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"Expand the ranks of cultural workers and activists!" "Excel in creating and popuarizing artworks from the masses and for the masses!" - from SINAGBAYAN's General Program of Action |
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| "An Afternoon with the artists" forum for the Alternative Classroom Learning experience (ACLE). Vargas Museum, UP Diliman August 2005 |
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"Kulturang Kalye" ("Street Culture"), February 2003, Visayas Avenue. This cultural project, launched by artist Ed Manalo and musician Jess Santiago, was held in cooperation with the National Commission on Culture and Arts (NCCA) and the Quezon City Hall. SINAGBAYAN participated in this project as part of the production team, as workshop facilitators and by campaigning against the US-led wars of aggression. |
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| ADIOS GMA! (Artists for Democracy and the Immediate Ouster of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) Formed on July 13. 2005 by different organizations, this alliance spearheads various cultural activities to strengthen the struggle against the fake, puppet and fascist US-Arroyo regime. |
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| Anti-WTO (World Trade Organization) Campaign December 2005 SINAGBAYAN, along with other organizations under the ADIOS GMA alliance, actively participated in this campaign through performances held in the Philippines and Hong Kong. These performances depicted the harmful effects of imperialist globalization in the Phiippines. |
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| OUST GMA Campaign 2005-present SINAGBAYAN utilizes various propaganda to help strengthen the campaign, such as chants, face paint, masks and performances. |
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| People's March to Stop Cha-cha and Oust Gloria Protesters Reclaim Mendiola April 6. 2006 Photos courtesy of SINAGBAYAN www.arkibongbayan.org/2006-04April06-sinagbayanphotos/mendiolasinagbayanapril6.htm |
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| SINAGBAYAN mesmerizing all at the People's Camp on Food Sovereignty targetwto.revolt.org/node/121/print www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/fotobank/ |
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| SINAGBAYAN Sining na Naglilingkod sa Bayan (Art for the People) |
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| ERAP Resign Movement (ERM) 2000-2001 SINAGBAYAN participated in this movement to remove former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada from office due to graft and corruption. SINAGBAYAN launched discussions, performances, visual artworks, mass mobilizations and its first production "Piketlayn ng Bayan" (People's Picketline) which depicted the plight and struggle of Filipino workers under the US-Estrada regime. |
| SINAGBAYAN upholds the people's concerns by launching and participating in various campaigns and maximizing various means of propaganda to raise the people's awareness and understanding of social realities. The propaganda committee takes charge of drawing up SINAGBAYAN's annual campaign plans, integrating local (schools and communities), national and international campaigns. |
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ARTISTS 4 PEACE 2003. Various cultural groups, organizations and individuals formed this alliance to condemn and oppose the US-led wars of aggression in Afghanistan, Iraq and Mindanao. |
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"Kalbaryong Bayan" ("People's Calvary"), April 2003, streets of Manila. This production, held by the Artists for Peace alliance, uses the traditional form of the senakulo, a portrayal of Christs's suffering, death and resurrection. As the march progressed towards Mendiola, performances were staged in various points, showing the people's suffering under the US-controlled regime and their eventual self-redemption. |
| CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER, POVERTY AND POLITICAL REPRESSION 2004 - present SINAGBAYAN unites with other artists and culural workers to battle the perennial issues of poverty, hunger and repression. Various means for strengthening this campaign have been launched, such as educational discussions, fora, press conferences, performances, productions, alliance-building and mobilizations. |
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| Philippine Cultural Summit Antipolo September 2006 |
| "Repleksyon 2" musical production Barangay Commonwealth March 7, 2006 |
| "Krisis de Mayo" parade Barangay Commonwealth May 30, 2006 |
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| SINAGBAYAN Marcos-Arroyo effigy "Never Again to Martial Law!" September 21, 2004. Photos from arkibongbayan. |
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| Ayala, July 2005 |
| Plaza Miranda, June 2005 |
| Women's Day, Ayala, March 8 2006. |
| Plaza Miranda, May 1 2005 |
| Recto, October 2005 |
| Rally vs. SONA (State of the Nation Address), Commonwealth Avenue, July 2005. Photos from arkibongbayan. |
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| "Isang Umagang Wala si Gloria" ADIOS GMA! lightning performance and mobilization, Cubao, October 17, 2005. (Stills from 24 oras coverage) |
| ADIOS GMA! Press conference, CAP office, October 18, 2005. (Stills from 24 oras coverage) |
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| ADIOS GMA! placards, July 2005. Photos from arkibongbayan. |
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"Expand the ranks of cultural workers and activists!" "Excel in creating and popularizing artworks from the masses and for the masses!" - from SINAGBAYAN's General Program of Action SINAGBAYAN is a cultural mass organization based in the Philippines. Its membership is composed of writers, musicians, visual artists, art enthusiasts, cultural workers and activists who arouse, organize and mobilize the masses towards national democracy. SINAGBAYAN serves the people by actively participating in the people's struggle; in particular, by advocating a nationalist, scientific and mass-oriented culture. Art from the people and for the people. SINAGBAYAN studies, creates and popularizes art and literature which present the life and struggle of the Filipino masses. SINAGBAYAN's programs include: performances productions education workshops organizing community integration international work campaigns Join/Support SINAGBAYAN! We encourage you to: enlist as a full-time or part-time volunteer; sign up for activities; contribute artworks (songs, poems, stories, sketches, etc.); or donate materials/funds for our projects. Mailing address: 39 Scout Bayoran, Barangay South Triangle, 1109 Quezon City, Philippines Peso Account number: 1287 - 10805 - 9 Depositor's ID: SINING NA NAGLILINGKOD SA BAYAN Bank: Equitable-PCI Bank, New York-EDSA branch Swiftcode: PCIBPHMM |