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    Ka Bel, mula sa Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center

    Lumuha ka kung sa puso ay nagmaliw na ang layon,
    kung ang araw sa langit mo ay lagi nang dapithapon,
    kung ang alon sa dagat mo ay ayaw nang magdaluyong,
    kung ang bulkan sa dibdib mo ay hindi man umuungol,
    kung wala nang maglalamay sa gabi ng pagbabangon,
    lumuha ka nang lumuha’t ang laya mo’y nakaburol.
    - [...]

    5/28/08 10:57 AM   Full Story
    Karapatan on Ka Bel: ‘A Most Precious Gem’

    Seventy-five years of a life lived in the defense of peoples’ rights makes Ka Bel a most precious gem in Philippine history
    We in the Philippine human rights alliance Karapatan join the family and the nation in mourning the untimely death of Crispin ‘Ka Bel’ Beltran.
    Indeed, all of us are overwhelmed with grief in his passing [...]

    5/27/08 09:24 AM   Full Story
    Activists, Artists Pay Tribute to Ka Bel Tonight

    In a night of songs and poems, activists and leaders of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) will be joined by mainstream artists and groups tonight, May 26, in paying tribute to labor leader and former Bayan chair Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran at the Philippine Independent Church in Manila.

    5/26/08 11:26 AM   Full Story
    From Firebrand to Torchbearer: A Tribute to Ka Bel

    By Nene Pimentel
    As a young man growing up in Cagayan de Oro in the 50s and the 60s, I hardly knew Crispin Beltran. I did read of him now and then in a Manila daily that we got in Cagayan de Oro which at the time was at least three hours by propeller planes and [...]

    5/24/08 11:28 AM   Full Story
    Arroyo Regime Blamed for Beltran’s Death

    KMU chairman Elmer Labog, in a statement, said the government of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was responsible for the deteriorating health of AnakPawis Rep. Crispin Beltran, which may have been a factor in the accident that led to his death. “It cannot be denied that the arrest and detention of Ka Bel at Camp Crame and Philippine Heart Center last 2006 due to fabricated cases of rebellion was a cause for his physical deterioration,” Labog said. (Click here to read the statements and tributes to Ka Bel.)

    5/23/08 11:13 AM   Full Story
    LFS pays tribute to Ka Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran

    The League of Filipino Students (LFS) and its chapters nationwide pays
    its highest tribute to Rep. Crispin Beltran, a great revolutionary
    leader, a man who constantly and tirelessly devoted his life for the
    interests of the working masses, especially the poor.
    We salute Ka Bel for his lifelong dedication to upholding the national
    democratic aspirations of the oppressed people. We [...]

    5/23/08 10:50 AM   Full Story
    Bakit Tumaas ang Presyon ng Dugo ni Ka Bel

    “Nananawagan ako sa mamamayang Pilipino na labanan ang pahirap na diktadurya ni Gng. Arroyo. Ako ay nagsisikap na makalaya sa ilegal na pagkakakulong na ito, para makasama kayo sa mga laban sa loob at labas ng Kongreso.”
    - Rep. Crispin Beltran,
    bago siya ipasok sa Camp Crame
    para sa inquest ng kasong rebelyon.
    Si Ka Bel,
    kilala ng marami – [...]

    5/23/08 10:48 AM   Full Story
    KA BEL (A poem by Bienvenido Lumbera)

    Ang lider ay isang sangkap lamang ng tagumpay,
    Ang masa ang siyang tunay na mapagpasiya.
    Maraming beses na nating sinabi sa kanila,
    Subalit makunat talaga ang kanilang utak,
    Ayaw nang talaban ng ating katotohanan.
    Iligpit ang lider at tuluyang mawawasak
    Ang rebolusyong binabalak, iyan lamang
    Ang kaya nilang paniwalaan.
    Ulianin ang katarungang atas ng Malakanyang,
    Dinaklot ng batas na walang kinamuwangan
    Ang lider ng Anakpawis, [...]

    5/23/08 10:47 AM   Full Story
    HUWAG MONG ISIPING ANG IYONG PAGYAO’Y DI PAGLISAN NG ISANG BAYANI

    Alexander Martin Remollino
    Sa alaala ni Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran,
    lider-manggagawa, 1933-2008
    Maramot sa liwanag ang araw
    at siya’y nagtatago sa likod ng mga abuhing ulap
    nang ikaw ay iwan ng huli mong hininga.
    Hindi ka nasawi sa larangan,
    di-gaya ng siya mong nais.
    Ngunit huwag mo sanang isiping ang iyong pagyao
    ay hindi paglisan ng isang bayani,
    sapagkat hanggang sa huli mong hininga,
    may ligtas [...]

    5/23/08 10:47 AM   Full Story
    CONTEND STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF KA BEL

    Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracty (CONTEND) STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF KA BEL
    MAY 22, 2008
    REPRESENT!
    The life of Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran is one of the last great exemplars of a generation who lived through the period of colonialism and neo-colonialism in Philippine society. His life story starkly sums up an historical moment of [...]

    5/23/08 10:46 AM   Full Story
    Joma Sison on Ka Bel: A Patriot, an Internationalist

    CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND ALL COMRADES
    OF OUR BELOVED CRISPIN ‘KA BEL’ BELTRAN
    By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
    Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
    International League of Peoples’ Struggle
    May 21, 2008
    On behalf of the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) and all participating organizations of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS)), I wish to convey most heartfelt condolences to the family [...]

    5/23/08 10:44 AM   Full Story
    ON THE PASSING AWAY OF ANAKPAWIS REP. CRISPIN “KA BEL” BELTRAN

    ON THE PASSING AWAY OF ANAKPAWIS REP. CRISPIN “KA BEL” BELTRAN
    Gabriela Women’s Party mourns the passing away of veteran labor leader
    and militant partylist Representative Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran.
    In his death, we have lost a most formidable ally of workers, peasants
    and the urban poor.
    He has lived a worthy life in defense of the rights of workers [...]

    5/23/08 10:42 AM   Full Story
    Ka Bel: A fighter for the right to free expression

    NATIONAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES
    Statement
    May 20, 2008
    Ka Bel: A fighter for the right to free expression
    The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) mourns the passage of trade union leader and legislator Mr. Crispin Beltran. We will miss him both as a subject of our stories and as a friend of Filipino [...]

    5/23/08 10:41 AM   Full Story
    NCCP Statement on Ka Bel’s Death

    May 21, 2008
    Statement on Ka Bel’s Death
    The
    National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) joins the people
    in mourning the passing away of Anak Pawis Party List Representative
    Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran. Ka Bel was a man who lived a life utterly
    dedicated to the struggle for justice. He was truly a man for others.
    He
    was misunderstood [...]

    5/23/08 10:40 AM   Full Story
    Ka Bel: A Modern-Day Prophet against Modern-Day Slavery

    Dear Friends,
    From May 21 (7pm) to May 27 (am), Ka Bel will lie in state at the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI)* – National Cathedral, Taft Avenue Manila.
    Ka Bel: A Modern-Day Prophet against Modern-Day Slavery
    A True Champion of Workers’ Rights
    Like Jesus Christ and the Prophets who denounced injustice, oppression and slavery, Ka Bel is worthy [...]

    5/23/08 10:40 AM   Full Story

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