[Editor’s note: Filipino socialist activist Khyl Ramos, from the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM, Party of the Labouring Masses), will be speaking at Ecosocialism 2026, September 11-13, Magan-djin/Brisbane, Australia. Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) condemns the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to the Philippines to attend a series of ASEAN meetings. Rubio is a very dangerous man on a very dangerous mission to the Philippines. In the Philippines, Rubio’s mission is clear: to consolidate Washington’s military alliance with the Marcos Jr. administration. Reject the militarisation of the Philippines and the Luzon Economic Corridor as instruments of U.S. strategic domination!