Author: Magkaisa Centre

Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians supports the struggle of the Palestinian people for liberation against Israeli zionist terrorism

National Statement August 6, 2014 The Congress of Progressive Filipinos in Canada (CPFC) and its member organizations fully support the resistance and struggle of the Palestinian people for liberation. We condemn the atrocities perpetrated by the Israel Zionists upon them as well as the blatant hypocrisy of Western powers, particularly Canada under the Harper Government,… Read More Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians supports the struggle of the Palestinian people for liberation against Israeli zionist terrorism

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Resist the “Divide and Rule” tactics against the working class in Canada!

Resist the “Divide and Rule” tactics against the working class in Canada Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians National Statement April 7, 2014   The recent report in CBC’s news segment Go Public about temporary foreign workers  (TFW) in Canada highlights, once again, the vulnerability of the working class in Canada against the relentless offensive of… Read More Resist the “Divide and Rule” tactics against the working class in Canada!

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Protect the Land and the Water: Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians in Solidarity with the First Nations’ Idle No More Movement

For immediate release January 3, 2012 Toronto, ON–Members of the Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians and its member organizations stand in solidarity with First Nations peoples who are taking action and making militant protest as part of the Idle No More Movement. Through mass rallies, blockades, demonstrations, and most notably, an indefinite hunger strike by… Read More Protect the Land and the Water: Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians in Solidarity with the First Nations’ Idle No More Movement

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Popular education series to gear the community into action

For immediate release June 11, 2012 Magkaisa Centre’s Summer Program Toronto, ON—The Magkaisa Centre kicks off summer 2012 with a new round of its “Balik Ugat, Balik Komunidad/Back to the Roots, Back to the Community” (BUBK) workshop series under the general theme of Workers’ Struggles and Resistance. The workshop series will make headway into the… Read More Popular education series to gear the community into action

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Once again, Minister Jason Kenney is no Santa Claus to temporary foreign workers in Canada under the LCP

National Statement For immediate release November 28, 2011 Toronto, ON – With the recent announcement by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to slash approvals of over 7,000 permanent residency applications made through the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), progressive Filipino Canadians firmly maintain that under the Conservative government’s policy-imposed age of austerity for all working-class Canadians, no… Read More Once again, Minister Jason Kenney is no Santa Claus to temporary foreign workers in Canada under the LCP

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Nurturing ‘the soul of our city’ by cultivating the path towards our genuine settlement and integration

National Statement For immediate release October 18, 2011 With the Philippines now rising as Toronto’s No. 1 source of immigrants, as recently reported in the National Post’s “Ten ways to nurture ‘the soul of our city,’” the Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) recognizes the significance of this number beyond sheer quantitative measure – that… Read More Nurturing ‘the soul of our city’ by cultivating the path towards our genuine settlement and integration

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MKC is looking for volunteers for “Maleta Stories, an Independent Project for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche”

Time: Saturday, October 1 at 7:00pm – October 2 at 7:00am Location: The Centre for International Experience, University of Toronto 33 St. George St. (and College) Toronto, ON A collaboration between Marissa Largo and the Magkaisa Centre for Nuit Blanche 2011. With the Centre for International Experience as its backdrop, a projected stop-motion animation of… Read More MKC is looking for volunteers for “Maleta Stories, an Independent Project for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche”

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Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians oppose the recently concluded G8/G20 summits

National Statement For immediate release June 30, 2010 The Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) marches with the working class and racialized communities in Canada with courage and militancy as imperialist nations and the world elite meet in Ontario for the recently concluded G8/G20 summits this past weekend. In recognizing the summit as a desperate… Read More Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians oppose the recently concluded G8/G20 summits

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Conference Communique: Counterspin towards a just and genuine settlement and integration

Over 80 progressive Filipino Canadians from 14 different mass organizations across Canada together with friends and supporters from the United States, strengthened their unity to advance the just and genuine settlement and integration of the Filipino Canadian community at a groundbreaking national conference called Counterspin towards our just and genuine settlement and integration held last… Read More Conference Communique: Counterspin towards a just and genuine settlement and integration

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