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LOOK: Diliman Commune's 50th anniversary
LOOK: Diliman Commune's 50th anniversary
ABS-CBN News
Published Feb 02, 2021 12:50 AM PHT
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Updated Feb 02, 2021 02:44 AM PHT
The original event came at a critical juncture in the country's history, coming on the heels of the studentry's growing boldness to challenge the authoritarian tendencies of the administration of Ferdinand Marcos after the turbulent First Quarter Storm of 1970.
The original event came at a critical juncture in the country's history, coming on the heels of the studentry's growing boldness to challenge the authoritarian tendencies of the administration of Ferdinand Marcos after the turbulent First Quarter Storm of 1970.
That boldness led to the Diliman Commune in 1971, when students supported jeepney drivers' strike due to oil price hike and barricaded the University of the Philippines campus for nine days.
That boldness led to the Diliman Commune in 1971, when students supported jeepney drivers' strike due to oil price hike and barricaded the University of the Philippines campus for nine days.
Fifty years later, the same campus has again been thrust in the center of political turmoil, this time against the perceived ministrations of the government of President Rodrigo Duterte on established democratic rights.
Fifty years later, the same campus has again been thrust in the center of political turmoil, this time against the perceived ministrations of the government of President Rodrigo Duterte on established democratic rights.
The abrogation of the decades-old UP-DND Accord, which prevents police and the military from entering the campus without prior notice to the school administration, has only made the 50th year commemoration of the Diliman Commune more significant.
The abrogation of the decades-old UP-DND Accord, which prevents police and the military from entering the campus without prior notice to the school administration, has only made the 50th year commemoration of the Diliman Commune more significant.
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The same boldness is again on exhibit as the campus remains one of the few places where protesters have been able to express their views against government policies and the commemoration only serves to strengthen the resolve of the UP academic community to keep this tradition.
The same boldness is again on exhibit as the campus remains one of the few places where protesters have been able to express their views against government policies and the commemoration only serves to strengthen the resolve of the UP academic community to keep this tradition.
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