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The different forms and trends of protest music against the Marcos dictatorship mostly first became prominent during the period now known as the First Quarter Storm, [1] and continued until Ferdinand Marcos was deposed during the 1986 People Power revolution; [2] some of the trends continued beyond this period either in commemoration of the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship, [3] or in ...
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!" (Latin American Spanish: [el ˈpweβlo wˈniðo xaˈma(s)seˈɾa βenˈsiðo]; English: "The people united will never be defeated") is a Chilean protest song, whose music was composed by Sergio Ortega Alvarado and the text written in conjunction with the Quilapayún band. [1]
"Bagong Pagsilang" (English: New Birth or Rebirth), also known as the "March of the New Society" and incorrectly referred to by its chorus "Sa Bagong Lipunan" (In the New Society), is a march commissioned during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos for the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan or New Society Movement, a movement introduced by Marcos upon the ...
Before the actual speech of the president, numerous opposition groups marched along Commonwealth Avenue to protest against the administration of Marcos, Jr. [16] [41] Progressive groups in other cities such as in Cebu, Baguio, and Davao held anti-SONA protests dubbed as "People's SONA".
Protest songs, from ‘John Brown’s Body’ to ‘Fight the Power,’ have had a long and celebrated history, but in 2024 it feels like the protest song has been oddly muted, writes Bryan Reesman.
'Venceremos' is an example of the Nueva canción movement of Chilean protest music, which had been gaining momentum for much of the previous decade. This song marks a significant recognition of the political thrust of this movement in its use as a tool of propaganda for the Unidad Popular coalition.
The days event's included speeches from the likes of John Lewis, a civil rights activist who currently serves as a U.S. congressman more than 50 years later, Mrs. Medgar Evers, whose husband had ...
Mackelmore’s newest single “Hind’s Hall” is inspired by the pro-Palestinian activism seen at campuses around the world.