First Quarter Storm
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| Attempts at regime change in the Philippines (1970–2006) |
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Civil unrest (1970) |
The First Quarter Storm was a period of unrest in the Philippines, composed of a series of heavy demonstrations, protests, and marches against the government from January to March 1970, two years before the Philippines were placed under martial law.
The movement was led by college students, echoing recent student demonstrations all around the world before 1970. Labourers also took part, who protested against graft and corruption in government, and the decline in the economy caused by high oil prices. Some sources stated that the unrest is the plan to overthrow the government through communist as well as socialist support to the masses, as well as students and workers who facilitated the storm.
The storm ended up being violent especially when the police used tear gas and even armed weapons to quell the demonstrators. And some of the surviving students, mostly from the University of the Philippines, are resorted to Marxism, and Armed Struggle.
[edit] See also
- German student movement, late 1960s student movement
- May 1968, general strike in 1968 France
- Rolex 12, generals of Ferdinand Marcos
- Tlatelolco massacre, violent student protests in 1968 Mexico just before the Summer Olympics held in Mexico City
