“The March to Progress in the Philippines”, 2 November 2014

"Mr President, your idea of progress is not our idea of progress", admonishes tribal man Vic to President Aquino of the Philippines. Vic is one of 120 people from Casiguran, north of the Philippines…[that marched] across the country to protest a controversial land development created by a powerful political dynasty. The development promises to bring economic progress with resorts, an airport and factories. Construction has begun, destroying ricelands and displacing fisherfolk. If the development carries through to completion Vic and his tribe will be one of 3,000 families stripped of their land and livelihood…