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𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐑, 𝐖𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐒 𝐍𝐀. 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐍, 𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐎𝐘 𝐏𝐀! | 𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐊𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐆 𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐏𝐁 𝐔𝐒𝐂 𝐂𝐒𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐒𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐎 𝐒𝐀 𝐈𝐊𝐀-𝟓𝟒 𝐍𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐎 𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐘𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐑

Setyembre 23, 1972, nang buksan ng mamamayang Pilipino ang kanilang mga telebisyon, tumambad sa kanila ang eksena ng noo’y Pangulong Ferdinand E. Marcos, nakaharap sa kamera, mahigpit ang ekspresyon sa mukha, nakapatong ang mga braso sa mesa, at tila handa nang magpatalastas ng isang anunsyong babago sa landas ng kasaysayang Pilipino.

"𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧. 𝙄, 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘, 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮."

Lingid sa kaalaman ng mga Pilipino, dalawang araw na ang nakalipas nang lagdaan ng diktador ang Proklamasyon Blg. 1081, o ang proklamasyon ng Batas Militar sa buong Pilipinas. Sa maikling siping ito mula sa kanyang talumpati ay mababanaag na kaagad ang mga kasinungalingan at panlilinlang na ginawa ng rehimeng Marcos sa sambayanang Pilipino. Una sa lahat, ang pambabaluktot niya sa Saligang Batas upang mas manatili siya sa kapangyarihan. Ikalawa, huwad ang pahayag na hindi “militar takeover” ang Batas Militar, sapagkat sa militar mismo nanggaling ang mga karumal-dumal na krimen laban sa mamamayan. Panghuli, walang anumang pagpoprotekta sa bansa ang ginawa ni Marcos Sr. sa pagdeklara niya ng Batas Militar — walang ibang ipinagtanggol ito kundi ang pagiging gahaman niya sa kapangyarihan at kayamanan ng bayan.

Ang Batas Militar ay isa sa mga pinakabinaluktot nang naratibo at kabanata sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Sa pagtakbo sa pagkapangulo ng anak ni Marcos Sr. na si Bongbong noong 2022, nagsilabasan ang mga naratibong “Golden Age” daw ang panahon ng Batas Militar. Golden Age kaya ang pagpapalawak ng diktadurya sa kapangyarihang ehekutibo at militar, pagpapasara sa Kongreso, pagsupil sa malayang pamamahayag, at pagsasailalim sa arbitraryong pag-aresto at detensiyon ang libo-libong kritiko ng rehimen? Golden Age kaya ang dokumentadong malawakang pagto-torture, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, at iba pang malulubhang paglabag sa karapatang pantao?

Hindi lamang karapatang pantao ang winasak ng diktadura. Nag-iwan din ito ng malalim na sugat sa ekonomiya at kaban ng bayan. Kinilala ng World Bank ang debt crisis, malalim na recession, at mabigat na pasanin sa utang na minana ng pamahalaan matapos ang pagbagsak ng rehimeng Marcos. Samantala, ang Presidential Commission on Good Government ay nilikha upang habulin at bawiin ang ninakaw na yaman ng ni Marcos Sr., ng kaniyang pamilya, at mga kasamahan nito. Siyang tunay, 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘆 𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮, 𝗽𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆𝗮, 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘄𝗮, 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝘀𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗮, 𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗴, 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲, 𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗼, 𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮, 𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹.
Kung kaya sa diwa nito, 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗴𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗣𝗕 𝗨𝗦𝗖 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗦𝗦 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗢) 𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗴-𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗺 𝗻𝗮 𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿. Bukod sa pag-aaral natin sa loob ng silid-aralan hinggil sa mga pang-aabusong isinagawa ng rehimeng Marcos Sr., 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗼 𝗻𝗮 𝗸𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝘀𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗼𝗸 𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗺, 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗶 𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗻𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝘀𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗼.

