Rogue Generals: A Different Post-EDSA Uno Philippines TL

I don't think Tadiar has assumed the Presidency, although it could be hinted that in TTL's 2016, he's priming for Palparan to be elected as President (though he would be a puppet in the hands of an ailing Tadiar in this case). 

The communists in Tadiar's Philippines would be worse than being the untouchable class. They're also that despised minority that is targeted of frequent attacks.

Corruption on the prefectural level, I think it could get a lot worse. Remember that infamous IED incident where people died from mishandling the cargo of IEDs? That can be traced to corruption and collusion with organized crime groups. It's also why we will later see a potential coup within a coup, only it would be the so-called Young Turks of the Filipino military that would try to depose Tadiar, only to fail. 

I'm curious about this 2003 coup by Danilo Atienza.

Yeah, that only shores up my Bakufu-Presidency assumption.

So, does that mean that the office of the President was left unfilled for a decade already?

I'll just thank you for not writing Gen. Tadiar convincing himself that Arturo Tolentino was somehow still alive. The Filipino-Chinese being considered as untermenschen was bad enough (though I'll likewise thank you for retconning it, too).

Yeah, but then I can't resist doing that HRE reference.

I mean, Taboritsky's Regency.

Do you have the names of the Exiled Barkada group?

Chapter Seventy-Three: When Humanity Almost Met its Demise

"The shocking discovery made by both the 24th and 26th Marine Expeditionary Units when they landed in the island of Little Saint James in the US Virgin Islands had captured every single news outlet around the world. Upon arrival at the home of the late Jeffrey Epstein, US Marine Corps General Robert B. Johnston and his immediate superior, the head of the American invasion force that captured Cuba and Nicaragua, Paul van Riper, were notified by three Marines of a basement where they found several girls who were revealed to have been trafficked by organized crime groups. All of the girls, it seemed, came from diverse backgrounds, but the one thing that they had in common was that they were kidnapped and abused by several perpetrators. When it became apparent that there were a few girls who had died from neglect, as a result of a lack of news of Epstein's death, medical teams within the MEUs were deployed to give them a medical assessment. In addition, General Van Riper called for a temporary ceasefire with the Cuban resistance movement, in order to help reunite the kidnapped girls with their families. When the Kemp administration found out about the gruesome discovery, the President immediately approved of the temporary ceasefire and the US military leadership coordinated with the NSA on locating the families of the kidnapped girls. Unlike with the CIA, the NSA under VADM John M. McConnell did not want any involvement from them, especially the Corsairs, due to their reputation. The NSA agents had also coordinated their efforts with the FBI on finding any surviving perpetrators who were responsible for the abduction of hundreds of girls for the purpose of a variety of abuses. What's more, the NSA and the FBI had rang their alarm bells when it was revealed that a disturbing number of girls from the Philippines who were captured in anti-terrorist operations, most of whom were in various communist militant groups, were also sold to human traffickers for a large sum of money. The source of the information on the human trafficking connection between the Tadiar dictatorship and various organized crime groups came from within the increasingly disillusioned military officers of the Philippine military who were aghast at the growing criminality of certain senior officers. Many of these same senior officers would eventually be arrested and tried at the Hague for crimes against humanity, as well as other charges levied against them. The only saving grace out of this horrific discovery was that none of the Philippine military officers had any dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, or their reputation would have been stained by their association with a known criminal." Linda Tripp, from "The Geopolitical Tripwire of Jeffrey Epstein", sponsored by "The American Cause".

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SUMMARY OF THE TV SERIES "V FOR VENDETTA: CHAOS AND ORDER":

Synopsis: 'Chaos and Order' is a sequel to the popular tv series V for Vendetta, which covers the aftermath of the oppressive Norsefire regime that have taken power in the British Isles. While the original plot for the comic of V for Vendetta lay with the nuclear war between the US and the former USSR, the plot for the TV version of V for Vendetta started with a more brutal Spratlys conflict that ends in China using 33 nuclear bombs against the Philippines in an attempt to bring down the Tadiar regime. While the Chinese were successful in forcing the Philippine government to recognize their takeover of the Spratly Islands, the effects of the nuclear exchange led to the outbreak of the Balangiga Virus, which would eventually ravage most of Asia, Australia, and even parts of Europe, North and South America, and Africa. The Balangiga Virus became a catalyst for Europe's turn towards the radical far-right, as the Norsefire Party would rise in popularity in response to China's nuclear aggression. Anti-Asian sentiment would rise as a result, but anti-Chinese revanchism would arise in the Philippines when the fictional version of both Nicanor Faeldon and Elly Pamatong in Andres Pasahol would rise. Ironically, the racist Norsefire regime would recognize the Filipinos, not as another 'mongrelized inferiors' according to their propaganda, but 'victims of Oriental savagery'. As a result, the more aggressive elements of Norsefire would openly call for a Great Reconquest of the United States, which Norsefire saw as the ultimate enemy of what they see as a revived Greater British Empire. With the monarch as a mere figurehead, power would lay with a military man called Adam Sumter (in this case, Sumter would combine the worse aspects of both Hideki Tojo and Adolf Hitler), who would launch the purge against the Norsefire regime's perceived opponents. Europe would eventually succeed in pushing towards the far-right, with even former Eastern bloc nations falling under nationalist regimes, including the former Soviet Union itself. The main story of V for Vendetta focuses on Evey Hammond and her role as an employee of a prominent British arms manufacturing company, before she is caught up in a wrongful arrest by the Fingermen, only to be saved by the anarchist simply called V.

