("Filipino patriotism is very strong.")In time for the 125th anniversary of June 12, 1898, public intellectual Manuel L. Quezon III, the grandson of the country's second president Manuel L. Quezon, questions whether that is even the right date to mark the nation's independence. August 1896 was when Filipinos declared they desired to be free, and July 4, 1946 was when the United States granted the country its independence.In part 1 of this episode, Howie and Manolo discuss Filipino victories over Spanish forces in many provinces in 1898 that led to a short-lived independence, before the US arrived to occupy and colonize the country. Manolo reminds listeners that even after defeat in the Philippine-American War, Apolinario Mabini wrote that the struggle for independence would continue through other means, which did happen through lobbying and advocacy that eventually won Filipinos their independence in 1946.In asserting that Filipino patriotism is strong, Manolo distinguishes it from nationalism, which is less so. In this view, "patriotism" or the state of being "makabayan" is a love for one's native land, community, and culture, as opposed to the "nation" that includes its form of government and how it is being run.

--Producer: Aubrey Delos ReyesResearcher: Sanaf MarceloEditor: Jayr Magtoto

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