As a Filipino, I really appreciate you guys talking about this period of Philippine history that isn't talked about much here in my country. This is one of the best history RU-vid channels I have ever seen and I hope you guys continue creating great content.
@11 1 lol you judge a person by only his one video while you ignore that there a lot video of him mentioning the horrible act of stalin and communist in globe theater. History is not black and white kid, both side have monster in it, in western capitalist it's general mcarthur.
@11 1 ; I'm anti-Communist ex-Cold Warrior, and although I haven't watched the video yet, Gen. MacArthur fit the definition of megalomania. He was very good in some situations but horrible in others. For starters; While in charge of the Philippines, MacArthur did almost nothing for about nine hours following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Additionally he had a complete misunderstanding of the Philippine Army's (Defense Force) ability to defend the beacheads against Japanese attack. MacArthur was in charge, the Defense Force wasn't trained up, and most of his planes got bombed on the tarmac while he dithered. During the occupation of Japan he was not a micromanager, let the secretaries and underlings write the Japanese Constitution, treated War Criminal, Emperor Hirohito with respect (It had to be done), and the people in turn, loved him like a God, which prevented Japan from falling into Soviet Sphere Of Influence. MacArthur is a mixed bag, but most historians agree that he was megalomaniacal. This is not a Traditionalist vs. Socialist debate per se.
Aside from the pronunciation of the names (which is pretty understandable), we Filipinos truly enjoyed and appreciated the immense effort and thought into publishing this piece of Philippine history. Thank you so much and I hope you'll continue your awesome work.
Sadly some stupid ones don't understand why he was having a hard time pronouncing words that are foreign to him. They think they can do better when they speak in English and pronounce English words. Nothing but a bunch of morons with their colonial mentality.
There’s actually an interview with Luis Taruc, the Huk’s leader, on how they stockpiled their weapons and how they gathered their support from the local villages in fighting the Japanese right after the capitulation of the US-Philippine Forces in the early parts of the Pacific War.
It's amazing how many conflicts this channel has discussed which I'd simply never heard of; the Cold War period was a lot more interesting that I always used to think.
You need to do a documentary on Taiwan during this time period. As a little kid I lived on Taiwan 1954-56. My father was an advisor (MAAG Taiwan). He told me stories of how brutal Chiang Kai-Shek was towards his own people. Those were some interesting times along the China coast.
@@rangergxi No kidding, of course I know that. Chiang was tough on his own people also. There was a place called the "Racetrack" that he sent people, never to return.
I agree Taiwan needs to be covered on this channel! I always have found Taiwan and its relations across the strait interesting. Someday I would like to visit Taiwan as I’ve heard there are some old Cold War era bases that you can tour.
It's really interesting seeing other countries' and people's perspective about the philippines, it's kinda bias and emotional when u hear it from a filipino's perspective
You just hear the loud ones. It isn't hard to find someone who sounds rational and calm in the academe itself. Sadly, being louder than the ones who dont know what they're talking about can get you or your loved ones 'removed.' Since our history is heavily influenced by Nepotism and Oligarchs (many of the rich and powerful families today even have their ancestors in our history books), it's hard to speak the truth without pandering to those in power. Just look at our journalists and how they are treated. We are in the top 10 most dangerous countries to live in for a journalist. It isn't hard to see why many Filipino scholars stir away from talking even the slightest critique regarding the role of powerful families in the Philippine political system.
They are not communist HUK, but a "DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST" Filipinos. Democratic Socialism was started by Isabelo Delos Reyes in the beginning of 20century. Communism is different than Socialism, and this Socialism version is not the same as that of Soviet Socialist.
Manuel Quezon is the first president to be recognized by foreign powers. The Philippines under Emilio Aguinaldo was never recognized by any nation at that time that is why when you look at the legal standpoint Manuel Quezon is the first President. Today he is considered as the second since the posthumorous recognition of the first republic and Emilio Aguinaldo as president by the U.S and Spain.
insurgency movenment needed constant arm supply with out it will unable to substain it self Such ad huk movenment .shining path in peru or the tamil tiger.
For all of you that suggested that David et al. cover this topic, thank you. That was fascinating, and sobering. Once again, ta muchly to all involved.