Chaos and Order's plotline deals with the aftermath of the fall of the Norsefire regime, with the domino effect of Europe's nationalist regimes falling apart, creating a chaotic situation. Out of the chaos, comes several new characters: Ian Somerset (played by Aidan Gillen), who works as the Minister of Finance under a post-Sumter regime that is led by Harold Sorkin (played by Alan Rickman), and the main villain of 'Chaos and Order', the Norsefire sympathizer turned new security chief Michael Warwick (played by Ian McDiarmid), who secretly plots to reinstate the Norsefire regime amidst the outbreak of several wars around the world. The main problem of the post-Sumter regime is their struggle to deal with the survivors of the former Sumter regime, while dealing with the geopolitical effects, namely the ongoing civil war in the collapsing United States and an Islamist uprising in the former Russian nationalist regime. All of that, the only Norsefire ally left outside Europe in the Filipino dictatorship of General Pasahol, faces an uprising from within. With V being a slowly fading memory, Evey works in the shadows to stop Warwick from realizing his cherished dream of restoring the Norsefire regime. Subequently, another theme of Chaos and Order covers more government corruption, as well as the collusion between the state and various multinational business giants, in a reference to the previous administration of Jack Kemp and his ties to defense contractors and other financial giants.

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ANTI-GLOBALIZATION PROTESTS HIT SEATTLE AS UNUSUAL UNITY OF FAR-LEFT AND FAR-RIGHT GROUPS DEMONSTRATE AMIDST WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Vancouver Sun
December 1, 1999


Activists held a rally against the World Trade Organization during the anti-globalization protest in Seattle. 

(Seattle, WASHINGTON STATE) - Various protesters of all kinds have converged on the city of Seattle as they held demonstrations against what they see as 'creeping globalism'. From within the far-left groups, various black bloc members have held rallies and teach ins in an attempt to educate the public on what they are fighting for, while far-right groups have used the protests as an opportunity to demonstrate their strength and unity in the face of outright hostility towards them. At the same time, the protesters themselves have also started to fight amongst themselves due to political differences.

"This is supposed to be a peaceful protest in solidarity with those who suffered under the boot of globalism and cutthroat capitalism," says noted progressive activist Erica Yates, whose displeasure was displayed when she saw twenty skinheads with swastikas on their shoulders. "The fact that we're seeing literal neo-Nazis marching in this same protest will compromise our goal of exposing the reality of global corporatism."

Another issue that both factions of the protesters are raising is the ongoing American military occupation of Cuba and Nicaragua. The increasing amount of money and resources spent on the war in the two Latin American nations have also contributed to the increased numbers of hospitalizations among military veterans, and in some cases, some of the veterans have joined the protesters as well. Many of the veterans had recently returned from their tour in Cuba and Nicaragua, although some of them had to be carried around in wheelchairs and wheeled around by their fellow veteran buddies who also joined in the protests.

"We want to tell President Kemp that while our intentions towards those two nations were good in that we were trying to depose their governments and to replace them with those who are friendly to our interests, many of our buddies have committed suicide out of trauma because of it," says recently discharged veteran Peter Kewell, who suffered from PTSD after being caught in a grenade blast caused by the Cuban resistance. "I knew a friend who was a Marine Corps officer who led the platoon into Little Saint James and took part in the greatest humanitarian mission involving the military and our enemies."

The Great Reunification, as the US military authorities called the humanitarian mission to help reunite the women and young girls that were found by Marine Corps soldiers when they relocated to Little Saint James in the US Virgin Islands, was launched by General Paul van Riper, at his own initiative. Apparently, the Kemp administration had been notified of the Marine Corps' discovery of the girls and are now coordinating their efforts with the FBI and the NSA. When General Van Riper personally told the rescued girls of Little Saint James of the deaths of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell onboard his private plane that former Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was on when they were on their way to Mexico, many of the girls cried tears of joy. Still, the shocking discovery of the girls had also fed into the paranoia of the veterans who are returning from their Caribbean tour.

