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These things are inconceivable here because the enemies of democracy believe that the people won't allow them to happen. But study what happened in the small version of your democracy and media that was my country on Sept. 21, 1972 (when Marcos declared martial law). The people did not protest the shutdown of the media, and there was nothing the media could do about it. But from the assassination of (my husband) Ninoy (in August 1983) onwards, the people demonstrated massively against any attempt by the government to shut down the alternative press and (the Roman Catholic station) Radio...
When was the last time you thrilled to the romantic escapades of Overcoat Junction? How can your life be complete without watching at least one episode of The People's Court Martial? How about the wild and wacky antics on Saturday Night Censored? A rifle butt in the head to anyone who doubts the unbridled creativity of Soviet...
...jail, Aquino had to negotiate on his behalf with Enrile, who was then Defense Minister under former President Ferdinand Marcos, even for conjugal visits. In February, it was Enrile's startling volte-face that helped topple Marcos and bring Aquino to power. Ever since, the former architect of Marcos' martial law, who has never concealed his own presidential ambitions, has remained a great unknown within Aquino's Cabinet. Enrile, 62, still commands the loyalty of the 230,000-man military, and all sides are well aware that what the army giveth, the army can also take away. Shakespeare might have...
...amble into a battle beyond death fought by a 2,000-year-old bad guy (James Hong) and a Yoda-esque mensch (Victor Wong). In this Temple of Doom there are girls with green eyes and beasties with red ones; the sword- flashing legerdemain and wind-whipping backflips of martial-arts movies; a tough guy who literally explodes from rage when his master dies; oh, and a giant uggy insect in the caverns under Chinatown...
...opposition is down, however, it is far from out. Thanks to its organization into cells, Solidarity can survive the arrest of many members. A meeting of underground leaders after Bujak's capture, for example, reportedly drew the heaviest attendance for such a gathering since martial law was imposed in December 1981. The measure was lifted in July...