I'm just learning about what my father went through in WWII. He didn't talk about the war. He wanted to stay in the Philippines after the war. He didn't want to return to the USA. He fathered a boy in WWII. This boy grew up to be a Huk. He was shot dead in 1968.I never heard of the term Huk until a few months ago The boys mother was from Cebu City and she spoke Visayan. She died at the end of the war. Her entire family was either beheaded by the Japanese or killed in an air raid by bombers of the 14th Air Force. Your program brings understanding what happened. I have much to learn. You have a good channel.
Thank you for giving us your and your father's & his son's histories here. I am saddened to hear the violence the family suffered. I wish you well in placing all this suffering into safety, from which humans must learn. Thank you.🦜🦜🦜🌴🌴🌴
You don’t need to be a member of the proletariat to be a communist, communism is meant to be unity among the proletariat and the peasants, hence the hammer and sickle. Hammer for the proletariat, sickle for the peasants.
Excellent coverage of yet another little known Cold War theatre! If at all possible I hope for some coverage of the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the short-lived CIA backed Tibetan revolt.
I though the presentation was going to be more graphic. But, I wish it had more text and photos that can complement the narration. Nonetheless, I guess it was a good start. But I hope this videos will be revisited.
Sorry but can u please put down links of all the sources u use in this video and all of your videos (past, present and future) so that me and any others who want to delve deep in this topic or any others can do so with a much more greater understanding than one summarised in a 13 minute video on RU-vid (no offense).
You can read "Born of the People" autobiography of none other by Luis Taruc, as well as The Huk Rebellion study from College of Military History - from the viewpoint of the americans. It's available online
Its still pretty much debatable though, whether its real commie coup or coup to made Sukarno down from its Presidential chair staged by CIA in order to fully made Freeport do their gold mining in Papua unrestricted with very much nothing needs to pay back to papuan or indonesian in general. The one that is pretty much real attempt to coup was the one happened in madiun where the member of PKI (Partai Komunis Indonesia/Indonesia Communist Party) kidnap and kill Governor of East Java province in year 1948.
Have you guys used the book "The Two Brothers" about the Dules bothers for any of your sources? It's a great read and covers much of their time as Sec of State and head of the CIA.
We in South East Asia have gone through many many events. Can you consider looking into them such as major events like the formation of ASEAN and the regions neutrality during the cold war?
would you mind covering an episode on Bangladesh liberation war in 1971? as it is one of the most neglected parts during the cold war...although US Navy almost decided to deploy a sheer number of naval forces in the Bay of Bengal and in return,USSR wished to counter them by sending their submarines,none seems to care about the fact which might have ignited a world war over there
Asif Saad Nothing great there! US licking Pakistan’s back because of Pakistan’s support in fighting against Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Then Soviet Union coming to India’s rescue in liberating Bangladesh. US realising that it’s not worth it and backing off!
@@karnish4956 Soviets didn't invade Afghanistan until 1979. America was scaling down its support for South Vietnam in 1971. Another war was not on our agenda in the early 70s. Especially for another war in Asia.
Can the owner of this u-tube channel be requested to featured the defeat of the US in Vietnam War & the Defeat of USSR or Soviet Union in the Afgan War! A shameful defeat and the face saving manuever of these 2 Emperialist power until the end of cold war. The lessons that there was non or no forever empire in this planet remain!
@@gregcasiano641 Not much of “defeat” in Vietnam there dude. It was more a political defeat than military one. Ever hear of Paris peace process. When we left there was a North and South Vietnam, duh 🙄
the fusion of the PKP-1930 and PSP (partido Socialista ng Pilipinas)/socialist party were key forces that formed the Hukbalahap as part of the popular front policy. it would be interesting to show how the leadership of the party of the Lava brothers and Taruc, especially post-war, screwed up in favor of parliamentary struggles or far too adventurist policies. It is from these failures that a bunch of new young communists would form a new party, and from those alienated from the Taruc-Sumulong-Lava faction, formed a new army. These are the known cpp-npa, which is now the longest running communist insurgency today.
3:50 She wasn't part of the huk. She was part of the rebel contingent in Palo, Leyte. Nieves Fernandez was a school teacher and was born from Tacloban. She was the only guerilla filipina leader during the war. She was so good with her job she had a bounty of 10K pesos. The picture you saw in the video; She was showing to one of Mac Arthur's soldier's how she slits the throats of the japanese soldiers.
@Mr Doggo Nieves Fernandez was a school teacher and was born from Tacloban. She was the only guerilla filipina leader during the war. She was so good with her job she had a bounty of 10K pesos. The picture you saw in the video; She was showing to one of Mac Arthur's soldier's how she slits the throats of the japanese soldiers.
