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After Duterte, Another Marcos? | Novara Media
March 2, 2022
Duterte’s borrowing binge
March 2, 2022
Government debt doubling in six years under the Duterte administration is the biggest increase since the Marcos dictatorship.
IBON statement on the New Bataan 5 massacre
March 1, 2022
We decry the government’s so-called anti-terrorism campaign which is being used to put down struggles to assert rights, social justice and development.
Philippine economy suffered under Marcos
February 26, 2022
The decade 1975-1986 was actually a time of intense social crisis and economic difficulty for most Filipinos.
Foreign Powers Supported Tyrant Marcos
February 25, 2022
The Marcos years were an unmitigated tragedy and having its unrepentant vestiges in the political scene is an affirmation of how much still needs to be done to overturn elite and undemocratic rule. The grip of neoliberalism on the country which started under Marcos needs to be underscored as its real economic legacy for the […]
Marcos Neoliberal Policies and Economic Collapse
February 25, 2022
The neoliberal policies started under the duress of Martial Law combined with the massive debt willingly lent by creditors and political upheaval to cause the severe economic crisis in the waning years of the regime. The administrations that followed kept up the momentum of destructive “free market” reforms and economic troubles.
