Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 13. June 15 1981
Uniting with Peasants and Workers
Uniting with Peasants and Workers
They are also aware that their problems cannot be seen in isolation from the problems of other sectors of Filipino society. Campus militarisation is linked to the militarisation of the whole country. The demand for student councils and representation is linked to workers demands for unions. Student welfare is linked to the welfare of all Filipinos. Increasingly students unite their demands with the demands of peasants and workers for democratic rights, reasonable wages and reasonable living conditions denied to them for the benefit of US imperialism.
United, the demands of students, peasants and workers form a movement for national independence and democracy demanding genuine change in Filipino society.