Witness Filipino activist groups in Seattle, Washington stand in solidarity with their “kasamas” (comrades) in the Philippines against their new president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the deposed Martial Law dictator, Ferdinand Marcos. With the triumph of Sara Duterte, daughter of brutal authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte, for vice president, the Philippine legacy of dynastic regimes perseveres. Seattle Filipino organizations and their allies answer the call to action as they pressure government officials about the United States’ militant culpability, and remember their own martyrs, victims of the long arm of Marcos Sr.
