The Propaganda Movement was a cultural organization formed in 1872 by Filipino expatriates in Europe to advocate for political and economic reforms in the Philippines. It published La Solidaridad newspaper beginning in 1889 to express the goal of achieving equal rights and representation for Filipinos in the Spanish government. Key figures in the movement included Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Marcelo H. del Pilar, and the movement pursued desires such as representation in the Spanish parliament and equal treatment under the law.
The Propaganda Movement was a cultural organization formed in 1872 by Filipino expatriates in Europe to advocate for political and economic reforms in the Philippines. It published La Solidaridad newspaper beginning in 1889 to express the goal of achieving equal rights and representation for Filipinos in the Spanish government. Key figures in the movement included Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Marcelo H. del Pilar, and the movement pursued desires such as representation in the Spanish parliament and equal treatment under the law.
The Propaganda Movement was a cultural organization formed in 1872 by Filipino expatriates in Europe to advocate for political and economic reforms in the Philippines. It published La Solidaridad newspaper beginning in 1889 to express the goal of achieving equal rights and representation for Filipinos in the Spanish government. Key figures in the movement included Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Marcelo H. del Pilar, and the movement pursued desires such as representation in the Spanish parliament and equal treatment under the law.
The Propaganda Movement was a cultural organization formed in 1872 by Filipino expatriates in Europe to advocate for political and economic reforms in the Philippines. It published La Solidaridad newspaper beginning in 1889 to express the goal of achieving equal rights and representation for Filipinos in the Spanish government. Key figures in the movement included Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Marcelo H. del Pilar, and the movement pursued desires such as representation in the Spanish parliament and equal treatment under the law.
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The Propaganda Movement
- Was a cultural organization formed
in 1872 by Filipino expatriates in Europe,. Composed of the Filipino elite called “ilustrados”, exiled liberals and students attending Europe’s universities gravitated to the movement. La Solidaridad( the Solidarity) -was and organization on December 13, 1888. Composed of Filipino liberals exiled in 1872 and students attending Europe’s universities, the organization aimed to increase Spanish awareness of the needs of its colony, the Philippines, and to propagate a closer relationship between the colony and in Spain. Headed by Jose Rizal’s cousin Galicano Apacible issued a newspaper of the same time which was published in Barcelona, Spain.
The first issue of la Solidaridad came out
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February 15, 1889, it was edited by
Graciano Lopez jaena, and later marcelo H. del Pilar. - la Soloidairdad served as the principal organ of the propaganda Movement to express the goal of achieving assimilation with Spain. Comite de Propaganda in the Philippines funded the publication of the La Solidaridad. April 25, 1889, la Soildaridad published the letter entitled “ The aspiration of Filipinos” which was written by the Association Hispano-Filipina de Madrid(English: Hispanic –Filipino Association of Madrid). It pursued desires for: 1. Representatives in the Cortes 2. Abolition of Censure 3. An expressed and definite prohibition of the existing practices of exiling residents by purely administrative order, and without a writ of execution from the courts of justice. 4. That the Philippines be a province of Spain 5. Representation Filipino priest instead of Spanish friars- Augustinians, Dominicans, and Franciscans- in parishes and remote sitios. 6. Freedom of assembly and speech. 7. Equal rights before the law( for both Filipino and Spanish plaintiffs.) Del Pilar ‘s farewell editorial, he said “ We are persuaded that no sacrifices are too little to win the rights and the liberty of a nation that is oppressed by slavery” The Propagandists: 1. Dr. Jose Rizal- Laong –Laan and Dimasalang 2. Graciano Lopez Jaena – Diego Silang(first editor of la solidairdad) 3. Marcelo H. Del Pilar- Plaridel 4. Jose Maria Panganiban – Jomapa 5. Mariano Ponce – Tigbalang, Kalipulako, and Naning 6. Antonio Luna – Taga- Ilog 7. Dominador Gomez – Ramiro Franco 8. Juan Luna- - painter and sculptor 9. Pedro Paterno – served later as Prime minister of the First Philippine Republic 10. Pedro Serrano Laktaw – a babyhood companion and schoolmate of M.H del Pilar. 11. Felix Hidalgo – Painter 12. Isabelo de los Reyes – Don belong, politician , writer and labor activist 13. Jose Alejandrino- helped Jose Rizal in correcting errors in the El Filibusterismo 14. Eduardo de Lete- a Philippine-born Spaniard 15. Dr.. Antonio Maria Regidor – Doctor of medicine and lawyer 16. Anastacio Carpio – Filipino freemason and lawyer 17. Miguel Moran Friends of the Movement: - Ferdinand Blumentritt- Austrian ethologist - Miguel Sargario Morayta – Spanish historian, university professor and statesman.