Rock The Riles, Justice We Beg

This Sunday December 6 – 8 Metro Rail Transit (MRT) stations will host 8 simulatenous gigs. Over 120 bands are participating. Performing on platforms or beside turnstiles.

Rock the Riles 2009 is on (reeh-les – Filipino word for train tracks) ! Is a gathering of artist to push for justice for the innocents slain in Maguindanao

Come to any of the 8 MRT stations: Taft, Ayala, Buendia, Boni, Shaw, Cubao, Q.Ave, and North EDSA to join this voice. The voice that says ENOUGH. Wear black. Gather. How else will we do this? We keep asking til we find answers, even as we acknowledge that right now we have none.

57 innocent people tortured, mutilated, slain, defiled. Take the train, take a stand. Let them know you’re sayng: Enough.

For the past 5 years, Rock Ed Philippines has worked to make the Filipino private citizen more interested in civic-issues. We’d like to imagine that we educate in a rock and roll manner.

Despite having no corporate sponsors, Rock Ed still decided to still hold Rock the Riles, a tedious orchestration of 8 simultaneous gigs in 8 MRT Stations. Over a hundred twenty bands and artists will join forces to make this voice for justice a bit louder that it would’vebeen. Many individuals pitched in small amounts to make this possible.

People lent sound systems, committed to give water, food, print IDs etc and in the case of the bands, perform for free.

At the last minute, Unilab came in to commit to help with the sound systems. Our savings from that donation will be donated to the tuition fee fund of the slain journalists. Feel free to donate to that fund.

This year is really to just push for justice for the innocents slain in Maguindanao. We encourage everyone to wear black. In solidarity, in protest, in anger, in grief. Because even the word ‘condemn’ feels inadequate, we decided to up the volume of our cry this year. Originally organized to celebrate human rights day, we decided to re-focus our zoom lenses on this one cause.

Justice, we beg. We beg.