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POV: Our view as we march through the crowded overpass and attempt to reach EDSA Shrine, as part of the Trillion Peso March last Sunday. 2/2
September 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
POV: Our view as we march through the crowded overpass and attempt to reach EDSA Shrine, as part of the Trillion Peso March last Sunday. 2/2
POV: Our view as we march through the crowded overpass and attempt to reach EDSA Shrine, as part of the Trillion Peso March last Sunday. 1/2
September 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
POV: Our view as we march through the crowded overpass and attempt to reach EDSA Shrine, as part of the Trillion Peso March last Sunday. 1/2
4:35 PM: As we attempt to march upwards through the overpass along with many other protestors, we are delayed by members of the PNP, who seem to be attempting to clear part of the road for vehicles.
September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
4:35 PM: As we attempt to march upwards through the overpass along with many other protestors, we are delayed by members of the PNP, who seem to be attempting to clear part of the road for vehicles.
LOOK: The crowd here at the Trillion Peso March in EDSA is so large that even the footbridges and overpasses above are crowded with participants.
September 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
LOOK: The crowd here at the Trillion Peso March in EDSA is so large that even the footbridges and overpasses above are crowded with participants.
At 4:07 PM the joint SPARK and Partido Pandayan contingent marches forward, carrying tarps that call for unity between workers and students, and chanting "Sahod itaas, presyo ibaba!"
This has become a regular demand at protests in the Philippines due to concerns over low wages and high prices.
This has become a regular demand at protests in the Philippines due to concerns over low wages and high prices.
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
At 4:07 PM the joint SPARK and Partido Pandayan contingent marches forward, carrying tarps that call for unity between workers and students, and chanting "Sahod itaas, presyo ibaba!"
This has become a regular demand at protests in the Philippines due to concerns over low wages and high prices.
This has become a regular demand at protests in the Philippines due to concerns over low wages and high prices.
Side-by-side with the SPARK contingent are representatives of Partido Pandayan, a socialist political party within the Ateneo de Manila campus.
September 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Side-by-side with the SPARK contingent are representatives of Partido Pandayan, a socialist political party within the Ateneo de Manila campus.
3:50 PM: A contingent of demonstrators representing SPARK arrive from further down the street, behind the present crowd.
SPARK is a youth-oriented progressive organization whose members have expressed anti-capitalist, anti-Marcos, and anti-Duterte sentiment.
SPARK is a youth-oriented progressive organization whose members have expressed anti-capitalist, anti-Marcos, and anti-Duterte sentiment.
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
3:50 PM: A contingent of demonstrators representing SPARK arrive from further down the street, behind the present crowd.
SPARK is a youth-oriented progressive organization whose members have expressed anti-capitalist, anti-Marcos, and anti-Duterte sentiment.
SPARK is a youth-oriented progressive organization whose members have expressed anti-capitalist, anti-Marcos, and anti-Duterte sentiment.
Immediately after Bayan Ko, the speaker begins to play 'Upuan' by Gloc 9. While not explicitly an anti-Martial Law song, the track is a critique of the divide between the Filipino upper class and lower class.
September 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Immediately after Bayan Ko, the speaker begins to play 'Upuan' by Gloc 9. While not explicitly an anti-Martial Law song, the track is a critique of the divide between the Filipino upper class and lower class.
LOOK: 'Bayan Ko' by Freddie Aguilar, a famous protest song against the Martial Law dictatorship, plays over loudspeaker here at the Trillion Peso March in EDSA. Many in the crowd, particularly older participants, are singing along.
September 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
LOOK: 'Bayan Ko' by Freddie Aguilar, a famous protest song against the Martial Law dictatorship, plays over loudspeaker here at the Trillion Peso March in EDSA. Many in the crowd, particularly older participants, are singing along.
3:26 PM: Protestors continue to move through the streets, bearing Philippine flags and placards.
Prior to the rally, Church leaders reportedly advised that participants wear white shirts as a symbol of solidarity against corruption. While many have abided by this, others wear black instead.