This... I definitely didnt expect. As a Filipino, there really is a lack of details regarding cold war history besides the ones tied to Marcos. Also, we usually pronounce Huk as Hook and Osmeña as Os-men-ya (notice the ñ [enye] rooted in spanish) Edit: We also pronounce Quirino as Kee-ree-noh
It probably depends on the school, we talked about this in class even in grade school. Also, external sources exist that you could read or study on your own.
@@annieroseloquinario2044 They have no principles. They only make you think they have one to fool idealistic students to join their cause. They do nothing but rob farmers and plantations crops and livestock intimidating them by coming to their property with weapons. They are nothing but bandits.
The hukbalahap were not really communists in WW2. It was more of a network of resistance fighters coming from many different ideologies fighting a common enemy. It wasn’t until after the Japanese left that they went communist. Maybe they were driven left, maybe more and more communist influence infiltrated it by the end of the war or maybe it’s simply because everyone left after the Japanese were gone and the only ones that stayed, the only ones left and felt like they still had something to revolt against were the communist members. It’s a really sad story actually. I pity them.
I remember being told a story about a former Communist rebel in the Philippines. This story was from a story from my friends father who was a lawyer and had met with the former rebel. The rebel had explained to him as to why he joined in the first place. According to him that many of them did not join because they believed in the Communist doctrine. Many of them had joined because of how they were treated by the wealthy landowners. Whe the Martial Law era arrived many of them were abused by the Philippine Constabulary (predecessor to the Philippine National Police). These factors were ehat pushed them to join the communist rebels. This man had surrendered himself to the government and seeked legal advise from my friends father. Sadly I don't know more of what happened to him after since my friend's father kept his identity secret.
You forget arms stash of mv karagatan the migrant crisis happened in Vietnam combodia and laos some migrants came here to Vietnamese boat people and the oil crisis in the middle East like the arab isrealy war the Iran Iraq war 1st and 2nd oil crisis crappy policy of Marcos closing the Philippines foreign direct investment
WRONG! The Hukbalahap movement ended with WW2. Ka Luis Taruc continued fighting with his Hukbong Mapagpalaya sa Bayan or HMB because he was not happy that only the Japanese were driven out of the country, he wanted the Americans out also. He wanted a Philippines for Filipinos only, NOT a Philippines under American control. The Encyclopedia describes him as The Greatest Guerilla Fighter, and he was the Inspiration of Nelson Mandela in his fight against Apartheid. Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay promised to help him achieve his goal of Land Reform, and that he will not be arrested if he surrendered, but Magsaysay betrayed him and immediately put him in prison when he did. He should have long been declared a national hero but the US government will not allow that because Ka Luis is anti-American and anti-all foreign powers that want to exploit the Philippines. Ka Luis Taruc loved showed love of country without abandon and is a Great Filipino equal to Andres Bonifacio and other National Heroes. It is time all Filipinos now recognize Ka Luis Taruc as a National Hero too.
Could you talk about First Indochina war 1946-1954, Second Indochina war/Vietnam War 1965-1975, Sino-Vietnamese war/ third indo china War in 1979. I'm just asking that's all.
Goddamn of all channels that actually do something on the Philippines, I didn't expect this wonderful bearded gentleman. o7 as a american-born pinoy I thank you for the enlightenment.
To be honest you have to feel for the HUK,They Fought The Japanese And Were Not Given Compensation Like Other Guerilla Groups,As They Were Poor This Led Them Further Left
You guys should cover the Suez crisis sometime in the future, I think it’s a very underrated topic considering how much of an impact it had on Cold War diplomacy
Could you do a video about interesting/weird anecdotes of the Cold War? For example: in 1966 two US bombers crashed and 4 nukes were dropped in Palomares (Spain). Tell why, how it happened and the consequences. In this case a minister swam in the sea near the bombs to prove it was safe for tourists
Great content! I wish there's a portion that touched on the CIA and Edward Lansdale's psyops against the Huks and its supporters using the Aswang (blood-sucking vampire mythological creatures of Filipino folklore) myth. Perhaps another episode? :)
Osmeña is pronounced “Os-men-ya” Magsaysay is “Mag-s-eye-s-eye” Quezon is “Ke-zon” The Philippines isn’t a parliamentary system. It has the Congress with both similar to the US Congress. Quezon isn’t the 1st president, but he is the 1st president of the Commonwealth (with the US). Osmeña being the 2nd and last. Edit: Roxas is actually last. Also note, the breach of truce is still quite frequent in the current communist insurgency. First shots started by the communists in every truce between the government and the insurgents. All truces are farce truces to the commies
Not all Huks were Communists. The rest were Socialists, like Luis Taruc, and those who were oppressed by bad landlords. The same thing applies to those who joined the NPA. Many of them joined because of oppression by bad landlords, politicians, soldiers, and policemen.
