League of Filipino Students

League of Filipino Students (LFS) is a student movement organized during the Martial law era in the Philippines by militant Marxist-Leninist-Maoist students on September 11, 1977, to address educational issues and school repression.[1]

League of Filipino Students

Abbreviation	LFS
Formation	September 11, 1977 (1977-09-11)
Legal status	Active
Purpose	activism
Region	Philippines
Formerly called	Alliance of Students Against Tuition Fee Increase

Brief History

The League of Filipino Students (LFS) started on September 11, 1977, as an alliance against tuition fee increases and school repression during the Martial law era. The organization formally declared itself in 1982 as a national democratic mass organization.[2]

During the Marcos regime, students were principal protesters against the government.[3] LFS directed its attack against the government with the use of student protests.[4] The group dominated campus politics and was a powerful agent in student mobilization claiming thousands of members that could quickly mobilize for mass action.

The assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1983, the Marcos' government became vulnerable and the organization sets off a nationwide student mobilization. They have participated in protests against the government and have joined street demonstrations with workers which shifted the group into student radicalism. They became the principal actors in the removal of Ferdinand Marcos from power.[5]

LFS remains one of the largest active student organizations in the Philippines. The group continuously takes part in the struggle of the youth and the people.[6]

References

1. Parsa, Misagh; Misagh, Parsa; Parsa, Professor of Sociology Misagh (2000). States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. Cambridge University Press. p. 123. ISBN 9780521774307. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
2. "LFS - iskWiki!". iskwiki.upd.edu.ph. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
3. Parsa, Misagh; Misagh, Parsa; Parsa, Professor of Sociology Misagh (2000). States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521774307. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
4. "A History of the Philippine Political Protest". Retrieved 29 September 2019.
5. Parsa, Misagh; Misagh, Parsa; Parsa, Professor of Sociology Misagh (2000). States, Ideologies, and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of Iran, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780521774307. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
6. "About LFS". 23 February 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

Further reading

• Brief History of the CPP Movement in the Philippine Student Sector 1976-1977 Part 3

• Political Activism: An International Reference Handbook