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A time to rise : collective memoirs of the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP) /

"A Time to Rise is an intimate look into the workings of the KDP, the only revolutionary organization that emerged in the Filipino American community during the politically turbulent 1970s and '80s. Overcoming cultural and class differences, members of the KDP banded together in a single n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2017]
Edición:1st edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: A snapshot; the life and times of the KDP / Rene Ciria Cruz
  • Beginnings
  • To teach the masses a love for Bach, Chopin, and Beethoven / Therese R. Rodriguez
  • "Who is Marshall Law?" / Jeanette Gandionco Lazam
  • How my life changed / Romy Garcia
  • What's in a name / Ma. Flor Sepulveda (Christine Araneta)
  • Running away to life / Estella Habal
  • A little red book / David Della
  • Not the usual path / Bo Apostol (as told to his daughter Rebecca Apostol)
  • The accident / Dale Borgeson
  • In the name of love / Maribel Salomon
  • Different roads home / Velma Veloria
  • In the thick of the struggle
  • The birth of a KDP chapter / Dale Borgeson
  • No aloha for Marcos / Sorcy Apostol
  • Between the personal and the political / Estella Habal
  • Transfer to paradise ... not! / Walter Yonn
  • Hitting the high notes / Gil Mangaoang
  • Fighting US imperialism with a master's degree / Cindy Domingo
  • Infiltrating the World Bank / Jon Melegrito
  • Moving to Gotham / Lourdes Marzan
  • Defending nurses; I'd do it again / Esther Hipol Simpson
  • They won't know what hit them / Elaine Elinson
  • Working the corridors of power / Odette Polintan
  • A cultural gypsy / Ermena Vinluan
  • "Is this what you call democracy?" / Jeanette Gandionco Lazam
  • Why me? / Amado David
  • In the armed struggle / Ka Linda
  • The test of fire
  • The fall / Alonzo Glenn Suson
  • The terrible blow / Dale Borgeson
  • Initiation from hell / Emily Van Bronkhorst
  • A day I'll live with for the rest of my life / David Della
  • A memory of strong women / Lillian Galedo
  • How do I size a bulletproof vest? / Kris Melroe
  • We had already lost too much to turn back / Terri Mast
  • A night in Camelot / Michael Withey
  • Long road to justice / Cindy Domingo
  • Defeating the Marcoses in a court of law / Jim Douglas
  • Looking back
  • Revolutionary baby / Rebecca Apostol
  • Scooby Doo: growing up with the KDP / Silahis M. Taverna
  • One February night in San Francisco / Fely Villasin
  • I have not stopped dreaming / Estella Habal
  • Deep horizon / Gil Mangaoang
  • No regrets / Edwin Batongbacal
  • Afterword / Rene Ciria Cruz
  • Appendix I: Abbreviations
  • Appendix II: Ang Aktibista, "Orientation to Philippine support work in the current period"
  • Appendix III: KDP activism timeline / compiled by Helen Toribio
  • Appendix IV: Filipino American history timeline.