight for Justice.

Justice for Jun Lozada. Justice for Jonas Burgos. Justice for Juan delaCruz.

Tantanan na ang panawagan para sa Katotohanan. Dalhin na natin ang laban sa panawagan para sa Katarungan.

Katarungan laban sa mapang-aping pamahalaan.

Katarungan laban sa korupsyon at paniniil sa mga karapatan ng sambayanan.

Katarungan para sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin.

Ito ang dapat ipanawagan. Ito ang dapat ipaglaban, ngayon na!