38 years later, Southern Tagalog farmers continue to fight for Mendiola Massacre victims

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38 years later, Southern Tagalog farmers continue to fight for Mendiola Massacre victims

Photos by Jian Martin Tenorio By JUSTIN UMALI and JIAN MARTIN TENORIO Bulatlat.com On January 22, 1987, state forces under Corazon Aquino’s administration violently dispersed and murdered peasants fighting for genuine land reform on Mendiola Street. Thirty-eight years later, its survivors from Southern Tagalog continue to lead the fight for justice and the same causes that led them to march to Malacañan. Miriam Villanueva, daughter of a farmer f…