Goodbye, Nena–till we meet again
She went on the anniversary of martial law to make doubly sure I don’t forget.
She went on the anniversary of martial law to make doubly sure I don’t forget.
Two weeks ago, we completed a three-part lecture series entitled “Finding the Filipino Soul, Narratives of Nationhood.” The first part covered the period from the La Liga Filipina of José Rizal to the declaration of martial law; followed by the martial law years to Edsa 1986; and capped by the post-Edsa years to the present. Close to 50 media practitioners, mostly millennials, attended the lectures.
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Four days before the 44th anniversary of the declaration of martial law on Sept. 21, victims of that repressive era gathered in Quezon City to launch a book that not only looks back on the excesses of the Marcos dictatorship but examines succeeding administrations’ shortcomings in educating the public about the abuses of that time.
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