@@wood3075 If that was the case, wouldnt any requested video be counted as 'insert nationality'- bait. This is the Cold War channel, the Huks are absolutely relevant. This isnt some vlog/reaction channel that tries to raise views using patronizing clickbait titles.
Nice topic! I hope you can also cover and analyze the history the Communist Party/ies in the Philippines, hopefully from the 1920 up to the 1990s. From the original Marxist-Leninist to the current Maoist ideology. Almost no 3rd party channel discuss the topic. By the way, have you heard the CPP National Anthem and read the CPP Constitution? I think, the group established a communist nation within the Republic of the Philippines. 😅 What do you think about this?
You already discussed about Indonesian War of Independence. And talking about communist uprising, I would love to see you guys talk about Indonesian communist uprisings in 1965 (since you already talked about the 1948 uprising in the previous video)
I've heard of these people before. And had known they had rebelled in the Philippines. But that was about it. i had no idea the exact details of this rebellion. Now I know a few more. My thanks to those who made this video a reality.
You know we have a saying here in the Philippines that you can kill or exterminate all revolutionaries & all terrorist or all Filipino desidents but you can not kill rebellion or revolutions or terrorism or people's opposition, if the Government remain blind to the root causes of our discontent & disappointment of centuries old systems of Injustices in our Political, Cultural, Social & Economic since the Spain & US colonialism that still exist on present day year 2021. Many years past almost 100 years since the so called " Phil. Independence given by the US" in 1946! The rebellion continuous or just evolved & change the face of revolutionaries from old communist / socialist party& it's armed wing Hukbalahap and then to (HMB) hukbong mapagpalaya ng bayan up to now day present the CCP/NPA New people's Army or Hukbong Bagong Bayan & it's breakaway faction PPP/PRA/Alex Bonkayao Brigade & many other Rebel Groups flourish in Mindanao MOro rebels MNLF/MILF with breakaway factions also, & the ISIS Terror groups such as Abu Sayapp etc,etc,etc. It's non ending rebellion even the cold war of 2 Emperialist countries the US & Soviet Union was over! If we simplified the problem, the Philippines Agriculture/Farming & Land ownership is still feudal or neo-feudal, the economic system is not like the US Capitalism or pure free Interprise because here in our country Oligarch Capital monopoly existed in big businesses like in Energy, power,electricity,Water, Telecommunication,etc, there is no leveling or fair field, corruption in all levels, not real democracy that we love, and the most we hated was US intervention in our internal affairs. We want liked Pres. Duterte a stand of Independent foreign policy but how long it will last? For he has only 1 term of 6 years in office! We don't know how it sustain for we felt strong opposition even from the US & Europe! It was already well entrench US policy in our system of Government's many policies & treaties and agreement that the Philippines can't buy or procured Armaments in Russia for there was a sanction & pressure!, Just buy American weapons even it was outdated, second hand, what a mess! We are treated not allied or friend but puppet! For me as a patriotic Filipino it's better to tell our government please end and terminate the Military Bases Agreement & Visiting Forces Agreement or MBA/VFA. Reform or change our Constitution/form of Government a more Democratic Federal type, ReForm Our Economy a true Free Enterprise Capitalist system, Social,political & economic equality & Equity, Open a True sincere, honest Peace & Dialogue to all rebels & desidents groups and if not succeded inspite of all efforts we should crush rebellions & Terrorism all of them & once & for all. Modernized our Military, police Forces in terms of Weaponry and Armaments so that we can defend our country's sovereignty & against external aggression. A progressive independent Foreign policy, that the Philippines is a friend of all & enemy of none.
Im from the west and I can tell you that free market capitalism wont be much better. You will still have overlords that own everything in your life. Embracing free markets will only make you more exploitable.
I'm seeing this comment section are being mobbed by the Filipinos. Few are great but most are just obnoxious and arrogant going about trying to correct something or are going about with that pride. All those egotistical and boastful people paints a bad picture about the country and creates a dislike for the culture and the actually nice others.
