Many of us do want to live in peace and freedom, but not all are willing to fight for it.
Many stayed silent and neutral, but these people chose to fight against a fascist government.
There’s no better way to commemorate the Philippine Independence Day than a protest against a bill that would allow the government to legalize their lawlessness.
Activism is not terrorism, it is a legacy from our national heroes who offered their lives for freedom.
[Entry 317, The SubSelfie Blog]
About the Author:
Anjo Lapresca is UP Fine Arts alumnus who became a freelance commercial photographer and director seeking contribution to the community of journalists through images and stories.
Anjo’s works mainly focus on environmental portrait photography. Also works as partner / photographer at Alivve Studios production house.
Conferring the ‘hero’ status to a dictator who was clearly responsible for much of the country’s economic woes, corruption in government bureaucracy and perpetrator of human rights violations–it boggles the mind.
As the year 1972 ended for the Philippines, things that have been set into motion by President Ferdinand Marcos since his first term began in 1965 was coming into fruition.
September 23, 1972, Midnight. It began at night, as all crimes are done. That is, Philippine democracy died in the cover of darkness. As the entire country slept soundly, President Ferdinand Marcos had sent out the military to round up the media, the opposition statesmen, activist leaders, writers, artists, all of whom have expressed a…
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President Ferdinand Marcos, ever the paranoid leader, never revealed his plans for Martial Law to his close associates, except to a selected few, many of whom were within his inner circle of advisers.
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Activism is not terrorism, it is a legacy from our national heroes who offered their lives for freedom.
[Entry 317, The SubSelfie Blog]
About the Author:
Anjo Lapresca is UP Fine Arts alumnus who became a freelance commercial photographer and director seeking contribution to the community of journalists through images and stories.
Anjo’s works mainly focus on environmental portrait photography. Also works as partner / photographer at Alivve Studios production house.
Unknown to many, the Martial Law documents were already prepared as early as 1971 and a series of bombings in Metro Manila that year was just the beginning of terror.
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There’s no better way to commemorate the Philippine Independence Day than a protest against a bill that would allow the government to legalize their lawlessness.
Activism is not terrorism, it is a legacy from our national heroes who offered their lives for freedom.
[Entry 317, The SubSelfie Blog]
About the Author:
Anjo Lapresca is UP Fine Arts alumnus who became a freelance commercial photographer and director seeking contribution to the community of journalists through images and stories.
Anjo’s works mainly focus on environmental portrait photography. Also works as partner / photographer at Alivve Studios production house.
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