The conference aims to deepen the discourse about the martial law years and correct the twisted narratives being perpetrated by groups who want Filipinos to forget those dark years in the nation’s history.
Sa pamumuno ni Lorena Barros, inilunsad ng MAKIBAKA ang maraming protesta laban sa kahirapan at para sa demokratisasyon ng lipunan. Tiningnan nilang hindi pa malaya ang sambayanan at dominante pa rin ang mga dayuhan at mayayaman sa lipunan. Higit pa roon, binigyang diin niil na hindi magiging ganap ang kalayaan hangga’t hindi pa napalalaya ang lipunan.
“The spread of “fake facts” aims to distort history and present it as truth.”