League of Filipino Students
League of Filipino Students (LFS) is a student movement organized during the martial law era in the Philippines on September 11, 1977.
| Abbreviation | LFS |
|---|---|
| Formation | September 11, 1977 |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Student activism |
Region | Philippines |
Formerly called | Alliance of Students Against Tuition Fee Increase |
Brief History
The League of Filipino Students (LFS) started on September 11, 1977, as an alliance against tuition fee increases and school repression during the Martial law era.
During the Marcos regime, students were principal protesters against the government.[1] LFS directed its attack against the government with the use of student protests.[2]
The assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1983, the Marcos' government became vulnerable and the organization sets off a nationwide student mobilization. They have participated in protests against the government and have joined street demonstrations with workers which shifted the group into student radicalism. They became the principal actors in the removal of Ferdinand Marcos from power.[3]
References
- Parsa, Misagh; Misagh, Parsa; Parsa, Professor of Sociology Misagh (2000). States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521774307. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- "A History of the Philippine Political Protest". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- Parsa, Misagh; Misagh, Parsa; Parsa, Professor of Sociology Misagh (2000). States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780521774307. Retrieved 29 September 2019.