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Rodrigo Duterte Ferdinand Marcos Martial Law Philippines
The Philippines 
September 21, 2020September 24, 2020

Why the Duterte Regime could be much worse than the Marcos era

Posted By: Louie Encabo 516 Views 0 Comment featured, ferdinand marcos, martial law, rodrigo duterte, war on activists, war on drugs

It has been 48 years since President Ferdinand Marcos placed the entire Philippines under martial law in 1972. The decade that followed saw a

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First Quarter Storm January 26 1970
The Philippines 
January 26, 2020

Remembering the First Quarter Storm: the beginning of the end for the Marcos regime

Posted By: Louie Encabo 873 Views 1 Comment featured, ferdinand marcos, first quarter storm, martial law, student activism

Philippine history has enshrined the 21st of September as the date when deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law. However, another date that we

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Screenshot - Malisbong massacre
The Philippines 
September 23, 2019

Remembering the Palimbang Massacre: when the Marcos government massacred Muslim Filipinos

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1133 Views 0 Comment campaign against the return of the marcoses and martial law - carmma, featured, ferdinand marcos, martial law, palimbang massacre

The dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos was notorious for its killings – there were massacres of striking workers, of activists, the assassination of indigenous

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Ferdinand Marcos Imelda Marcos Martial Law Escalante Massacre
The Philippines 
September 20, 2019

We should never forget the horrors of Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship

Posted By: Louie Encabo 3055 Views 34 Comments bongbong marcos, campaign against the return of the marcoses and martial law - carmma, featured, ferdinand marcos, human rights in the Philippines, imee marcos, imelda marcos, martial law

On the 21st of September 1972, Filipinos remember the declaration of martial law by then President Ferdinand Marcos. It is an occasion to remind

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The Philippines 
February 25, 2019February 26, 2019

Why the People Power Revolution is bigger than the Aquino Legacy

Posted By: Louie Encabo 433 Views 0 Comment edsa people power, featured, ferdinand marcos, ninoy aquino, noynoy aquino

While many Filipinos will be thrilled to take a day off from work or school on Monday for the commemoration of the EDSA People

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The Philippines 
December 28, 2018December 28, 2018

Fifty years of the CPP: Why does the “People’s War” still persist?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 548 Views 2 Comments communist party of the philippines, featured, ferdinand marcos, new people's army, rodrigo duterte

While millions of Filipinos celebrated the birth of their saviour Jesus of Nazareth this week, in the hinterlands of the provinces thousands of their

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President Ferdinand Marcos family Martial Law
The Philippines 
February 3, 2018February 5, 2018

Epistemic Responsibility: Why Pro-Marcos Historical Revisionism is Inherently Wrong

Posted By: Louie Encabo 934 Views 2 Comments bongbong marcos, featured, ferdinand marcos, historical revisionism, Louie Encabo, marcos era, w.k. clifford

“Only in the Philippines could a leader like Ferdinand Marcos, who pillaged his country for over 20 years, still be considered for a national

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The Philippines 
November 8, 2016February 5, 2018

Ferdinand Marcos is No Hero

Posted By: Louie Encabo 407 Views 1 Comment ferdinand marcos, historical revisionism, marcos era, martial law

In a disappointing decision from the Supreme Court, the nation’s highest court ruled in favour of burying the remains of the late Philippine dictator,

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