I perfectly understand your point. However, this is an information-sharing YT site. I see no problem of them correcting facts in regards with their history. Their arrogance paints negative impression of their country to you; while wrong info puts their country in bad light for them.
@@jamesmario3162 some of the facts that others say are misleading. And that arrogance that I talk about paints the country and people in a very negative light towards a lot of people other than me who aren't from that country. I've seen it many many times where someone is being egotistical about a country are disliked by even others that are from the same country.
@@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4 what made you think that correcting misleading facts is a form of arrogance? It seems you had negative experiences with Filipinos before.
@@jamesmario3162 I think you've mistakenly combined two points I was making. First, the misleading facts are tend to be debatable by historical scholars of the country itself. Some are spouting outdated or just plain lies and calling correcting facts. It might be their country but know that each region has a different way of corrections. Second, the arrogant that I'm taking about are those who go way too far about pride, to the point where instead of acknowledging the flaws and problems the country is facing. Those people act as if their country is flawless and superior without any injustice. Many people hate those them, even those from the same country. PS. Yes I have. I've had bad experiences with Filipinos to the point where no matter how many chances I give them as a culture, people, no matter how many graces I put forth. I'm still betrayed and lied to anyway. I could have become the most racist mofo who hates the Philippines but I'm not. Somehow I care too much to worry about my country's close ally. That I think I see some sort of potential for the Phil to be as great as Japan or South Korea. Also, those Filipinos who agree with me when it comes to fixing problems the Philippines has about corruption and the many problems it faces are ridiculed by other Filipinos for being told to shut the fuck up or being called shitheads who doesn't love the country fanatically and blindly. I hate those people, as they deny what's wrong with the country. That it's ok to not change anything while still wishing that even if nothing changed. They will still prosper magically out of no where.
@@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4 that's true, historical facts are prone to be challenged as time goes by. But who knows better in their history than them? I just can't follow why correcting facts is big issue for you. Yes, Filipino online interactions tend to be toxic and presumptuous.
I think what I find so funny about the Huk Rebellion is that the Americans learned all these lessons about counter-insurgency, and they applied almost none of them during the Vietnam War. Or if they did apply them, they completely ignored the underlying rationales for those lessons. Westmoreland was an utter dimwit.
I'm not sure it's comparable. The Huk weren't really being supported by China nor the USSR, nor did they have a country they could retreat to. The Vietminh and their branch in the south could always go back to North Vietnam to recover, and they were in turn getting supplies from China and the USSR. I think the Vietnam War is most comparable to the Korean War, with the only real difference being that the US forces managed to win a stalemate rather than an outright defeat. The biggest difference? In the Korean War, most of the Communists were originally in the South. They were eventually expelled to the North whereas in Vietnam, almost all possible allies to the US like the Catholic Vietnamese in the north, were sent to the South for their own protection and to bolster support for the government, whereas the Communist Vietminh remained in the South. The end result was that the Communists had a sympathetic movement in the south and the Americans didn't in the North, no matter how much they tried.
Great work, as always. 3:00 As usual, what messes up the US is the Capitalism infecting government policy, not the Secular Humanism or our deep cultural desire to help others and be the good guys. Still waiting to find out how you'll cover these important historical events in a vital nation on the world stage: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C_TfBbR6L0M.html 3:44 Now if that lady had a pistol on her, she'd be set to go. Ah, the M1 carbine. It has a poor reputation for stopping power, because they were often comparing it to the .30-06 of the M1 Garand. Also a famous book on ballistics came out decades ago that showed the data on several rounds at the same time, and the M1 carbine's 7.62x33mm was shown as being far weaker than it actually was. Printing error or bad math, it gave people an untrue perception of "inadequate stopping power." That rifle was basically made for non-combat troops and combat troops who need a light and maneuverable rifle because they aren't primarily riflemen (NCOs, etc). I have seen that gun used by just about every kind of person and for all the reasons. Just like any other tool... Growing up, one of my friends' fathers had a gun in every room of his house. The M1 carbine was his primary, and put in the best place. It was cool to see one of the guns from Saving Private Ryan as a kid and handle a piece of history. To briefly use what millions carried through entire wars. And later put about 100 rounds through it (at a Barney doll and Barbies) at a birthday party on the local city outdoor public shooting