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Solidaridad Was A Political Propaganda Paper With A Liberal, Reformist Orientation Dedicated To The Task of Fighting

The desire to form a purely Filipino organization was fulfilled with the establishment of La Solidaridad in Barcelona in 1888. This organization sought representation in the Cortes, abolition of censorship, and an end to deportations through administrative orders. La Solidaridad became the principal organ of the Filipino propaganda movement from its founding on February 15, 1889 until November 15, 1895. It was initially edited by Graciano Lopez-Jaena and later by Marcelo H. del Pilar. Despite censorship and the fact that they wrote in Spanish, a language unknown to the masses, La Solidaridad and other propaganda materials reached local leaders and highlighted the lack of freedoms in the Philippines.

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Solidaridad Was A Political Propaganda Paper With A Liberal, Reformist Orientation Dedicated To The Task of Fighting

The desire to form a purely Filipino organization was fulfilled with the establishment of La Solidaridad in Barcelona in 1888. This organization sought representation in the Cortes, abolition of censorship, and an end to deportations through administrative orders. La Solidaridad became the principal organ of the Filipino propaganda movement from its founding on February 15, 1889 until November 15, 1895. It was initially edited by Graciano Lopez-Jaena and later by Marcelo H. del Pilar. Despite censorship and the fact that they wrote in Spanish, a language unknown to the masses, La Solidaridad and other propaganda materials reached local leaders and highlighted the lack of freedoms in the Philippines.

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The desire to form a purely Filipino organization was fulfilled with the establishment in Barcelona on December

13, 1888 if La Solidaridad. This organization was a sort of rival of Morayta's Madrid group although the two
organizations joined together in a petition addressed to the Minister of the Colonies asking for representation in
the Cortes, abolition of censorship of the press, and prohibition of the practice of deporting citizens merely
through administrative orders.
The president of La Solidaridad was Rizal's cousin, Galicano Apacible. Among the other officers were Graciano
Lopez-Jaena, vice-president, and Mariano Ponce, treasurer. Rizal, in London at the time, was named Honorary
President. Unfortunately, Apacible could not hold the wrangling reformists together. It took the prestige of Rizal
and the political wisdom of del Pilar to unite the Filipinos in Spain and to coordinate their efforts.

But finally, in February 15, 1889, the Filipino propagandists were able to get together behind a new publication
which they called La Solidaridad, and which for its more than five years of its existence became the principal
organ of the propaganda movement. It was founded on February 15, 1889 and existed up to November 15,
1895. Its first editor was Graciano Lopez-Jaena but he was soon succeeded by Marcelo H. del Pilar. La
Solidaridad was a political propaganda paper with a liberal, reformist orientation dedicated to the task of fighting
reaction in all its forms.

Certainly an important factor limiting the influence of the propagandists was the fact that they wrote in Spanish, a
language virtually unknown to the masses. Furthermore, censorship seriously limited the inflow of such reading
matter and made possession of it very risky.
But despite all the foregoing, the influence of the Propaganda on the revolution cannot be discounted. True, La
Solidaridad itself, Rizal's novels, and other propaganda material had limited circulation, but these reached the
local ilustrados who in most instances came to lead the revolutionary forces in their provinces. The fund-raising
efforts of local committees and masonic lodges and the clandestine attempts to distribute these materials
involved more individuals in the campaign for reforms. The very attempts of the government to stop the entry
of La Solidaridad and prevent its distribution highlighted the lack of freedoms that the propagandists were
condemning.

If readership was small, seepage of information to other groups certainly occurred. And because what the
propagandists wrote were accurate reflections of reality, a feeling of empathy developed wherever news of their
work was heard. The articulation of their own feelings of oppression heightened the ferment of the people and
herein lay the continuity between reformism and revolution despite their diametrically opposed means and goals.

The Philippines: A Past Revisited. Renato Constantino

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