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REVOLUTION SELFIE
2017
Director
Steve de Castro
Starring
Runtime
120 minutes
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TANOD LUPA & CISPES SEATTLE PRESENT
REVOLUTION SELFIE: THE RED BATTALION
Join Tanod Lupa and the Seattle chapter of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) for a screening and community discussion of Steve de Castro’s 2017 documentary film “REVOLUTION SELFIE: THE RED BATTALION. The film follows Castro’s travels to the Philippines to meet with the New People’s Army under the early years of the U.S.-backed Rodrigo Duterte regime in the Philippines.
This documentary offers an important lens into the reality of liberation struggle, especially today following the ICC arrest of former president Duterte, the recent implications of active-duty U.S. marines involved in counterinsurgency in the Philippines following a February 2025 plane crash in Mindanao, and as the de facto Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele receives Trump’s unlawfully arrested detainees without due process.
The end of March is also a time of special importance to CISPES, as it marks the 45th anniversary of the tragic killing of Oscar Romero by the military dictatorship - which eventually sparked the decade-long armed struggle between revolutionary FMLN guerrillas fighting for a people’s democracy and sovereignty. This March also marks three years since Nayib Bukele enacted the State of Exception which has arbitrarily arrested 70,000+ people, killed 350+ people, and has targeted the political opposition - framing organizing as a criminal act.
Tanod Lupa (Tagalog for “Earth Guardian”) is an organization based in South Seattle that is building solidarity with land defenders as they struggle against environmental destruction and degradation. It is a member of the Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle network and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP).
The Seattle chapter is a part of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) which is a grassroots solidarity organization that has been supporting the Salvadoran people’s struggle for social and economic justice since 1980.
REVOLUTION SELFIE: THE RED BATTALION
Join Tanod Lupa and the Seattle chapter of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) for a screening and community discussion of Steve de Castro’s 2017 documentary film “REVOLUTION SELFIE: THE RED BATTALION. The film follows Castro’s travels to the Philippines to meet with the New People’s Army under the early years of the U.S.-backed Rodrigo Duterte regime in the Philippines.
This documentary offers an important lens into the reality of liberation struggle, especially today following the ICC arrest of former president Duterte, the recent implications of active-duty U.S. marines involved in counterinsurgency in the Philippines following a February 2025 plane crash in Mindanao, and as the de facto Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele receives Trump’s unlawfully arrested detainees without due process.
The end of March is also a time of special importance to CISPES, as it marks the 45th anniversary of the tragic killing of Oscar Romero by the military dictatorship - which eventually sparked the decade-long armed struggle between revolutionary FMLN guerrillas fighting for a people’s democracy and sovereignty. This March also marks three years since Nayib Bukele enacted the State of Exception which has arbitrarily arrested 70,000+ people, killed 350+ people, and has targeted the political opposition - framing organizing as a criminal act.
Tanod Lupa (Tagalog for “Earth Guardian”) is an organization based in South Seattle that is building solidarity with land defenders as they struggle against environmental destruction and degradation. It is a member of the Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle network and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP).
The Seattle chapter is a part of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) which is a grassroots solidarity organization that has been supporting the Salvadoran people’s struggle for social and economic justice since 1980.