Sa pagtakbo ng panahon, nararamdaman muli natin ang kawalang-hiyaan ng estadong patuloy na sumusupil sa boses at panaghoy ng bayan. Sa pagkaluklok sa pwesto ng isa na namang Marcos, katambal niya ang isang bagong anyo ng diktadura na nagmula sa angkang Duterte. Doble pasakit at doble pahirap ang dala ng nagsanib-pwersang kampon ng kadiliman at kasamaan. Patuloy ang paglabag ng militar sa mga karapatang pantao sa kanayunan, patuloy ang pagbulusok ng ekonomiya sa pagtaas ng mga bilihin, at patuloy ang pagsupil sa mga pagkilos ng iba’t ibang sektor ng lipunan. Kung patuloy pa rin tayong binabagabag ng mga suliraning ito, patuloy 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗮 𝗶𝘁𝗼. Tangan-tangan natin ang diwa ng pakikipaglaban ng sambayanang Pilipino noong panahon ng diktadura.

Kung kaya 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗸𝗮𝘆𝗼, 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗮 𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻, 𝗻𝗮 𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯 𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗴-𝗮𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗼. Lumabas sa mga silid-aralan, kumilos sa lansangan, at basagin natin ang mga balakid na ibinabato sa atin ng mga korap at pahirap. Makibahagi tayo sa patuloy na pagkalampag sa administrasyon para sa isang magandang kinabukasan. Walang pinagkaiba ang pangako ng “Bagong Lipunan” at “Bagong Pilipinas” sa ilalim ng mga Marcos. Nasa ating mga kamay pa rin ang pagkilos tungo sa isang lipunang walang naghahari-harian.

𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿, 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗮. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻, 𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗽𝗮! 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘀-𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲, 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮! 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗮 𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻, 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗞𝗔!
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𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. n.d. “Declaration of Martial Law.” Accessed September 20, 2026. https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/declaration-of-martial-law/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUcXyBwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVdwM291aklubUlKblM2djlzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeWae9tgJL72X90CF_8egGYlGInFuYkUdmOQMkFyTZaCs92SoR8ChMMPZQCYA_aem_prw6gCu35n963qiKlPSi_g.

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The Philippines was put under Martial Law through Proclamation No. 1081 by the dictator and the abominable Ferdinand Marcos Sr. (1972 - 1986). Martial law was meant “to save the republic and form a new society,” this is a premise we continue to remember as objectively false. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡. It did not grant us freedom. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨: 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 21 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜.

The scale of corruption was so immense that the appalling tandem dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos holds the Guinness World Record title for the “greatest robbery of a government.” They robbed us, the Filipino people, of our money, causing inflation, foreign debt, and poverty to skyrocket. 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙞𝙩𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛; 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙚𝙨.

International bodies and human rights organizations have extensively documented a widespread and systematic pattern of grave human rights violations during the Martial Law period. Alongside these violations, independent press freedom and civic spaces suffered immense crippling, evidenced by the shutting down of 392 media outlets.

Approximately 70,000 individuals were 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙, 34,000 were subjected to severe physical and psychological forms of 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 – which includes electric shocks, beatings, and 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙚 – and 3,240 individuals were victims of 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. Additionally, hundreds of individuals were victims of 𝙚𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨. The Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board (HRVCB), established to process reparations, received over 75,000 applications from claimants, ultimately recognizing 11,103 victims as officially eligible for state-mandated financial compensation due to verified 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨.

Despite the mountain of felonies of this era, accountability for the systematic crimes of the dictatorship is yet to be seen. Especially since all of these crimes and atrocities are heavily documented. 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢. Attempts to minimize and deny the atrocities of this period has led to the inauguration of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the 17th President of the Philippines. This shows the disgustingly shameful efforts of the family to reclaim state power and restore the family name.

The UPB Sociology Guild is one in amplifying the need to remember and imagine the atrocities of the Marcos Sr. dictatorship. We honor all victims, survivors, and the collective action of the Filipino people during all efforts of resistance, including the People Power Revolution and the ongoing fight against historical distortion. This extends to fighting against corruption, the life-taking Pax Silica, and the threat-bringers, Marcos-Duterte, and the social forces that support their malignant intents.

Hence we end this by saying that calls for remembrance are necessary and crucial. 𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮’𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙤. Remembering can be made passive and it can be distorted.

