Mendiola Narratives: Aida Santos

Friday, November 7, 2008

Aida Santos

Aida Santos is a poet, feminist, and teacher. She has extensive experience with progressive social movements.

Interviewer: Joel F. Ariate Jr.
Videographer: Alleson D. Villota
Date of Interview: May 30, 2008
Place: Quezon City

Please click this link for the interview transcript.

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AnonymousWednesday, February 25, 2009 9:21:00 PM
i was there. New graduate ako ng BSCE 1986 sa UE Caloocan. Sumali rin sa mga protests against marcos. I was a new insurance adjuster then, investigate ko fireloss sa Cindy's morayta. Pauwi na ako nakita ko rallyist sa may recto-morayta. Out of curiosity at dati rin namang nakikisali sa mga rallies, umusyoso ako. Sa may UE Recto nakatayo ako nun sa kanto ng legarda, may mga foreign journalist na agitating the rallyist to shout louder. Noon sa eastbound lane palang sila. Tapos napuno pati kabilang lane. Napunta ako sa may webster/brownies ikatlo lang sa hanay mula sa mga pulis na may shield.
Biglang may sumigaw mula sa mga rallyist na compress, nagkadikit na mga pulis at rallyist. Harang lang yung shields. May mga backpack ang mga rallyist, may takip na t-shirts sa mukha. Naglabas ng parang pillbox o bato na nakabalot sa brown supot ng tinapay and ilan sa rallyist. Tapos may mga sumabog na. May pamalo rin ang rallyist. Nagpaluan na.Tapos nun mahabang putok ng ng mga baril , seconds lang pero parang 10 minutes sa tagal. Dapaan na, nadapaan ko yung isang matandang babae sa harapan ko. Nung tumigil ang putukan, may sumigaw na walang tatayo. Tumayo at tumakbo rin kami. Sa harap ko may isang may tama ng baril sa ulo na lalaki. Dadamputin ko sana, kaso naitulak na ako ng nasa likod. Nakarating ako hanggang sa may EVER GOTESCO, umabot rito and tear gas, masakit sa mata at lalamunan. Yung mga rallyist pinagbabasag yung mga stoplights at minumura si CORY.
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This blog is one of the sites that makes available to the public the collection of interviews conducted by the researchers of the UP Third World Studies Center, led by Joel F. Ariate Jr., for the "Mendiola Narratives" research project (please click here for the other site). The research was funded by the South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development of the International Institute of Social History. In this research, a site biography and a collection of narratives of social movement actors serve as the infrastructure of social memory. The research surfaces and records in audiovisual format the personal narratives of those who were once witnesses and participants to protest actions in Mendiola. Mendiola is the name of the main street that leads directly to the Malacañang Palace, the seat of the Philippine presidency. Since the 1950s, Mendiola has been the foremost site of physical confrontation between social movement actors waging protests and the state. Generations of social movement actors have braved bullets and barricades in the street of Mendiola just to be able to put forward their grievances within shouting distance of the Philippine president. Mendiola then is a palimpsest on which many stories and deeds of activism, of the Filipinos untiring quest for justice, have been inscribed—some of which in blood. It is the task of the research, and of this site, to encourage social movement actors to articulate their stories of Mendiola. This research makes visible their refusal to forget the injustices suffered by the Filipinos at the hand of their own government and the resolute stance that the Filipinos have taken to speak truth to power.

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