22/09/2025
edsa and martial law commemoration mobs have always been personal to me. ritwal siya ng pag-alala. sa sakripisyo ni lolo ben, lola nancy, lolo nick, lola bing, at sa libo-libong nakibaka laban sa diktadura.
noong dekada 70, nakibaka ang masa laban sa kurapsyon at katiwaliang gumugutom sa kanila. ngayong araw, nakibaka ang masa laban sa kurapsyon at katiwaliang lumulunod sa atin.
53 years apart pero hindi nagkakalayo. pareho nga yung pangalan ng presidente eh. this shows us that history repeats itself when we forget. history repeats itself when we deny the truth to make room for our biases. history repeats itself when we don’t see how democracy is a fragile thing that is fought for continuously.
if there’s anything i learned today, it’s that i can fall back and have the masses catch me. the people in power cannot say the same. kaya pinag-aaway nila tayo para makalimutan nating sila ang tunay na kaaway.
contrary to what they make us believe, we are more alike than we think. we are all victims of their corruption, human rights abuses, and impunity. we share the same outrage, grief, and hope.
we have each other. and together, we are going to remember. we are going to make them remember.