To imagine is to place yourself both in the past and present. It is to place yourself with the people beside you and those in that same spot years ago. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚. It fuels our drive to move. It is what allows calls:

“NEVER AGAIN, NEVER FORGET!”

… like this to exist in the first place.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧.
𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙩𝙤𝙤.

ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ, ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ: The UPB Sociology Guild

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Yapchiongco, A. (2022, September 21). Martial law by the numbers. Philstar Life. https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/649814-martial-law-by-the-numbers

21/09/2026

Today marks the fifty fourth commemoration of Martial Law in the Philippines. On this day, we remember the period of political repression, unrest, and brutality brought by the Dictator Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sr. when he signed Proclamation No. 1081. Far from what many narratives claim as the “Golden Age” in Philippine history, the Martial Law under Marcos Sr. has put the nation in one of its darkest periods. Marcos Sr.’s administration utilized inhumane means to suppress the uproar of critics who were frustrated by his grave shortcomings. Seventy thousand individuals were tracked down and thrown into prison without the due process of law. Above thirty thousand were subjected to different kinds of torture, such as electric shock, beating, strangulation. More than three thousand people were killed by military forces. Hundreds of individuals, many of whom are activists and defenders of human rights and the environment, were forcibly disappeared. Almost ten million were displaced to give way to military operations in rural areas. As wages plunged and prices soared, more families became poor during the Martial Law. The forest cover in the Philippines was reduced to half, resulting in the displacement of communities and violence toward more-than-human species.

Marcos Sr.’s terroristic term permitted the intrusion of huge corporations on Indigenous lands. Driven by the insatiable drive to accumulate wealth, these corporations, which were owned by and closely affiliated to his cronies, violated the rights of Indigenous Peoples to their own lands by conducting extractive projects. These large-scale projects, such as energy, logging, and mining projects, were framed as “development projects.” Partnered by these development projects was the intensified presence of the military in the provinces. In the Cordillera, the World Bank funded the construction of four huge dams along the Chico River. These dams would have submerged Indigenous communities in Kalinga and Mountain Province and had their lands and livelihoods wiped out. Cellophil Resources Corporation, which was founded by Marcos Sr. crony Herminio Disini, was granted two hundred thousand hectares of forest land for logging and paper pulp operations in Abra. The corporation began its extractive operations on ancestral land despite opposition from the Tingguian communities who own the area. Through unity and collective resistance, the Indigenous communities of Kalinga, Abra, and Mountain Province were able to overthrow these damaging projects supported by military forces. However, the battle of Indigenous communities against development aggressions did not end when the Martial Law was lifted in 1981 and when Marcos Sr.’s tyrannical rule ended in 1986. The struggle for the right to ancestral lands still goes on up until the present Marcos Jr. administration.

Bureaucrat capitalism enabled the continuity of fascism from Marcos Sr. to Marcos Jr. Activists and critics are disappeared by military forces. The debt of the Philippines to external entities continues to balloon. Red-tagging and intimidation from the state are experienced by journalists. The entire nation gets flooded more intensely despite billions of pesos of taxpayer money invested in flood control projects. Development projects still encroach on ancestral land and displace communities from their homes. Crescent Mining and Development Corporation still threatens to seize the ancestral land of the Indigenous Peoples in Mankayan, Benguet to make way for its mining operations. The proposed Gened Dam projects of the Pan Pacific Renewable Power Philippines Corporation in Apayao began its operations despite opposition from the Isneg communities. Protesters in Kasibu and Dupax Del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya are harassed and arrested by police forces when all they do is stand for their land. The proposed Pax Silica in Tarlac threatens to displace families from the area and contaminate nearby rivers with toxic chemicals. The Filipino people continue the brunt of corruption while those in power continue to make themselves rich from the hard-earned money of taxpayers.

