This episode features Lean Porquia, lifelong activist, labor organizer and candidate for the Partylist, Bayan Muna, one of the pioneers of the party list system.
We discuss the importance of protest, labor issues, Bayan Muna's rich history in the left and congress, its struggles with red-tagging, the partylist system and Bayan Muna's platform for 2025.
You may learn more about Bayan Muna below:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bayanmunapartylist/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bayanmunapartylist
Website: https://bayanmuna.com.ph/
Email:bayanmuna1999@gmail.com
0:00 Music
0:10 Intro
1:30 Who is Lean Porquia
5:00 Lean's leftist influences
9:20 The left's reputation among Filipinos
12:15 The left and protest culture
16:00 What protests gave us
19:00 What is Bayan Muna
22:00 The Rise and decline of Bayan Muna
29:30 Bayan Muna and Red-tagging
34:00 Bayan Muna's legislative record and platform
40:30 How Bayan Muna adjusts for 2025
46:20 Party list reforms
48:00 Why vote for Bayan Muna
50:00 Nominees of Bayan Muna