Prior to the rally, Church leaders reportedly advised that participants wear white shirts as a symbol of solidarity against corruption. While many have abided by this, others wear black instead.
September 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
3:26 PM: Protestors continue to move through the streets, bearing Philippine flags and placards.
Prior to the rally, Church leaders reportedly advised that participants wear white shirts as a symbol of solidarity against corruption. While many have abided by this, others wear black instead.
Prior to the rally, Church leaders reportedly advised that participants wear white shirts as a symbol of solidarity against corruption. While many have abided by this, others wear black instead.
2:51 PM: A brief surge of sudden rain forces many in the crowd to open their umbrellas. Some go back inside the mall to wait out the rain, which begins to die down at around 3:15 PM.
September 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
2:51 PM: A brief surge of sudden rain forces many in the crowd to open their umbrellas. Some go back inside the mall to wait out the rain, which begins to die down at around 3:15 PM.
CONTEXT: The People Power Revolution of 1986 was a series of thousands-strong rallies that ousted former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. from power. His two-decade long dictatorship was infamous for its human rights abuses.
Marcos' son, 'Bongbong' Marcos, is the incumbent president of the country.
Marcos' son, 'Bongbong' Marcos, is the incumbent president of the country.
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
CONTEXT: The People Power Revolution of 1986 was a series of thousands-strong rallies that ousted former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. from power. His two-decade long dictatorship was infamous for its human rights abuses.
Marcos' son, 'Bongbong' Marcos, is the incumbent president of the country.
Marcos' son, 'Bongbong' Marcos, is the incumbent president of the country.
LOOK: At the Trillion Peso March in EDSA, placards demand justice for those affected by inadequate flood control projects, such as in Bulacan, and express anger towards corrupt politicians. Others demand Pres. Marcos' resignation.
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
LOOK: At the Trillion Peso March in EDSA, placards demand justice for those affected by inadequate flood control projects, such as in Bulacan, and express anger towards corrupt politicians. Others demand Pres. Marcos' resignation.
2:26 PM: Protestors clad in white are already gathered in the streets outside Robinsons Mall, waving Philippine flags and carrying placards.
A nearby sound system plays Martial Law era protest songs, such as 'Magkaisa' and 'Bayan Ko', expressing continuity with the 1986 People Power Revolution.
A nearby sound system plays Martial Law era protest songs, such as 'Magkaisa' and 'Bayan Ko', expressing continuity with the 1986 People Power Revolution.
September 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
2:26 PM: Protestors clad in white are already gathered in the streets outside Robinsons Mall, waving Philippine flags and carrying placards.
A nearby sound system plays Martial Law era protest songs, such as 'Magkaisa' and 'Bayan Ko', expressing continuity with the 1986 People Power Revolution.
A nearby sound system plays Martial Law era protest songs, such as 'Magkaisa' and 'Bayan Ko', expressing continuity with the 1986 People Power Revolution.
However, despite the end of the talk proper, the conversation continues here at Kostka Extension as the attendees present discuss the intricacies of the Philippine Revolution, particularly the relationship between messianic peasant movements and the more educated and bourgeois Katipuneros.
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
However, despite the end of the talk proper, the conversation continues here at Kostka Extension as the attendees present discuss the intricacies of the Philippine Revolution, particularly the relationship between messianic peasant movements and the more educated and bourgeois Katipuneros.
The discussion is punctuated by a slide on the Mass Line, a three part process of listening to the concerns of the masses (workers and peasants), consolidating and building solidarity between them and between us, and using dialogue as a tool to find revolutionary solutions to collective problems.
August 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The discussion is punctuated by a slide on the Mass Line, a three part process of listening to the concerns of the masses (workers and peasants), consolidating and building solidarity between them and between us, and using dialogue as a tool to find revolutionary solutions to collective problems.
