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Links to other organizations:

In the Philippines:

Migrante International

MIGRANTE International is a global alliance of overseas Filipino organizations. MIGRANTE is “migrant” in the Filipino language. MIGRANTE International held its founding Congress in December 1996. But as early as 1985, the need to organize overseas Filipinos was seen through the formation of the Committee for the unity of Overseas Filipinos.
http://www.migrante.org/

Bayan Muna
A national progressive political party in the Philippines representing the national and democratic aspirations of the people, especially the poorest and most disadvantaged. Bayan Muna topped the party-list elections in May 2001 with over 1.7 million votes. Three Bayan Muna representatives sit in Philippine Congress.
http://www.bayanmuna.net/

BAYAN
The BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN (BAYAN), which means New Patriotic Alliance, is a national multi-sectoral alliance of people's organizations in the Philippines committed to the Filipino people's struggle for national freedom and democracy.
http://www.bayan.ph

Bulatlat.com
Bulatlat.com is an online magazine that aims to contribute to the Filipino people's struggle for change and give fuel and dynamism to the sovereign exercise of the power of the people.
http://www.bulatlat.com/

Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is a nationwide federation of Philippine organizations of landless peasants, small farmers, farm workers, subsistence fisherfolk, peasant women and rural youth. It has effective leadership over a total of 800,000 rural people comprising roughly 9% of the Philippine agricultural labor force. It has 55 provincial and 6 regional chapters nationwide.
http://www.geocities.com/Kmp_ph/

COURAGE
The Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) is recognized as the leading umbrella organization of public sector unions in the Philippines.
http://www.skyinet.net/~courage/

GABRIELA
GABRIELA is a militant alliance of over a hundred women organizations, institutes, desks, and programs. We focus on the pressing issues marginalizing Filipino women.
http://members.tripod.com/%7Egabriela_p/

League of Filipino Students
LFS is raising consciousness over our dysfunctional society. There are those who may skew the truth, but the truth will be sought for and eventually it will be known! The LFS considers the nation as one big classroom where there is plenty to learn.
http://lfsphils.tk/

IBON Foundation
IBON is a research-education-information development institution. IBON undertakes the study of socio-economic issues that confront Philippine society and the world today.
http://www.ibon.org/

KARAPATAN (not updated)
KARAPATAN is the major and most militant human rights alliance in the Philippines. It is made up of human rights institutions and the rights desks of people's organizations, and the regional and provincial HR formations all over the country.
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/9204/index.html

Kilusang Mayo Uno
KMU is the center for militant unionism in the Philippines. KMU carries forward the struggle of Filipino workers for freedom, democracy and socialism in the spirit of international working-class solidarity.
http://kilusangmayouno.org

Cordillera Peoples' Alliance
The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) is an independent federation of progressive peoples organizations, most of them grassroots-based organizations among indigenous communities in the Cordillera Region, Philippines. CPA is committed to the promotion and defense of indigenous peoples' rights, human rights, social justice, and national freedom and democracy.
http://www.cpaphils.org/

 

In Canada:

Magkaisa Centre
Based in Toronto, Ontario. The various organizations in the Magkaisa Centre struggle for the rights and welfare of and social justice for Filipinos in Canada, while supporting the struggle for human rights, national freedom and democracy of the Filipino people.

Kabataang Montreal
Progressive Filipino youth organization in Montreal and a founding organization of Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance/Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada-National.

Alliance of People's Health

Bus Riders' Union - Vancouver

Grassroots Women
Grassroots Women as born out of the desire of these women to address the systemic political and economic marginalization of working class women caused by imperialism.
http://www3.telus.net/grassrootswomen/

 

Outside the Philippines:

Defend Sison
A website dedicated to defending the democratic rights of Prof. Sison.
http://defendsison.be

Gabriela Network
Founded in 1989, GABNet works on issues arising from US policy decisions which impact negatively on women and children of the Philippines.
http://www.gabnet.org/

KASAMMAKO
KASAMMAKO is is an alliance of seven Migrant Filipino Organizations in
Korea. KASAMMAKO started in 1998.

http://www.geocities.com/kasammako_korea/KASAMMAKO.html

MIGRANTE - Australia (not updated)
Migrante works for the development of positive working relations among the existing Filipino organizations in Australia through its activities, projects and programs.

International:

International Network for Philippne Studies
The Stichting INPS (International Network for Philippine Studies) is an educational foundation registered in the Netherlands for the purpose of promoting Philippine studies in the social, economic, political and cultural fields. The foundation is most distinctive by providing overseas Filipinos and their friends abroad with information and knowledge about the history, current circumstances and prospects of Philippine society and the Filipino people's revolutionary struggle for national liberation and democracy.
http://www.sison-inps.741.com

International League of Peoples' Struggle
The League is an anti-imperialist and democratic formation. It promotes, supports and develops the anti-imperialist and democratic struggles of the people of the world against the ideological, political, military, economic, social and cultural domination and attacks of imperialism and reaction.
http://www.ilps2001.com