Bakwit School Cebu should never have been allowed

WHATEVER we think about the manner in which the police “rescued” the 19 lumad (native) students at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City last February 15, and whether or not we believe that they were being trained as rebels, let’s get one thing straight: Bakwit School Cebu is part of the national democratic movement. A Facebook post by one of the participating organizations reveals that the 2018 Bakwit School Cebu batch had sessions on Jose Maria Sison’s Youth on the March and Maikling Kurso sa Lipunan at Rebolusyong Pilipino (Short Course on Philippine Society and Revolution), known as MKLRP, upon arrival in Cebu City.

Joining rallies too is part of the Bakwit School Cebu curriculum. The 2018 batch did a cultural presentation under pouring rain at the Sept. 21, 2018 rally of Bayan Muna and company in downtown Cebu City. The students were also brought to a picket line. “A cultural night is being held here at [the] picket line to signify the Lumad students’ and workers’ firm unity against foreign capitalists continuously exploiting them,” the caption of Anakbayan Cebu’s post dated Sept. 8, 2018 explains.