DE LA CRUZ: Fascism is an ideology of illusions. [Our best weapon against it] is the Mass Line, which we use to maintain our clarity and our [revolutionary consciousness], to continue to resist.
August 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
DE LA CRUZ: Fascism is an ideology of illusions. [Our best weapon against it] is the Mass Line, which we use to maintain our clarity and our [revolutionary consciousness], to continue to resist.
DE LA CRUZ: Drawing from the lessons of history, [we must unite with the exploited]. Fascism is finding new and old scapegoats -- communism, drugs, [and others]. Pinakaprinsipyo natin ito sa paglaban sa pasismo ... it is the fight against the false consciousness instilled by fascist rhetoric.
August 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
DE LA CRUZ: Drawing from the lessons of history, [we must unite with the exploited]. Fascism is finding new and old scapegoats -- communism, drugs, [and others]. Pinakaprinsipyo natin ito sa paglaban sa pasismo ... it is the fight against the false consciousness instilled by fascist rhetoric.
US imperialism continued puppeteering the Philippine ruling class, according to de la Cruz. She states that the number of [disappearances] even increased under Cory, compared to Marcos Sr.
August 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
US imperialism continued puppeteering the Philippine ruling class, according to de la Cruz. She states that the number of [disappearances] even increased under Cory, compared to Marcos Sr.
However, Speaker de la Cruz and the members of the discussion group alike mention that People Power did not bring an end to the aforementioned social issues, particularly the tatsulok.
"It was a regime change, not a systemic change," goes their central statement.
"It was a regime change, not a systemic change," goes their central statement.
August 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
However, Speaker de la Cruz and the members of the discussion group alike mention that People Power did not bring an end to the aforementioned social issues, particularly the tatsulok.
"It was a regime change, not a systemic change," goes their central statement.
"It was a regime change, not a systemic change," goes their central statement.
DE LA CRUZ: The fall of the Marcos dictatorship was based on the people's resistance, the unity of the most exploited [magsasaka, manggagawa]. People Power did not happen overnight, it was the result of years of effort by the anti-dictatorship movement.
August 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
DE LA CRUZ: The fall of the Marcos dictatorship was based on the people's resistance, the unity of the most exploited [magsasaka, manggagawa]. People Power did not happen overnight, it was the result of years of effort by the anti-dictatorship movement.
DE LA CRUZ: Foreign exchange policies became unprofitable and unpopular.
One attendee also points out infighting between the technocrats and the cronies as weakening the Marcos dictatorship from within. The US also pulled support as soon as the dictatorship became too unpopular.
One attendee also points out infighting between the technocrats and the cronies as weakening the Marcos dictatorship from within. The US also pulled support as soon as the dictatorship became too unpopular.
August 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
DE LA CRUZ: Foreign exchange policies became unprofitable and unpopular.
One attendee also points out infighting between the technocrats and the cronies as weakening the Marcos dictatorship from within. The US also pulled support as soon as the dictatorship became too unpopular.
One attendee also points out infighting between the technocrats and the cronies as weakening the Marcos dictatorship from within. The US also pulled support as soon as the dictatorship became too unpopular.
Mara outlines various historical strategies used against fascism in the Philippines. Armed insurgency was carried out in the country side to weaken martial law, the urban mass movement strengthened unity among the exploited classes, and towards the end, the regime lost support among the ruling class
August 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Mara outlines various historical strategies used against fascism in the Philippines. Armed insurgency was carried out in the country side to weaken martial law, the urban mass movement strengthened unity among the exploited classes, and towards the end, the regime lost support among the ruling class
The discussion now moves to the Historical Resistance to Fascism, the central point of the talk.
Mentioned are the HUKABALAHAP, national democratic movement, and NPA.
Mentioned are the HUKABALAHAP, national democratic movement, and NPA.
August 29, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The discussion now moves to the Historical Resistance to Fascism, the central point of the talk.
Mentioned are the HUKABALAHAP, national democratic movement, and NPA.
Mentioned are the HUKABALAHAP, national democratic movement, and NPA.