Murder of Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo – 40.03.042.VID_WORG.NewsReportViernesAndDomingo.1981.KIRO7News

A news report details the 1981 murders of Filipino American labor activists Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo. It was later proved that the Marcos government in the Philippines had ordered their murders due to their union organizing and anti-Marcos advocacy.

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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.

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