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Isabela

Isabela

Municipality in the Philippines

Mar 14, 2026

OliveGUEST
139:17
Could you speak to what's been effective about that and what you've learned fighting these charges related to this political prosecution?
IsabelaGUEST
139:26
I mean, in the grand scheme of things, I think that there's just been so much repression when it comes to just, you know, the brown communityUm, we've lost Mercado Central, which is a really dope place on Lake Street, right across the street from, like, where it happened, from Los Cuatro Milpas.
IsabelaGUEST
139:46
You know, it's, like, raising funds so they don't close, and, you know, I think, I think the Star Tribune really sucked for Latino businesses, brown businesses.
IsabelaGUEST
139:53
They've lost, like, forty-six million dollars this past month.
IsabelaGUEST
139:57
So what I'm trying to say with that is that my community is very much on the scarcity.
IsabelaGUEST
140:02
You know, like, it's almost like we're being dragged to the point.
IsabelaGUEST
140:07
And so when my community showed up for me that day, like, it just showed up for me, like, how resilient we are and how much, like, it's scary, but we can't keep having other people in our communities disappear.

9 MINS LATER

speaker_32GUEST
149:46
They can't jail everybody.
OliveGUEST
138:55
Could you speak to what's been effective about that and what you've learned fighting these charges related to this political prosecution?
IsabelaGUEST
139:04
I mean, in the grand scheme of things, I think that there's just been so much repression when it comes to just, you know, the Brown community.
IsabelaGUEST
139:13
Um, we've lost Mercado Central, which is a really dope place on Lake Street, right across the street from, like, where it happened from Los Cuatro Milpas.
IsabelaGUEST
139:23
You know, it's like raising funds so they don't close, and you know, I think, I think the Star Tribune really said for Latino businesses, Brown businesses, they've lost like forty-six million dollars this past month.
IsabelaGUEST
139:34
So what I'm trying to say with that is that my community is very much on the scarcity.
IsabelaGUEST
139:40
You know, like, it's almost like we're being dragged to the point.
IsabelaGUEST
139:45
And so when my community showed up for me that day, like, it just showed up for me, like, how resilient we are and how much, like-It's scary, but we can't keep having other people in our communities disappear, you know, people that we can't afford.

9 MINS LATER

LucyGUEST
149:24
They can't jail everybody.

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