As for the protests that are now occurring, many of Seattle's police force were deployed to stop any potential riots from happening. Yet, the presence of radical factions within the protesters would also spark fears of a violent crackdown, as many delegates from within the World Trade Organization had called on the local authorities to ensure that their safety is top priority. Already, the Washington Army National Guard has been deployed to aid their colleagues in local law enforcement, but the presence of the veterans might complicate things.

"We hope to resolve any potential disputes between the parties involved without the use of force," says Seattle PD Chief Norm Stamper, who addressed the ongoing protests. "At the same time, we encourage the demonstrators to refrain from using violence while exercising the 4th Amendment."

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Op-Ed: The Far-Right's Bizarre Obsession with Artemio Tadiar
By: Huang Qing
August 31, 2016

It is not surprising that various far-right figures in Europe, North America, and Australia have often displayed their admiration of some of the worst dictators in human history, with Adolf Hitler being their preferred 'idol'. Yet, at the same time, these very same far-right figures had also praised Cold War era dictators, such as Augusto Pinochet and even the Apartheid era figures. However, we were not prepared for the biggest irony of them all: their bizarre love affair with recently deposed Philippine dictator Artemio Tadiar. Now, why would fascists and white nationalists admire someone who they would normally see as racially inferior? What's the far-right's obsession with the reviled military dictator of a Third World country like the Philippines?

Another irony of this obsession came from its origins in the growing Filipino Refugee Crisis that had occurred in th early 1990s, when Filipino migrant labourers felt that returning to a country now ruled by a second dictator is not in their best interest, and that it would be necessary to seek political asylum in any nation that is willing to take them in. Although the wealthier areas of Western Europe opened their doors to them, the former Eastern Bloc was more hesitant to take them in, mostly because of their own economic malaise. However, Yugoslavia was one of the few communist nations that took the exiled Filipino migrant labourers into its home, the other being Poland (although Poland only took in 25,000 Filipino exiles). Yet, the exiled communities flourished wherever they settled, especially in Anglophone countries, where more Filipino exiles choose to settle. Within the Anglosphere, the United States took in approximately 130,000 Filipinos, Canada taking in 97,000 of them, Australia taking in 45,300 of them, and both Great Britain and New Zealand only taking around 20,000 Filipinos each.

Although the locals' reaction to the large presence of the Filipino exile community was rather mixed, the negative reactions often came from racist groups that existed within the West. In Eastern and Southern Europe however, the presence of the Filipino exiles had triggered a hostile reaction from the already marginalized Roma community, who started to witness more Filipino exiles settle into houses that have been targeted for gentrification. In some cases, the local Roma community had witnessed the newly arrived Filipinos take some of the available homes that could have gone to them. As for the neo-Nazi groups, their love affair with Tadiar didn't arise overnight. Many of the Filipino exiles have become politically aware of their situation, and would often vote for progressive parties. In some cases, a few Filipino exiles even joined left-wing groups, which aroused a hostile reaction from the far-right. The most popular, albeit infamous chant, that white nationalists would often say towards the Filipino exiles is 'we'll Flip you back to Tadiar'. 'Like monkeys, we'll swing you from the trees' is another incendiary slogan used by the far-right against the Filipino exiles, which is primarily used in the Anglosphere, but 'we gave you bombs then, we'll give you nukes today' is often heard by Chinese ultranationalists whenever there is a dispute between the Chinese and the Filipinos. Some of the exiled Filipinos who were on the receiving end of the racist abuse had began to contemplate on defecting back to the Tadiar regime, where they would feel most welcome, despite the Tadiar regime's atrocious human rights record.

In contemporary circles, the icon of Artemio Tadiar if often used by the far-right in any anti-progressive protests, as well as the usage of the Tadiar-era Philippine flag. As many of the activists recall, the Tadiar-era estelada style Filipino flag had been reviled by both pro-Aquino and pro-Marcos factions of the Philippine political exile community. During a far-right rally in Stockholm, Sweden on July 31, 2015, Swedish ultranationalists waved not only the Swedish variant of the Gray Legion flag used during the Second Russian Civil War, but the Tadiar-era Philippine flag when they demonstrated in solidarity with the perceived 'victims of globalist greed', referencing the UN sanctions imposed on the Philippines that were lifted back in 2007. Another protest where the Tadiar-era Philippine flag was flown was during a football match between China and the Philippines only three weeks ago, in which the Chinese and Filipino spectators were involved in one of the most infamous football fights of the post-Tadiar era. In a tragic twist of irony, some of the Tadiar loyalists who have grown up only knowing of Artemio Tadiar would eventually found the first Filipino Neo-Nazi group in the Philippines. We have seen how Artemio Tadiar became a polarizing figure, both within Filipino politics, and global politics as a whole. We are living in a world influenced by the rise of Artemio Tadiar to this day, and no one knows if the world will ever cleanse itself of the Tadiar legacy.

