Green Left TV: Class and climate catastrophe in the Philippines

Peter Boyle
Manila
August 30, 2012
Issue 
935
World
Video: Class and climate catastrophe in the Philippines. GreenLeftOnline/YouTube.

The desperate millions than comprise Manila's urban poor settlers were the worst hit by the recent floods but the government has scapegoated them for the ongoing disaster and threatened to "blast away" the shanty homes of 100,000.

Sonny Melencio, chairperson of the Partido Lakas ng Masa, reflects on the politics of class and catastrophic climate change in the wake of the 2012 Manila floods.

Climate crisis
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International solidarity
Manila floods
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