But even more painful for us, Marinduqueños, is our unending quest for environmental justice which brought us to Nevada, USA to file charges against Placer Dome for dumping its responsibilities for the clean-up of the impacted environment and ecosystems, for the treatment of children whose blood were contaminated with heavy metals, and for the rehabilitation of the mining structures left un-maintained in the mine site (which now pose more dangers to the lives and properties of the people) especially now that Marinduque was confirmed by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau as the number one province in the country that is highly susceptible to landslides.
Nasa gitna kayo ng malubhang krisis ng lokal na naghaharing sistema at pandaigdigang sistemang kapitalista at kinakaharap din kayo ng rehimeng Arroyo na sukdulan ang pagiging papet, bulok, malupit at mapanlinlang. Labis labis na ang paghihirap ng sambayanang Pilipino, laluna ang mga anakpawis at mga nasa panggitnang saray. Ito ang kalagayan ng nakararaming kabataan at mga estudyante. Bunga ng mga patakarang diktado ng imperyalismong US ang di-maibsang paghihirap ng bayan. Lalong pinalulubha ang pagsasamantala sa ilalim ng patakarang tinaguriang?neoliberal globalization?. Umiiral ang matinding terorismo ng estado sa ilalim ng patakarang tinaguriang?global war on terror?.