range when I was in Jr. High. We had an uzi to ;) Glad to see this channel continue to make progress. Unlike most people, I have no problem when the evil deeds of my own nation's history are pointed out. I'm aware of the vast majority of them, and although I'm sad about how the US treated the Philippines (where the love of my life is from), I was unaware of this particular massacre. You should do a video about My Lai. Here's where the US isn't the same as the USSR or the Third Reich or most other nations in the heydays of their own empires. Such practices aren't US standard policy, they are exceptions and relatively small events. After they happen the perpetrators are sometimes justly punished by our own rules already in place, and the whole nation feels sad and mad about it. How much collective guilt should be heaped on all the other nations of the world, if the standards I see some people hold the US to (like in the comments section on the Biscarri massacre on SimpleHistory's channel) were applied to them all? I think the US stacks up very well compared to other nations throughout history when that accounting is all said and done (especially after the Plains Wars), and not just in body count. Circumstances and response matter to, I hope I've made those differences clear. Goering made one good point at the Nuremberg Trial. He said the US had no moral right to bring Germany to trial after how it waged The Plains Wars from sea to shining sea. If I remember correctly, he could point to old senior officers still serving who began their careers at the tail end of those very wars. For a brief shining moment, that Nazi and Yours Truly shared the same opinion - kinda. That's why everyone should always be allowed to talk. Even a frakin' Nazi can make a good point... The biggest problem with this stuff in the US is that people do not know about it. That's why I hope you'll do a video about My Lai, the Plains Wars, etc. On both channels you just go over the history as is without an agenda or trying to target some country you don't like etc. So I trust you to shine the camera on the "warts" of my own country, because it's often done so unfairly (especially in the last 20 years), with an agenda, and only focusing on the bad for those reasons and ignoring everything else. Especially the good things. Vietnam was an unjust war, America had basically become the Redcoats of it's own historical memory in under 200 years. But many people in the US military sincerely believed they were just there to help those people. I don't think the same attitude can be said of the actual Redcoats, or the French in Vietnam for that matter. I think if France had let Vietnam go (the revolutions from the late 19th century to the mid 20th weren't enough?) and put all that effort into Korea, there'd be a few precious numbers different in the 38th parallel border right now. Ho Chi Minh has more in common with Gandhi (himself no saint...) than he does with little rocket man. The downfall of the US is that Capitalism makes us pick people like Diem and Rhee for the same reason the WW2 equivalents of Trump like Mussolini - Fascism is good for business. Enter: The School of the Americas That being said, not all US military aid to Latin America is so evil and Imperialist. If you pay attention in the gun and security world, you'll find many instructors (my Karate sensei among them) who spend a lot of time in Latin America teaching poor regular police how to deal with the cartels and hardcore violent crime (and protect their own families) in places like Brazil. Guns may be all but banned in Brazil, but if you watch ActiveSelfProtection's 1500+ videos as I have, you'll see that it's far more violent than the US (which owns 14 times the guns per capita) - and regular street scumbags still have plenty of firepower... www.asterisko.com.br/gun-laws-in-brazil/ The US does a lot to help nations deal with these problems that gun-control and repressive government still haven't solved. I've seen plenty of US government agencies and civilian organizations go out of their way to help those countries deal with their own internal crime - when we could just avoid foreign entanglements and wall ourselves off like a new iron curtain of Isolationism. Yeah, it helps keep their crime from spilling over as much as it does, so there's some self interest, but in my experience it's a genuine desire to "help those poor people" and I've never seen anyone who trained people how to be an evil secret police. But the School of the Americas is all anyone talks about on this subject, and out comes the hate for the US. I loved shutting up a French guy one time on that subject with the word "Algeria." Sorry to rant or ramble, just a roundabout way of saying I hate double standards and like your channels for avoiding them while showing as much info as they can per unit time.
hope a 2nd part on the marcos yrs. and aquino yrs. are also discussed, how they played the powers, both pro-US and pro-Communist (USSR &, China), the EDSA yrs. and the present shift of geopolitical allegiance to russia and china by Duterte...it helps create the big picture on the ongoing stuggle for independence and nationhood, we Filipinos tend to forget history and as they say if you dont learn from the lessons of the past we are doomed to repeat it, our mainstream media and schools shy away from talking and tackling these kinds of event and issues in our history as a nation...instead we are bombarded with retarted entertainment and showbiz, if latin americans developed magical realism to cope up with their political history, we have zarzuela escapism for the Philippines
