The term ‘Solid North’ first came up during the quest of one Ferdinand Edralin Marcos for the highest political post of the land–the Presidency. It was understood to mean that Ilocanos and Ilocano-speaking persons in Northern Luzon will vote as a bloc for Marcos. Marcos’ election to the Senate and his election and re-election as [...]
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Solid North?
Posted: March 9, 2012 in British American Tobacco, Chavit Singson, cigarette taxes, Eric Singson, Ferdinand Marcos, Fidel Ramos, Ilocano, Ilocanos, Ilocos region, Lucio Tan, Northern Luzon, Northern Luzon Alliance, Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corp., Philippines, President Fidel Ramos, Ryan Singson, sin taxes, Virginia leaf tobaccoTags: cigarette taxes, Ferdinand Marcos, Fidel Ramos, Lucio Tan, Philippine political economy, Philippine politics, Philippines, sin taxes
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EDSA People Power 1986: Fading Luster and Revisionist History
Posted: February 25, 2012 in Cory Aquino, Disappearances, Ferdinand Marcos, Historical revisionism, Human rights, Mahatma Gandhi, Marcos dictatorship, Ninoy Aquino, Non-violent politics, People power, Philippine political history, Portugal's Carnation Revolution, Torture, White-wash of Marcos wrong-doingTags: Philippine politics, Philippines
Twenty six years ago today, a failed military coup that morphed into a popular uprising finally ousted and forced the flight of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his close family members and associates to Hawaii after four days. Notwithstanding the presence of armed soldiers on both sides, the uprising was largely non-violent and introduced ‘people [...]
On Marcos: e-mail from Evanston, Illinois
Posted: April 23, 2011 in Archie Trajano, Disappearances, Ferdinand Marcos, Human rights, Jeff Winters, Marcos dictatorship, Philippine political history, Philippine politics, Send the Marcoses back to exile!, Torture, White-wash of Marcos wrong-doingFrom: Jeffrey Winters winters@northwestern.edu To: Bong Mendoza amado.mendozajr@gmail.com date Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:31 PM Dear Bong et. al., First, the Philippines allowed Imelda back in, as well as the wretched daughter Imee (remember Archie Trojano anyone?). Then Marcos’s body was let back into the country. That was the error of errors. At [...]
