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In his latest book, Rumors of a Divine-human Synergy in Our Midst, Filipino theologian Levi Oracion, challenges movements of change to provide a viable ethical rejoinder to the magnanimous weight of their struggles by finding clues in the life and ministry of Jesus to which he writes: “The nobility of one’s cause should, therefore, be matched by the nobility of the means of getting there just like what Jesus did –he had a noble vision and the means he sought to get there was through the combined force of righteousness, truth, mercy and love."

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Germaine Greer, has defined her goal as "women's liberation" as distinct from "equality with men". She asserts that women's liberation meant embracing gender differences in a positive fashion – a struggle for the freedom of women to define their own values, order their own priorities and determine their own fates.

Read her works on this link http://bit.ly/18ScQVf

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Though unknown to many the popular face of Anonymous and the many activists who've donned the Guy Fawkes mask is the brain child of graphic novelist, Alan Moore who was responsible for the creation of the mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V". Learn more about "V" at http://www.vforvendetta.org/

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Today we remember Lean Alejandro, who was murdered on this day in 1987 a victim of the wave of extra-judicial killings that happened immediately after the first EDSA People Power Revolution. Know more about Lean and his struggle on this link http://bit.ly/Qmofob For a related post visit this link http://bit.ly/1a5yoxb

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Often referred to as "the Sublime Paralytic", and as "the Brains of the Revolution,” Apolinario Mabini was undoubtedly the most profound thinker and political philosopher to come out of the Philippine Revolution of 1896. Read some of his works here http://bit.ly/18wN4Ie

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Angela Davis, emerged as a prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement despite never being an official member of the party. Know more about her on this link http://cs.pn/eZ9Nsm

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Haunting words from Andres Bonifacio's widow, Gregoria de Jesus, who has been dubbed as the “Lakambini” (muse), of the Philippine revolutionary society known as the Katipunan. Know more about her on this link http://bit.ly/Y8DOPx

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Having been influenced by fantasy writers like J. R. R. Tolkien, as well as by science fiction writers like Philip K. Dick, Ursula Le Guin exploits the creative flexibility of the science fiction and fantasy genres to undertake thorough explorations both of dimensions of social and psychological identity and of broader cultural and social structures.

Know more about her and her work on this link http://www.ursulakleguin.com/

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The anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist Rudolf Rocker, was the first to argue that the primary objective for anarchists was "to secure the personal and social freedom of men" Read more about his life and work on this link http://bit.ly/14740yp

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Unknown to many, anarchism influenced the political imagination of Jose Rizal, a martyr of the Philippine Revolution.

Likewise Rizal’s exploits also served as inspiration to Spanish anarchists like Golli, who assassinated Spanish Prime Minister Canovas, seven months after Jose Rizal’s execution in Manila, on August 8, 1897 to avenge Jose Rizal.

Read more about the connection here http://bit.ly/oUjR2E

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Raoul Vaneigem’s slogans frequently made it onto the walls of Paris during the May 1968 uprisings. His most famous book, and the one that contains the most famous slogans, is The Revolution of Everyday Life.

You can read a copy of the book on this link http://bit.ly/R1avC8

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Lean Alejandro, stood out as an activist because he possessed insight, a unifying approach, speaking and writing skills, and courage and boldness. Older and more experienced colleagues in the protest movement had him in high regard, and government negotiators who met Lean across the barricades gave him their grudging respect.

On September 19, 1987, after the failed coup attempt led by Col. Gregorio Honasan, Alejandro announced plans to hold major protests against the return to fascism in the Philippines. He was fired upon by a gunman, while riding in his car instantly killing Alejandro. One suspected that the assassination had been in the angle of Marcos loyalists from the Philippine Army, but no one was arrested for the assassination. Read more about Lean on this link http://www.bantayog.org/node/35

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In his book The Conquest of Bread, Peter Kropotkin proposed a system of economics based on mutual exchanges made in a system of voluntary cooperation which would eventually be known as Mutual Aid.

His funeral march became the last public demonstration of anarchists, in Soviet Russia, which saw engaged speeches by Emma Goldman and Aron Baron.  Read his writings on this link http://bit.ly/ZR9YAf

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The late Benigno Aquino Jr. once described Evelio Javier, as "the man who can lead the people of Antique out of the rot of poverty and official corruption." His assassination on February 11, 1986, allegedly by allies of Marcos, was one of the sparks of the People Power Revolution later that month. Read more about him on this link http://www.bantayog.org/node/123

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In Anarchism and Other Essays, Emma Goldman called Francisco Ferrer y Guardia a "rebel" whose, "spirit would rise in just indignation against the iron régime of his country..." Know more about Francisco Ferrer y Guardia at this link http://bit.ly/1cY7CJH

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Maria Lorena Barros founded the Malayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan ( or MAKIBAKA, a militant women’s organization shortly before the Martial Law. When Martial Law was declared, she went underground, was later captured and was a top political prisoner. She escaped to the countryside as a guerrilla fighter and was killed during a military ambush at 28 years old. 

Read more about her http://www.bantayog.org/node/54

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Before there was Anonymous there was the mass movement of Filipino activists that resisted the Martial Law imposed by Ferdinand Marcos, to which the award-winning poet, fictionist, essayist and playwright Eman Lacaba gave a voice to.  Learn more about Eman at http://www.bantayog.org/node/128