I did three talks yesterday to just over 50 people in three
separate groups in Manila and Quezon City.
They were students, teachers, labor organizers, and from women’s
groups. It about wore me out but I
enjoyed the day very much.
It was so reassuring to find that these folks were
interested in hearing about space issues and my take on the Pentagon “pivot”
into the Asia-Pacific.
At each meeting I handed out information about Keep Space
for Peace Week (October 5-12) and was happy to hear real interest in organizing
some events in Manila during that time.
This morning Corazon takes me for a tour of the former US
Navy base at Subic and the former airbase at Clark. Along the way I am supposed to do one more newspaper and TV interview as well.
On Monday is the huge protest March in Manila in conjunction
with President Benigno Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). Acquino, from a rich land holding family, is
a classic neo-liberal politician doing the bidding of the corporate entities
that control the Filipino government.
There will be two rallies and I believe I will be speaking
at each one. More on all that later.
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