On this fifty-fourth year of the commemoration of the Martial Law, we, The Anthropology Organization, take a stand to never forget the atrocities brought by Marcos Sr.’s inhumane rule. We continue to demand justice for the victims of state-sponsored violence. We continue to demand accountability from all public officials to take action and show concern over the problems that plague the different sectors of the Philippine nation. We condemn the system of bureaucratic capitalism that perpetuates cycles of corruption and self-serving political dynasties that monopolize and exploit the natural resources and human labor of the Filipinos. As an organization that puts a premium on serving the people, TAO demands the current Marcos Jr. administration to stop repeating the sins of the past terms, to stop the attacks on IP, human rights, and environment defenders, to take action and halt all development projects that jeopardize natural resources, to resurface the disappeared individuals, and to stop all state-enforced violence.

Para sa tao. Para sa bayan.

21/09/2026

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 | 𝟓𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐀𝐖 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

On September 21, 1972, the Philippines was placed under Martial Law, starting a regime of injustice and abuse. This regime was marked by state-sponsored violence, unjust detention, heinous torture, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings intended to suppress the people. Beyond these atrocities, this reign was marked by systemic corruption, stolen public funds, and economic downfall that affected millions of Filipinos. Today marks its 54th anniversary. 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

We must remember the economic hardship the people faced while the Marcos cronies plundered public funds. We must correct the “golden age” myths created by the regime and recognize the long-term effects of massive national debt, crony capitalism, and severe government mismanagement, especially in sectors where people most need government intervention. In the agricultural sector, Filipinos' wages dropped to 30% in 1986 (Boyce, 1993). Filipino farmers were also denied proper agrarian reform. Rice and cornfield lands were covered only under the P.D. 27 land redistribution program, under which farmers could obtain only three hectares of irrigated land or five hectares of non-irrigated land, with the condition that they join a government-owned farmers’ cooperative for land repayments (Tadem, 2015). This redistribution program prevented other farmers from receiving the benefits of proper land ownership that they should have earned under this decree during this supposed “golden age.”

Furthermore, it was a time when Filipinos experienced high inequality between the rich and the poor. Although the regime is reported to have high economic growth, prices rose with inflation as high as 34.2% in 1974 during Martial Law (World Bank, 2026). This shows that prices tripled during the regime. In addition, daily wages for urban workers fell by up to 75% (Boyce, 1993). Lower wages and rising prices gravely reduce people’s capacity to spend on household wants and needs, and by 1985, 43.3% of Filipinos lived below the social poverty line (World Bank, 2026). The “New Society” claims to bring stability and economic growth: 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴.

As we commemorate the Martial Law’s 54th anniversary, let us remember the abuses, injustices, and unfulfilled promises that the government has given us. It is high time that we stand against systemic corruption, plunder, and unlawful abuse. 𝙒𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤-𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮.

𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧. 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.









References:

Boyce, J. K. (1993). The political economy of growth and impoverishment in the Marcos era. Ateneo De Manila University Press.
Tadem, E. C. (2015). Technocracy and the Peasantry: Martial Law Development Paradigms and Philippine Agrarian Reform. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 45(3), 394–418. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2014.983538
World Bank. (2026). Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line (% of population) - Philippines. World Bank. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.SOPO?end=1989&locations=PH
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21/09/2026

𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐧, 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧: 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫

Noong 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘆𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟭, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟮, nilagdaan ng dating Pangulong diktador Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. ang Proklamasyon Blg. 1081 na nagdeklara ng Batas Militar sa buong bansa. Dalawang araw matapos itong lagdaan, noong Setyembre 23, 1972, inanunsyo sa publiko ang deklarasyon. Sa ilalim ng Batas Militar, isinara ang mga pribadong himpilan ng pamamahayag, ipinatupad ang mga curfew, ipinagbawal ang ilang anyo ng pagtitipon at protesta, at pinalawak ang kapangyarihan ng ehekutibo at militar (Amnesty International, 2018). Sinundan ito ng malawakang pag-aresto at pagkakakulong sa mga kritiko at itinuturing na kalaban ng pamahalaan, kabilang ang mga mamamahayag, aktibista, lider-manggagawa, estudyante, pesante, at mga tagapagtanggol ng karapatang pantao.

