“Makibaka! Huwag matakot! Mag-isa, mag-alsa, aton sila lutuson!” said the loud voices of millions of Filipino people all over the country that fought and ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his family from power 50 years ago. The intensified armed struggle and building of villages under popular control led by the Communist Party of […]

Fifty years since Ferdinand Marcos Sr declared martial law and established his fascist dictatorship, the people continue to be savaged by the monsters engendered by the brutal and corrupt terrorist state. Beyond the resolve “never again,” efforts to look back at and draw lessons from the history of martial law should also strengthen the determination […]

The 8th ID recently bragged of deploying nine battalions or more than 2,700 soldiers in the island of Samar and of using advanced military equipment in an eight-month focused military operation from January to August. It supposedly aims to crush or weaken the New People’s Army (NPA) in the island and pursue “known personalities” of […]

In a recent interview, Ferdinand Marcos Jr justified his father’s declaration of martial law in September 1972. The dictator’s son also admitted there were human rights abuses, but claimed that such are normal “like in any war.” Marcos Jr.’s statement exculpated the military and police of horrific human rights abuses and violations during martial law. […]

A few days prior to the 50th anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos Sr’s martial law, Ferdinand Jr shamelessly defended his dictator father’s crimes against the people. He went on to say that military abuses were “normal” because of the state of war in our country. In the face of attempts to bury the crimes of the […]