Propaganda
Movement
Propaganda Movement
-peaceful crusade or campaign for reforms.
It was organized and participated by the illustrados.
Dr. Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del
Pilar and Graciano Lopez Jaena are the leaders of the said movement. Rise of the Propaganda
Movement
It began in 1872, when Fathers
Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and
Jacinto Zamora (all Filipino Priests) were executed by Spanish colonizers. The Filipino exiles of 1872 and many patriotic students abroad met in Hong Kong, Singapore,
Work of promoting the welfare and happiness of the fatherland. Aggressively but peacefully, by means of writing and speeches, they crusaded for reforms to rectify the evils of the Spanish colonial system.
Reforms Desired by the Propaganda
Movement
1) Equality of the Filipinos and Spaniards before the laws.
2) Assimilation of the
Philippines as a regular province of Spain.
3) Restoration of the
Philippine
…Reforms…
4) Filipinization of the
Philippine parishes and expulsion of the friars. 5) Human rights for
Filipinos, such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom to meet and petition for
The Propagandists
were patriots who waged their movement by means of pen and tongue to expose the defects of Spanish rule in the Philippines and the urgency of reforms to remedy them.
They were scions of good families, highly intelligent, educated, patriotic, and courageous, who symbolized
A lawyer and a journalist
Beloved by masses for his eloquent Tagalog and fearless defense of the poor against friar abuses.
Marcelo H. del
Pilar
Physician-novelist and a many splendored genius.
Jose Rizal
The greatest orator of the Propaganda
Movement
Graciano Lopez
Jaena
A medical student and a biographical writer.
Mariano
Ponce
Other Propagandists…
Propagandists
Juan Luna and
Felix Hidalgo
Pedro Paterno
Antonio Luna
Pedro Serrano
Laktaw
Who’s who?
The masters of brush.
A lawyer and man of
letters