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Collage photo of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr.
The Philippines 
September 20, 2023

We are seeing repression reminiscent of martial law, 51 years after Marcos Sr’s Proclamation 1081

Posted By: Louie Encabo 18 Views 0 Comment bongbong marcos, featured, ferdinand marcos, proclamation 1081, sara duterte

On September 21, 1972 then-President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. signed Proclamation no. 1081, an order placing the country under martial law which heralded the start

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Elena Tijamo Bazoo de Jesus International Day of the Disappeared desaparecidos
The Philippines 
August 31, 2023September 2, 2023

Disappeared but not disregarded: Why we must continue the fight to end all enforced disappearances

Posted By: Louie Encabo 65 Views bongbong marcos, desaparecidos, featured, ferdinand marcos, International Day for the Disappeared

What is a fate worse than death? It can be argued that a person suddenly disappearing is more taxing than merely dying. By vanishing

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Marcos desaparecidos Bongbong Marcos JR BBM
The Philippines 
May 30, 2023June 3, 2023

A new wave of Marcos desaparecidos emerges under Marcos Jr.

Posted By: Louie Encabo 272 Views bongbong marcos, Cedric Casano, Desparecidos, Dexter Capuyan, featured, ferdinand marcos, Gen Roz Bazoo de Jesus, Patricia Cierva

Enforced disappearances were a common occurrence under the first Marcos regime. By the time Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was ousted from power in 1986, there

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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 2274 Views 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 2499 Views 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 4113 Views 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 7954 Views 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 1037 Views 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 1280 Views 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 2588 Views 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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