Friends of the Filipino People

Websites

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism: www.pcij.org, PCIJ does progressive reporting and analysis on Philippine events.

Jim Zwick’s website: www.boondocksnet.com/centennial, includes Philippine related history sites, and materials on US Bases, environmental damage, prostitution and sex trafficking, and FFP historical materials, essays, articles, and bulletins.

Yes Observe National Independence and Peace (“YONIP”): www.yonip.com, The Philippine Peace and Sovereignty Website, it has links with practically most major movements in the Philippines and quite a number of links with overseas organizations that deals with issues on peace, security, nuclear abolition, human rights and sectoral concerns.

Ibon Foundation: www.ibon.org, Contains daily updates, articles, and reports on critical issues.

Do or Die Eco Action: The Philippines-A Country for Sale: www.eco-action.org/dod/no6/philippines.htm

Friends of the Earth International: www.foei.org, Political Killings in the Philippines.

Bulatlat: www.bulatlat.com(.org, .net), An alternative progressive media source for political analysis and reporting.

Sweatshop labor: www.behindthelabel.org, Summarizes global sweatshop conditions, including the Philippines.

Asian Human Rights Commission: www.ahrchk.net, Issues daily human rights alerts with a list of actions, targeting key Philippine government officials.

Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates: www.phillipinehumanrights.org, Issues daily alerts of torture, killings, disappearances, and harassment of activists from all sectors.

For Mother Earth: www.motherearth.org, Integrates issues of peace, environment, and human rights, a member of Friends of the Earth International.

Common Dreams: www.commondreams.org, “America’s Empire of Bases” by Chalmers Johnson.

United for Peace and Justice: www.unitedforpeace.org, Has an excellent website on Iraq anti war activities, materials, articles, links, and regional, national, and international actions.

Peace Action: www.peace-action.org, Formerly Sane/Freeze, Peace Action has a national network of groups, organizations, and students that conduct anti war and peace & justice actions.

Friends Committee for National Legislation (“FCNL”): www.fcnl.org, Monitors legislation on national and international issues, has list of congressional members on committees and subcommittees, and provides excellent analysis of issues and legislation. Also provides links to congressional representatives and senators.

Focus on Global South: www.focusweb.org, Global South is a program of development policy research, analysis, and action.

Pinoy Human Rights: www.pinoyhr.net, Contains updates and descriptions of human rights violations and a petition.

Subic Rape Case: http://subicrapecase.wordpress.com, Updates on the rape case involving US military.

Karapatan: www.philonline.com.ph/~krptn, Advocacy for human rights and social justice.

Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity: www.facessolidarity.org, FACES is an intergenerational organization that works for environmental justice within communities in the United States and in the Philippines, and builds partnerships through advocacy, education, service, and organizing.

The Phillipine Working Group: www.philippinesadvocacy.org, sponsored by the Chruch World Service, conducts conferences and mobilizes faith based communities against human rights violations in the Philippines.

Books

Republic or Empire: American Resistance to the Philippine War
Daniel B. Schirmer (1915-2006), Schenkman Pub., 1972.
Also available at Online Books library, http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp27859

The Philippines Reader: A History of Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Dictatorship, and Resistance
Daniel B. Schirmer (Editor) and Stephen r. Shalom (Editor), South End Press, 1987.

Vestiges of War: The Philippine-American War and the Aftermath of an Imperial Dream, 1899-1999
Angel Velasco Shaw (Editor) and Luis Francia (Editor), New York University Press, 2002.

The Forbidden Book: The Philippine American War in Political Cartoons
Abe Ignacio, Enrique de la Cruz, Jorge Emmanuel, Helen Toribio
T'Boli Publishing and Distributor
P.O. Box 347147
San Francisco, CA 94134
Phone: 415-337-5550 E-mail: tiboli@comcast.net
Available from Filipinas Magazine, www.filipinas.org.

Paradise Plundered: The Struggle for the Philippine Environment
John Cavanagh and Robin Broad, California Press, 1993

Books on Jolo/Mindanao:

Making Mindanao Patricio N. Abinales
400 Year War–Moro Struggle in the Philippines Aijaz Ahmad, Southeast Asia Resource Center, 1982
Mandate in Moroland Peter Gowing
Swish of the Kris Vic Hurley, E. F. Dutton, NY, 1936
Muslim in the Philippines Cesar Adib Majul
Muslim Rulers and Rebels Thomas McKenna
Rebellion under the Crescent Moon Marites Vitug, Glenda Gloria
Sulu Zone James Francis Warren