A notebook on the fiftieth anniversary of martial law being declared in the Philippines
Two revolutionary songs popularized during martial law speak of the time’s anti-fascist sentiments
The “New Society” had its own tricks. Billions disappeared from the nation’s coffers, clowns filled legislative positions.
Kay hirap maging mahirap, kung hindi ka pa manginig sa galit ay hindi ka pa iintindihin.
| It’s so hard to be poor. If you don’t tremble with rage, they won’t try to understand you.
How does it feel to watch / the seeds of your destruction / walk away from you?
We walked uphill where tall cogon grasses were already starting to don their silver shade.
“@nature, i avoid you,” “my life newly painted is well,” and “@nature, teach me things”
I became a full-time community organizer in 1971. The Marcos government declared martial law in September 1972. A month later, the Marcos military came and arrested me.
Marcos knew that power rested not just on fear and terror, but also censorship and propaganda.
On the urgency of remembering the fourteen years of Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr.’s military-backed dictatorship in the Philippines
Creating a life in the shadow of the martial law years
The United States would support the Marcos dictatorship disguised as a “constitutional coup d’etat”
It was Imelda as much as Ferdinand who brought about the country’s ruination
The Marcoses have always been the masters of myth-making
Rebolusyonaryong panulaan noong panahon ng batas militar |
Revolutionary poetry during the martial law years
I wondered if Pia was right, then, if I was seeking something too dangerous to be handled, a bomb that would kill me someday.
The minute I arrived at the University of the Philippines as a freshman, I joined the marches.
A brief history lesson on the fourteen-year military-backed dictatorship in the Philippines
Still, I am begging to be forgiven for the love / of my life
Two revolutionary songs popularized during martial law speak of the time’s anti-fascist sentiments
Creating a life in the shadow of the martial law years
The “New Society” had its own tricks. Billions disappeared from the nation’s coffers, clowns filled legislative positions.
The United States would support the Marcos dictatorship disguised as a “constitutional coup d’etat”
Kay hirap maging mahirap, kung hindi ka pa manginig sa galit ay hindi ka pa iintindihin.
| It’s so hard to be poor. If you don’t tremble with rage, they won’t try to understand you.
It was Imelda as much as Ferdinand who brought about the country’s ruination
How does it feel to watch / the seeds of your destruction / walk away from you?
The Marcoses have always been the masters of myth-making
We walked uphill where tall cogon grasses were already starting to don their silver shade.
Rebolusyonaryong panulaan noong panahon ng batas militar |
Revolutionary poetry during the martial law years
“@nature, i avoid you,” “my life newly painted is well,” and “@nature, teach me things”
I wondered if Pia was right, then, if I was seeking something too dangerous to be handled, a bomb that would kill me someday.
I became a full-time community organizer in 1971. The Marcos government declared martial law in September 1972. A month later, the Marcos military came and arrested me.
The minute I arrived at the University of the Philippines as a freshman, I joined the marches.
Marcos knew that power rested not just on fear and terror, but also censorship and propaganda.
A brief history lesson on the fourteen-year military-backed dictatorship in the Philippines
On the urgency of remembering the fourteen years of Ferdinand E. Marcos, Sr.’s military-backed dictatorship in the Philippines
Still, I am begging to be forgiven for the love / of my life