Hustisya para kay Ate Glo Capitan!

HUSTISYA PARA KAY ATE GLO CAPITAN!

ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.

15 pantig bawat taludtod

nabasa ko ang balita, di ko siya kilala

ngunit nakaliligalig ang nangyari sa kanya

aktibo siyang kumilos para sa climate justice

coal stockpile sa lugar nila'y nais mapaalis

coal ay batid niyang isa sa mga pangunahing

malaking nakaambag sa pangkalikasang krimen

hustisya sa klima ang mayor nilang panawagan

hustisyang pangklima ang adhika nilang makamtan

hangarin ng pagkilos na pinangunahan niya

coal stockpile malapit sa nayon nila'y masara

marangal na adhika para sa kinabukasan

ng nayon nila, ng madla, para sa kalikasan

limampu't pito ang edad, walang awang binaril

ngunit sa kanyang adhika'y walang makapipigil

sa kinabagsakang lupang binahiran ng dugo

tiyak maraming susulpot na tulad ni Ate Glo

magpapatuloy ang laban sa coal, magpapatuloy

at kaisa akong ang laban niya'y itutuloy

ang hiyaw ngayon nitong aming diwa't kalooban

hustisya! hustisya para kay Ate Glo Capitan!

(ang tula ay batay sa ulat ng Philippine Movement for Climate Justice)

FILIPINA ANTI COAL ACTIVIST KILLED. Her name is Gloria Capitan, Ate Glo to people close to her. She was a very nice person, always with a smile. At 57 years old she was very active in the fight against coal, and led their village last year in a series of mass actions and petitions calling for a permanent closure of a coal stockpile near their village. Her life was cut short last night, July 1, by a bullet from motorcycle-riding gunmen. If this is an attempt to silence other anti-coal activists like her, then they are mistaken. On the ground where Ate Glo's body fell, where the blood from her body flowed, more anti-coal activists will sprout. Instead of silencing us, it will only strengthen our conviction that this evil menace which is coal must end. And we will persevere in this fight and see to it that our children and the children of our children will be free from it. ~ Philippine Movement for Climate Justice