Time to Rise (eBook)

Rene Ciria Cruz is US bureau chief for Inquirer.net, the official site of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. He was a founding member of the KDP and editor of their newspaper, Katipunan. Cindy Domingo is a long time human rights activist and joined the KDP in the fall of 1974. After the murders of Gene Viernes and her brother Silme Domingo, she became national coordinator of the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes until the group won its landmark federal civil suit against the Marcoses and their codefendants in 1989. Bruce Occena is a health care professional and instructor at City College of San Francisco. He was a founding member of the KDP and chaired the National Executive Committee.

Foreword / Augusto F. Espiritu AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Snapshot�The Life and Times of the KDP / Rene Ciria Cruz Part One | Beginnings1. To Teach the Masses a Love for Bach, Chopin, and Beethoven / Therese R. Rodriguez 2. �Who Is Marshall Law?� / Jeanette Gandionco Lazam 3. How My Life Changed / Romy Garcia 4. What�s in a Name? / Christine Araneta5. Running Away to Life / Estella Habal 6. A Little Red Book / David Della 7. Not the Usual Path / Bo Apostol (as told to his daughterRebecca Apostol) 8. The Accident / Dale Borgeson 9. In the Name of Love / Maribel Salomon 10. Different Roads Home / Velma Veloria Part Two | In the Thick of the Struggle1. The Birth of a KDP Chapter / Dale Borgeson 2. No Aloha for Marcos / Sorcy Apostol 3. Between the Personal and the Political / Estella Habal 4. Transfer to Paradise . . . Not! / Walter Yonn 5. Hitting the High Notes / Gil Mangaoang6. Fighting US Imperialism with a Master�s Degree / Cindy Domingo 7. Infiltrating the World Bank / Jon Melegrito 8. Moving to Gotham / Lourdes Marzan 9. Defending Nurses�I�d Do It Again / Esther Hipol Simpson 10. They Won�t Know What Hit Them / Elaine Elinson 11. Working the Corridors of Power / Odette Polintan 12. A Cultural Gypsy / Ermena Vinluan 13. �Is This What You Call Democracy?� / Jeanette Gandionco Lazam 14. Why Me? / Amado David 15. In the Armed Struggle / Ka Linda Part Three | The Test of Fire1. The Fall / Alonzo Glenn Suson 2. The Terrible Blow / Dale Borgeson 3. Initiation from Hell / Emily Van Bronkhorst 4. A Day I�ll Live with for the Rest of My Life / David Della 5. A Memory of Strong Women / Lillian Galedo 6. How Do I Size a Bulletproof Vest? / Kris Melroe 7. We Had Already Lost Too Much to Turn Back /Terri Mast 8. A Night in Camelot / Michael Withey 9. Long Road to Justice / Cindy Domingo 10. Defeating the Marcoses in a Court of Law / Jim Douglas Part Four | Looking Back1. Revolutionary Baby / Rebecca Apostol 2. Scooby Doo: Growing Up with the KDP / Silahis M. Taverna 3. One February Night in San Francisco / Fely Villasin 4. I Have Not Stopped Dreaming / Estella Habal 5. Deep Horizon / Gil Mangaoang 6. No Regrets / Edwin Batongbacal Afterword / Rene Ciria Cruz Appendix I: List of Abbreviations Appendix II: Ang Aktibista, �Orientation to Philippine Support Work in the Current Period� Appendix III: KDP Activism Timeline / Compiled by Helen Toribio Suggested Reading Index