Duterte’s threats and shades of 1971

Diokno joins Caloocan march Oct 1971
DIOKNO IN CALOOCAN MARCH. Senator Jose W. Diokno marches with rain-drenched activists from Avenida Rizal to Monumento during a particular mass action in October 1971 to protest the violence of Mayor Asistio’s goons and still in line with the struggle for civil liberties against fascist attacks by the US-Marcos regime.

In case Duterte carries out his threat of suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, it will turn into a scenario that’s a near-parallel of 1971 under the presidency of his idol, then-President Ferdinand Marcos. Continue reading “Duterte’s threats and shades of 1971”