Up from the Ashes

Random number between 1 and 302, page 96 of Kasaysayan: Story of the Filipino People, Volume 8, show the ravaged faces of post-War Central Luzon farmers, the misery make them turn and support the rebels. #goliwaliwph #antedated #catchup #august2018 pic.twitter.com/Fb3vh1SRdC

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Random number between 1 and 302, page 96 of the eighth volume of Kasaysayan: Story of the Filipino People, Up from the Ashes (by Maria Serena I. Diokno) is the beginning of sixth chapter "Ripe for Turmoil." The caption on the photograph reads, "Frustration with the continuing misery and injustice in the countryside led many village folk to support the rebel movement."

The chapter covers the new Republic after the World War II, between the presidential terms of Roxas and Quirino, the unrest of the Central Luzon farmer folk and the rebellion led by the Huks. And this was just the beginning. The next chapter will deal on the "quashing" of the Huks, between the presidential terms of Quirino and Magsaysay.

(This photograph is so powerful for the fierceness in the eyes of all the subjects in the picture; yes, even "Puti" the dog above.)

Titles from my personal library were pre-selected for liwaliw Pages this month in observance of National History Month per Proclamation No. 339, series of 2012, by former President Benigno S. Aquino III.