Ayon sa Amnesty International, tinatayang 70,000 katao ang nakulong, 34,000 ang dumanas ng tortyur at karahasan, at mahigit 3,200 ang pinaslang sa ilalim ng rehimeng Marcos. Gayunman, hindi kailanman magiging sapat ang mga numerong ito upang ganap na mailarawan ang lawak at lalim ng mga karanasang pinagdaanan ng mga biktima. Binibigyang-diin ng organisasyon na mahirap tukuyin ang eksaktong kabuuang bilang ng mga biktima dahil sa limitasyon ng mga rekord at dokumentasyon ng mga paglabag na naganap sa panahong iyon. Higit pa sa pagiging estadistika, ang bawat bilang ay mga indibidwal at pamilyang naapektuhan ng pagkawala ng kanilang kalayaan, kabuhayan, dangal, seguridad, at mga mahal sa buhay.

Ngayon, sa ating paggunita sa 𝗶𝗸𝗮-𝟱𝟰 𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿, nararapat sariwain ang mga pangyayaring ito hindi lamang bilang mga tala sa kasaysayan, kundi bilang bahagi ng tunggalian sa kapangyarihan, pananagutan, at paghubog ng kolektibong alaala. Ang paggunita ay hindi lamang usapin ng pag-alala, kundi ng pagtukoy kung aling mga karanasan ang kinikilala, aling mga salaysay ang pinakikinggan, at kung alin ang maaaring tuluyang mabura sa kamalayan ng lipunan.

𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗶, 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗨𝗣𝗕, 𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝘀𝗮 𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗼, 𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗮 𝗻𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗽 𝘀𝗮 𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗺 𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼. Ang usapin ng Batas Militar ay hindi lamang bahagi ng nakaraan, sapagkat ang mga pang-aabuso sa kapangyarihan at pagsikil sa mga karapatan ng mamamayan ay mga aral na patuloy nating kailangang kilalanin, alalahanin, at pagnilayan. Sa harap nito, mahalagang kilalanin na ang kalayaan at demokrasya ay napangangalagaan lamang kung may mamamayang handang magtanong, manindigan, at maningil ng pananagutan sa mga nasa kapangyarihan.
Sa isang demokratikong lipunan, ang pagtatanong, pagtutol, at sama-samang pagkilos ay hindi dapat ituring na banta sa awtoridad, kundi mga lehitimong paraan ng pakikilahok ng mamamayan sa pamamahala. 𝗔𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗸𝗮𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗼; 𝘀𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝘂𝗺𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘆𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗶 𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗮 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗸𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝘁𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗸 𝗻𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘆𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀, 𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻. Sa huli, hindi dapat isara at kalimutan ang kabanata ng Batas Militar, sapagkat ang mga sugat, pananagutan, at aral nito ay nananatili. Tungkulin nating pangalagaan ang katotohanan at ipagtanggol ang mga kalayaang hindi na dapat muling ipagkait.

Sulat ni: John Lloyd Moralit
Inilapat ni: Althea Del Rosario

Reference:
Amnesty International. (2018, September 21). Philippines: Restore respect for human rights on the 46th anniversary of Martial Law. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa35/9139/2018/en/

21/09/2026

20/09/2026

𝗞𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗬𝗔 𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗡, 𝗣𝗔𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗬 𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗞𝗔!

Sa paggunita natin sa ika-54 anibersaryo ng Batas Militar, tinatawag muli tayong mga Konsensya ng Bayan na ipadagundong ang ating mga panawagan at panaghoy sa lansangan. Sa parehong rehimen ng mag-tatay na Marcos, hindi pa rin natin nababanaag ang mga pangako nila ng “Bagong Lipunan” at “Bagong Pilipinas.”

Dumalo at magpadalo sa ating paggunita at pagkilos bukas, Setyembre 21, 2026!

🔻ALTERNATIBONG KLASE (AKLAS)
⏰1 PM - 5 PM | UP Baguio
Mag-rehistro rito: bit.ly/AklasML54

🔻MARTSA-RALI ASSEMBLY
⏰5 PM | UP Baguio

Kasama ang UPB USC CSS Committee at CSS BOAO, Konsensya ng Bayan, sama-sama tayong manindigan sa lansangan!

𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿, 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗮. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻, 𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗽𝗮! 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘀-𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲, 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮! 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘆𝗮 𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻, 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗞𝗔!

16/09/2026

“𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐡'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲; 𝐢𝐟, 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭.” (𝐄𝐣𝐚𝐲 𝖔𝖓 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐝 | 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐)

In commemorating , we gather and witness Kip Oebanda’s masterpiece film “Liway” (2018). In this 1 hour and 44 minute story, we take a step away from the statistics and dip our toes into the personal hell of a young mother retelling her everyday reality. Trying to give her son a normal childhood, she uses Philippine mythology and folklore as a metaphor to shield his innocence from the traumatic regime. However, as the regime becomes more oppressive and their lives at the prison camp become even more uncertain, they are faced with the difficult decision of fighting for their future at the cost of never seeing each other ever again.

“𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯”

As the mother and son duo hold onto this promise, we bravely hold onto it as well. Join us today at the CSS AVR at 6 PM, realize the realities of the past, and reflect on the present. Did we truly eradicate the oppression seen in the film? Have we actually freed ourselves from the dictatorship, or have we just put a ‘new’ name on the mantle?

"On Dakip's baptism day, the priest suggested changing his name. Day and Ric agreed to change it to Kip.
.. Directed by Kip Oebanda"

Kitakits!

Register here:
https://forms.gle/fRvthJmaUUX2FecS9
https://forms.gle/fRvthJmaUUX2FecS9
https://forms.gle/fRvthJmaUUX2FecS9

✍️: Margaret Torio (CSS R&A Focal Head)

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆:
Amnesty International Philippines UP Baguio (AIPH UPB)
Alliance of Concerned Students (ACS UPB)
Alternatibong Katipunán ng mga Mag-aaral sa UP (AKMA UP)
League of Filipino Students - UP Baguio (LFS-UPB)
Innabuyog Gabriela Youth UP Baguio (IGY-UPB)

𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵:
UP Integrated Students in Psychology (UP ISIP)
The Management Economics Society (The MESoc)
Politically Inclined Students of UP Baguio (POLIS UPB)
UPB Sociology Guild (UPB SOGU)
The Anthropology Organization (TAO UPB)
UP Kalipunan ng Mag-aaral sa Kasaysayan (UP KAMALAYAN)

14/09/2026

𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗴𝗮 𝗸𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗺𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗮 𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗮𝗹𝗮.

Isang ina, isang anak, at mga kuwentong naging sandigan sa gitna ng isang madilim na yugto ng ating kasaysayan.

Sa 𝐋𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐲 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖), ipinakita na kahit maaaring ikulong ang katawan, hindi madaling ikulong ang alaala, pag-asa, at hangarin para sa kalayaan.

Bilang bahagi ng paggunita sa Batas Militar, iniimbitahan ang mga Iskolar ng Bayan sa gaganaping film viewing ng pelikulang Liway (2018) sa Setyembre 16, ganap na ika-6:00 ng gabi sa CSS AVR.

Dahil ang pag-alala ay bahagi ng ating pananagutan sa kasaysayan. Kitakits!

Magrehistro rito:

https://forms.gle/fRvthJmaUUX2FecS9
https://forms.gle/fRvthJmaUUX2FecS9
https://forms.gle/fRvthJmaUUX2FecS9

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆:
Amnesty International Philippines UP Baguio (AIPH UPB)
Alliance of Concerned Students (ACS UPB)
Alternatibong Katipunán ng mga Mag-aaral sa UP (AKMA UP)
League of Filipino Students - UP Baguio (LFS-UPB)
Innabuyog Gabriela Youth UP Baguio (IGY-UPB)

𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵:
UP Integrated Students in Psychology (UP ISIP)
The Management Economics Society (The MESoc)
Politically Inclined Students of UP Baguio (POLIS UPB)
UPB Sociology Guild (UPB SOGU)
The Anthropology Organization (TAO UPB)
UP Kalipunan ng Mag-aaral sa Kasaysayan (UP KAMALAYAN)

✍️: Hannah Tolentino, Maveejoy Bayle (CSS VolCorps)