Philippine Independence: Re-veiled, Political Fashion Show |
| PWC of BC and Sinag Bayan Arts Collective, 18 June 2005, Vancouver |
* photographs by kate wedemire |
Welcome by PWC Chairperson |
Kids' corner |
Singing of the Philippine national anthemn |
Inang Bayan Mother of the Philippines |
Rice terraces: Tribute to Philippines resources |
Sampaguita dress |
Banana leaf dress |
Gold resources |
Mermaid dress Tribute to Philppines' marine resources |
Cordillera People's Alliance |
Philippines colonized by spain |
Burlap barong |
Burlap dress |
Sinag Bayan depicts Philippine Revolution of 1896 |
Barong Tagalogs: symbol of Spanish oppression |
KKK: Filipino people's resistance/td> | 
Philippine-American War of 1898 |
Filipino freedom fighters massacred by the U.S. military |
Filipino-American War design |
The Colt-45 designed by the U.S. military especially for the Filipino freedom fighters |
'Kill Everyone Over Ten" dress |
U.S. colonization of the Philippines |
U.S. hegemony over the Philippine economy |
The Book Dress: depicting U.S. cultural control |
Coca-cola dress: symbol of U.S. cultural imperialism |
Puppet presidents of the Philippines |
Mis-Treaty |
Mis-Treaty (behind) |
Former dictator Ferdinand Marcos |
The sell-out of Philippine resources |
Sell-out of Philippine resources |
Export-processing design |
Filipino cheap workers |
Imedo Marcos |
Shanty town dress |
Filipiono business men |
Reverse-money dress |
Mangagawa Blues |
Workers' Blues |
The re-establishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the forming of the New Peoples' Army |
People taking to the streets |
Struggle against Marcos and U.S. imperialism |
Martial Law |
Marocs being backed by U.S. imperialism |
Cory Aquino |
Cory Aquino's anti-people track record |
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo |
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Forced migration |
SIKLAB |
'Super Nanny' design/td> | 
Experience of overseas Filipino workers in Canada |
Exploitation of Filipino workers |
Aprons displaying the issues that Filipino domestic workers face in Canada |
Family separation design |
Children and families of domestic workers forced to be left behind |
Phone card dress |
Mail-order bride design |
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Military prostitution design |
T-shirt designs depicting state terrorism in the Philippines |
Designs paying tribute to the recent martyrs of the Filipino people's struggle for national and social liberation |
Live performance of Prof. Sison's 'What makes a hero' |
T-shirt design of Gabriela Silang |
T-shirt design of Andres Bonifacio |
T-shirt design of Macario Sakay |
T-shirt design of Lorena Barros |
T-shirt design 'Justice for Joma' |
Finale |
Group singing of Bayan Ko |
The narrators |
The designers/td> | 
Open community discussion |
* photographs by kate wedemire, please cite photo credit in print & other media |