BAYAN’s 8-Point Program for National Democracy in the Philippines

1. Assert national sovereignty and realize national independence from foreign domination. 2. Empower the people, especially the workers and peasants, promote civil and political rights and develop people’s democracy. 3. Promote a self-reliant and sustainable socio-economic development through national industrialization, genuine land reform and protection of the environment. 4. Improve the people’s working conditions and standard of living and attain full employment. 5. Raise the people’s cultural standards and promote a national culture Bagong Alyansang Makabayan that is progressive, patriotic, scientific, and popular. 6. Respect the right of ethnic minorities to self-determination and autonomy. BAYAN USA Chapter 7. Eliminate discrimination against women. An alliance of progressive and anti-imperialist 8. Promote an independent, peaceful, and just policy of international Filipino organizations relations.

Bernadette Ellorin, Chair EXECUTIVE Rhonda Ramiro, Vice Chair Jessica Antonio, Secretary General COMMITTEE Nikole Cababa, Deputy Secretary General Romeo Hebron, Finance Officer For more info: www.bayanusa.org | [email protected] BAGONG ALYANSANG MAKABAYAN CAMPAIGNS New Patriotic Alliance Defend Human Rights To raise international attention about the human rights situation in the An alliance of Filipino organizations in the U.S. Philippines, intensifying state repression amongst youth, women, representing students, scholars, women, workers, children, indigenous people, and artists, and youth. As the first and largest overseas activists, especially under President Aquino’s Oplan Bayanihan program. chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, BAYAN USA serves as an information bureau for the national democratic movement of the Philippines and as a Uphold Philippine Sovereignty center for educating, organizing, and mobilizing anti- To resist foreign military intervention by the U.S. and China, oppose imperialist and progressive Filipinos in the U.S. unequal policies such as the Visiting Forces Agreement, Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS and other neoliberal policies. Multi-sectoral alliance Clean & Fair Elections ‣ Alay ng Kultura ‣ New York Committee for Human To advocate for fairness in the 2016 ‣ Anakbayan Chicago Right in the Philippines Philippines election. To educate, ‣ Anakbayan East Bay ‣ Portland Committee for Human organize, and mobilize overseas ‣ Anakbayan Inland Empire Rights in the Philippines Filipinos to support genuine democracy ‣ Anakbayan Long Beach ‣ San Francisco Committee for and pro-people platforms and ‣ Anakbayan Los Angeles Human Rights in the Philippines candidates such as Rep. Neri ‣ Anakbayan New Jersey Colmenares and Migrante Partylist. ‣ Anakbayan New York Caucus & Desks ‣ Anakbayan San Diego ‣ LGBTQ Caucus ‣ Anakbayan Seattle ‣ Rural & Environmental Issues Desk Immigrants’ & Workers’ Rights ‣ Anakbayan Silicon Valley ‣ Workers Desk ‣ GABRIELA Los Angeles ‣ Legal Desk Over 6,000 Filipinos leave their ‣ GABRIELA New York homeland everyday to work abroad ‣ GABRIELA San Francisco International Chapters given the Labor Export Policy of the ‣ GABRIELA Seattle ‣ BAYAN Canada Philippine government. We seek to ‣ GABRIELA Washington D.C. ‣ BAYAN Europe uphold and protect the rights of ‣ Habi Arts ‣ BAYAN Hong Kong immigrants and workers by exposing ‣ League of Filipino Student - SFSU the root problems of forced migration and organizing for genuine change.