GUCU Solidarity Screenings: For The Sake Of Sugarcane

​Join us for a pay what you can screening of Sa Ngalan ng Tubo / For the Sake of Sugarcane, a 2005 documentary on the struggle of millworkers, farm workers, and people of Hacienda Luisita, Philippines. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Carl Marc Ramota and Rommel Rodriguez from the All-UP Academic Employees Union.

​About the film:

​On November 16, 2004, seven people died at the picket lines of Hacienda Luisita. Millworkers and farmworkers of the sugar refinery and plantation owned by one of the wealthiest and oldest landed families in the country went on strike, and were met by armed police.

​The struggle at Hacienda Luisita highlights the lasting legacies of colonialism and the interrelationship between the state and capital. It is the story of social injustice in the Philippines, but also the power, organisation, and commitment of working people in the face of that injustice.

​The film is produced by Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Peasant Alliance of Central Luzon, and Turks Production. The film will be presented by Dr Rommel Rodriguez and Dr Carl Marc Ramota of the All-UP Academic Employees Union, our sibling union in the Philippines.

​​Pay what you can information:

​​​Tickets are on a pay-what-you-can basis with suggested pricing of £5/10/15. No one turned away for lack of funds. If you cannot attend but would like to make a solidarity donation, please select the Solidarity Donation Only ticket and give what you can.

​Members' donations will be sent by GUCU to support the Union of Agricultural Workers.