Fight Back News Service is circulating the following report from the New China News Agency (Xinhua), on the celebration of Serfs Emancipation Day in Tibet.

Mehtarlam, Afghanistan – Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets on Dec. 8 to protest the killings of 15 civilians by U.S. forces during an overnight raid on Armal village.

Fight Back News service is circulating the following statement from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by Luis Jalandoni of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on the massacre at Maguindanao.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by Spokesperson Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos of the  National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Mindanao.

“Demand the pullout of American troops”

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by Jorge ‘Ka Oris’ Madlos, spokesperson for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Mindanao. U.S. troops are now fighting the New People’s Army. The New People’s Army, led by the Communist Party of the Philippines, is fighting to free the Philippines from foreign domination and local exploiters.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following letter from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) urging support for the victims of tropical storm Ondoy/Ketsana.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel on the passing of former President Corazon Aquino.

La siguiente es una entrevista exclusiva con el principal negociador del Frente Democrático Nacional (FDN) de Filipinas, Luis Jalandoni, quien ha representado el FDN en las negociaciones para la paz con el gobierno de Filipinas. El FDN es una alianza de organizaciones revolucionarias que surgen de diferentes sectores de la sociedad Filipina, incluyendo sindicatos, organizaciones de campesinos, mujeres, estudiantes, y organizaciones religiosas. El FDN también incluye el grupo insurgente Nuevo Ejército Popular de Filipinas.

An interview with peace activists Mary and Lewis Suzuki

Berkeley, CA – In October of 1952, more than 400 delegates and observers from 37 countries gathered in Beijing, China for the Peace Conference of the Asian and Pacific Regions. Two of the delegates from the United States were Mary Bonzo and Lewis Suzuki. In the 50 years since the conference, both Mary and Lewis have remained active fighters for peace and supporters of national liberation movements. In August, both spoke at a program to commemorate the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The program was sponsored by Nosei, a group of younger Japanese American activists in San Francisco and the East Bay. I spoke with Mary and Lewis after the program.