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Feb 1, 2021 · Some may call the Diliman Commune one of the most noteworthy events in UP’s history as it involved the entire UP community – students, faculty, officials, staff, and residents – in guarding the...
The Diliman Commune was a nine-day uprising led by the students, faculty members, and residents of the University of the Philippines Diliman, on February 1–9, 1971 — about a year after the events of the First Quarter Storm and about a year before Marcos' eventual declaration of Martial Law.
Feb 1, 2021 · Fifty years ago from February 1 to 9, 1971, students and faculty of the University of the Philippines built barricades around the campus, in response to the three-centavo increase in oil prices in the Philippines. But it was more than just about oil prices.
Diliman. Commune. Feb. 1, 1971, Monday. Morning. Jeepney drivers resumed their strike; students led by Kabataang Makabayan and Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan (SDK) declared their support for the strike.
Apr 7, 2023 · Digitized photos of the 1971 Diliman Commune reposted in their original quality and for educational purposes only.
Feb 4, 1971 · I was at the Diliman Commune, that historic event on February 1 to 9, 1971; the event showcasing the power of the militant solidarity of the UP community against military incursions into the university. Too many events had happened since then and I have bits and pieces of remembrance of those days, forty years ago.
Jun 13, 2019 · The famed 1971 seizure of the UP Diliman campus and the formation of the ‘Diliman Commune’ was part of a coordinated campaign of barricades erected by the KM and SDK throughout Manila and beyond.
Feb 9, 2021 · The early 70s was marked by social unrest caused by increased debt, inflation, and other social ills, creating, as Taguiwalo described it, a “hotbed of student activism.” She continues, “The Diliman Commune was but the latest of a series of student and youth activism in the country.
Mar 5, 2021 · Students, with the support of faculty, staff and residents declared the campus a “liberated zone” which they dubbed the “Diliman Commune” in reference to the Paris Commune, the 1871 workers’ uprising in Paris whose 100 th anniversary was then being commemorated.
In early February 1971, students at UP Diliman erected barricades, fought off the military, and briefly established the “Diliman Commune.”
