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In today's episode, we're going to continue reading from the same passages that cover the fascination of the conjugal dictators with the antiquated castes of pre-historic Filipinos. This time our focus is on the so-called 'imam of the New Society."

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In today's reading, we explore one of the more covert motives of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos which was to turn themselves into royalty. The conjugal dictators were fascinated with the pre-colonial concepts of social hierarchies.

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In today's reading, we'll continue reading about the so-called "emergency situation" in the Philippines that made Marcos decide to put his own country into some of its darkest moments in history. His actions appear to have been calculated and orchestrated much earlier.

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In today's reading, we're going to learn about the situation in the Philippines before former President and dictator Ferdinand Marcos imposed Martial Law in the Philippines in September 1972. A lot of current propaganda spreading today say that Martial Law was warranted and much needed during the time that it was declared. Is this true?

The Conjugal Dictatorship by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos by Primitivo Mijares is available at Ateneo Press website and select bookstores.

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In today's reading, we're going to read Primitivo Mijares' thoughts and motivations that made him finally decide to leave the Marcoses after years of propaganda work for the conjugal dictatorship.

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Banned in the Philippines after its publication, The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos holds the most authoritative, first hand accounts of the machinations inside the Marcos regime, written by Primitivo Mijares , a long-time Marcos propagandist who defected from the government in 1975, testified before a US Congress Committee, wrote and published the book in 1976. Ferdinand Marcos tried to stop everything.

The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos is available at Ateneo Press. The Untold Story of Imelda Marcos is currently out of print.

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In today's readings, we will turn our attention to the diary entries of Ferdinand Marcos around the time he imposed Martial Law.  What might be in the mind of Mr. Marcos as he finally unleashed his first orders, his plans as dictator of the Philippines?

Thanks to Philippine Diary Project for letting us use philippinediaryproject.com as one of this podcast's source materials. Thanks also to Gary Granada for allowing us to use May Araw Din Kayo, one of the songs from Lean: A Filipino Musical, as a soundtrack of this production.

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In today's reading, we will learn about the immediate actions and arrests, including Ninoy Aquino's, that occurred as soon as Ferdinand Marcos assumed all powers of the state when Martial Law took effect the night of September 22, before he made the public declaration on September 23, 1972.

Thanks to Ateneo Press, Mijares family for granting us permission to use some of the source materials of this podcast. Thanks also to Gary Granada for allowing us to use May Araw Din Kayo, one of the songs from Lean: A Filipino Musical, as a soundtrack of this production.

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Today's reading will be about the dates surrounding the declaration of Martial Law. The country officially remembers the said declaration every year on September 21st. But on that day in 1972, things were still OK. Congress was still open. In fact, Senator Ninoy Aquino was still able to deliver a privilege speech in the Senate. There was a protest march in Plaza Miranda with a crowd said to be 30,000. Media covered the said protest so democracy was pretty much still functioning. So when did Marcos really announce the imposition of Martial Law and what was happening on September 21, 22 and 23, 1972?

Thanks to Ateneo Press, Mijares family, Manolo Quezon and Philippine Diary Project for granting us permission to use some of the source materials of this podcast. Thanks also to Gary Granada for allowing us to use May Araw Din Kayo, one of the songs from Lean: A Filipino Musical, as a soundtrack of this production.

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Welcome to the Sagittarian Project, an independent, non-profit history podcast produced to help educate Filipinos on the dark years of Martial Law in the Philippines. For our premiere episode, we're introducing Primitivo Mijares and his book called The Conjugal Dictatorship. For feedback and suggestions, please email us at [email protected] or dm us on Instagram @sagittarianproject.

Thanks to Ateneo de Manila University Press and the family of Primitivo Mijares for granting us permission to use The Conjugal Dictatorship as one of the source materials for this podcast. 

Thanks also to Gary Granada for allowing us to use May Araw Din Kayo, one of the songs from Lean: A Filipino Musical, as a soundtrack of this production.

You can download a digital copy of the 1976 edition of the book from theconjugaldictatorship.com or purchase the 2017 revised and annotated edition from Ateneo de Manila University Press and select bookstores.