Martial Law@50: Alaala at Kasaysayan ng Pagbabalikwas features academic papers that investigate new and important issues and topics about the dictatorship such as the peasant movement under the dictatorship, children’s literature on Martial Law, and online disinformation and historical distortions. The book also underscores the lived experiences of individuals who were organized under the national democratic movement like Bonifacio Ilagan, Judy Taguiwalo, Grace Mahinay, Carol Araullo, and others. It also includes one of Jose Maria Sison’s last works before his demise in December 2022.
Gealogo, Francis A., Laurence Marvin S. Castillo, Francisco Jayme Paolo A. Guiang, Michael D. Pante, and Reginald S. Vallejos (eds.). Martial Law @50: Alaala at Kasaysayan ng Pagbabalikwas. Quezon City: IBON Foundation, Inc., 2022.
This academic study published by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) disproves the controversial assertion that Ferdinand E. Marcos was a World War II hero. In this work, the NHCP conducts a detailed primary source analysis to show that the purported Marcos medals and his “Maharlika” guerilla unit were all a product of forgeries and invented narratives. NHCP’s study is a perfect resource material for students, teachers, and researchers who are interested not only in Martial Law studies but also in historical methods.
National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Why Ferdinand E. Marcos should not be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Manila: National Historical Commission of the Philippines, 2016.
On May 2016, the group “Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law” (CARMMA) published a short video on social media days before voting commenced. Various students and young voters are shown meeting face-to-face with victims of detention and torture under the government of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., the father of then Vice Presidential Candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Noting that the full education of the regime has been lacking in schools, the video ends with a call for a petition to the Department of Education to bolster textbook content on the period.
Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA). 2016. “These young voters are in for a surprise.” Facebook, May 3, 2016.
“Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law” (CARMMA) published a 3 and a half minute video for facebook which begins by showing the television broadcast for Proclamation 1081 taking place at 7pm, September 23. It proceeds to show brief excerpts of various survivors of the regime detailing their experiences during the period. The survivors give parting advice to the audience – and the video ends with a petition call towards the Department of Education to integrate the teaching of the Martial Law Period more concisely in textbooks.
Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law (CARMMA). 2016. “Martial Law: declared on Sept. 23, 1972 – not Sept. 21.” Facebook, September 23, 2016.
