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Uphold the Militant and Revolutionary Tradition of the First Quarter Storm!
On the 37th anniversary of the First Quarter Storm of 1970, we, the members of the First Quarter Storm Network (FQSN) in the United States, pay tribute to all the living activists and masses who participated in this historic event and to those martyrs who have given up their lives for the people, and were products of this momentous occasion. On January 26, 1970, the national-democratic movement and other sectors mobilized in front of the Philippine Congress to protest the intervention of then President Marcos on the Constitutional Convention of 1971. Aware that Marcos was out to perpetuate himself in power, the youth movement then led by the Kabataang Makabayan (KM – Patriotic Youth) and the Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan (SDK – Democratic Youth Association) and other youth groups mobilized more than 50,000, called for true systemic change and not to hinge their hope on a “non-partisan constitutional convention” – then slogan of the Christian socialist and reformist sectors. The fascist military and police brutally attacked the unarmed protestors and ushered in the series of mass action now known as the First Quarter Storm (FQS). Hundreds of students were beaten up, arrested, and jailed. Both the militant and the reformist youths scheduled massive indignation rallies and actions within the next days. On January 30 and 31, 1970, during the indignation marches and rallies, angry students and youth, who were defending themselves again from unprovoked attacks by the military and police as well as water-housing firemen, stormed the gates of Malacañang. Using a captured fire engine, they rammed the gates and made it inside the compound of the palace.
On the 37th anniversary of the First Quarter Storm of 1970, we, the members of the First Quarter Storm Network (FQSN) in the United States, pay tribute to all the living activists and masses who participated in this historic event and to those martyrs who have given up their lives for the people, and were products of this momentous occasion. On January 26, 1970, the national-democratic movement and other sectors mobilized in front of the Philippine Congress to protest the intervention of then President Marcos on the Constitutional Convention of 1971. Aware that Marcos was out to perpetuate himself in power, the youth movement then led by the Kabataang Makabayan (KM – Patriotic Youth) and the Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan (SDK – Democratic Youth Association) and other youth groups mobilized more than 50,000, called for true systemic change and not to hinge their hope on a “non-partisan constitutional convention” – then slogan of the Christian socialist and reformist sectors. The fascist military and police brutally attacked the unarmed protestors and ushered in the series of mass action now known as the First Quarter Storm (FQS). Hundreds of students were beaten up, arrested, and jailed. Both the militant and the reformist youths scheduled massive indignation rallies and actions within the next days. On January 30 and 31, 1970, during the indignation marches and rallies, angry students and youth, who were defending themselves again from unprovoked attacks by the military and police as well as water-housing firemen, stormed the gates of Malacañang. Using a captured fire engine, they rammed the gates and made it inside the compound of the palace.
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