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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 2074 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 2261 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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Rodrigo Duterte Battle of Marawi Martial Law Mindanao
The Philippines 
January 1, 2020

Martial Law in Mindanao: What did it achieve?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 882 Views featured, isis in the Philippines, martial law, Maute group, rodrigo duterte

As the clock struck midnight on the final day of 2019, Filipinos not only welcomed in a new year but also the end of

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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 3822 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 7383 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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Editor's Notes New Zealand 
April 5, 2018April 22, 2018

Lumad Activists to New Zealand: “Help Us Stop the War Against Lumad Schools”

Posted By: Louie Encabo 947 Views featured, Louie Encabo, Lumad, lumad schools, martial law, save our schools network, the war against indigenous schools

In an event organized by the Auckland-Philippines Solidarity and the Catholic Justice & Peace Commission, I had the chance of listening to Lumad activists

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The Philippines 
March 20, 2017

Remembering Charlie de Rosario: The First Desaparecido

Posted By: Louie Encabo 3811 Views charlie del rosario, desaparecido, martial law, remember

The topic of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) has been dominating headlines recently, because of the number of fatalities in President Duterte’s brutal crackdown on drugs.

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The Philippines 
November 8, 2016February 5, 2018

Ferdinand Marcos is No Hero

Posted By: Louie Encabo 957 Views 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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