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Another big win in a referendum under martial...
FIVE YEARS AGO, President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines imposed martial law on his country and inaugurated what has developed into one of the most repressive regimes in the world today. The injustice of this regime received striking confirmation this past week when a military court convicted Benigno Aquino, a former senator and Marcos's main political opponent, of subversion, murder, and illegal possession of firearms, and sentenced him to death...
...unclear whether Mr. Aquino will actually be executed, since the Marcos regime has officially executed only one man, a narcotics dealer, since martial law was imposed, although others have disappeared. But even if Mr. Aquino is not executed, his case is the most striking example of Marcos's blatant attempts to silence, or at least discredit, his political opponents...
...donated $500,000 to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy to establish the Ferdinand E. Marcos Chair of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. As an East Asian Studies major, I can say with confidence that this will mean half a million dollars less for the enforcement of Philippine Martial law and half a million dollars more for the pursuit of truth and the employment of people with degrees in Asian studies. If only Harvard fundraisers had the diplomatic skills of Fletcher fundraisers, might we not similarly be blessed with a John Vorster Chair of Race Relations...
...Will there be martial...