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Excerpts from "An American Family in Tadiar's Philippines"
by: Kimberly and Beatrice Ramsey
Published by University of California Los Angeles Printing Press

Chapter Four: Creeping Fanaticism (Kimberly's Entry)

Nothing much went on since we saw the punishment given to the parent who was caught gambling, apart from when our brother joined our school. Tommy was still the emerging athlete that everyone looked up to, and in fact, the Philippine military is establishing its own Athletic Corps. From what Dad told us when he came to visit the school, it was meant for active military personnel who are serving their military service that are involved in various sports. Since Tommy and Harold are not Filipino citizens, they are exempt from having to serve, but they also volunteered to at least get some rudimentary military training done, as to increase their fitness. By the time 1999 had dawned on us, we realized that the country started to quiet down. Other than reports of Chinese vessels being hijacked by the Philippine Navy and Marine Corps and killing the crew onboard, the Tadiar regime was rather quiet. Until one day, when the so-called Tadiar Youth came to our school to give some lectures that we started to sense something different is going on. Our suspicions proved to be correct when Nicanor Faeldon himself arrived on the school grounds, accompanied by uniformed Tadiar Youth members carrying flags. Beatrice and I winced at the sight of the Tadiar Youth members, since it reminded us all too well of the Hitler Youth.

"Good afternoon, young national comrades," Faeldon started to say, in which we responded:

"Good afternoon, Comrade Lieutenant Commander Faeldon."

The usage of the term 'comrade' stunned us for a bit. Didn't the communists call each other comrades? Then again, in the history lessons we were given at Goyo Academy, Spanish Falangists also called each other comrades, so it wasn't far fetched. Still, now that we took a closer look at the Tadiar Youth members, they looked more like the Falangists who are marching around in their blue and black uniforms.

"That's better. You've all known a little as to why we have decided to make a surprise visit to this fine academy. It's because we have come to give a lecture on the dangers of globalism, and the success of our ideological adversaries and allies in the fight against corporate capitalism, with the successful Seattle struggle against the World Trade Organization. We will tell you more about them, or your teachers will," Faeldon continued to tell us. We simply kept quiet as he continued to speak. "We are always on the front line against international communism, but the path to a national renewal lies with the desire to build a new society that is free from both the exploiters and globalist agitators who seek to tear down our national sovereignty for the multinational corporations to exploit us."

One student raised her hand up. "What will our role be in this new struggle?"

Faeldom smiled. "I'm glad you asked that question. You see, the entire students of the various branches of Goyo Academy have a role to play in our national revival. The youth must learn from an early age, how to love their nation and how to love their fellow countrymen. Yet, we must love our people who share their national conviction in reviving our fallen nation, and to cast aside those who would seek to destroy it."

The other students remained silent, but we felt a bit nervous about the rhetoric. Of course, we kept our feelings to ourselves. We knew too well what happens to those who dared to speak out in this kind of dictatorship; they would end up in either a labor camp, or they end up dead. Once after Faeldon finished speaking, the rest of the Tadiar Youth handed out some application papers to join the group. Despite being foreign nationals, they also handed us the papers as well. After the speech was finished, we proceeded to return to our dormitories. We looked at the application paper that we received from the Tadiar Youth members, and noticed at how thick the paperwork was.

Beatrice approached me an hour later, feeling a bit down. I can tell that she wasn't comfortable with the idea of joining such a group. We understood what it meant for us, if we ever returned home to the US, we'd be denounced by some of the people who have been on the receiving end of Tadiar's abuse. Moreover, we're also worried about our prospects in the US if they ever found out about our membership with the Tadiar Youth. Of course, we might be well aware of Faeldon's uncomfortable idea of including us into the organization, namely because we are not Filipino citizens. However, our classmate Tommy was born in the Philippines, but doesn't have Filipino citizenship.

Speaking of Tommy, he came by our dormitory by four o'clock in the afternoon with Harold accompanying him. For some odd reason, they looked a bit nervous when we came out to see them, Tommy being the most nervous.

"There was a priest from that new church who came by our dormitory," Tommy spoke first. He looked at us sheepishly before relaxing his posture. "Says he represents the new Philippine Independent Traditionalist Catholic Church, and that he wants to spread the Catholic doctrine."

Beatrice frowned. "Aren't your parents Baptist preachers?"

Tommy nodded. "Yes, but lately they've been under pressure from the PITCC clergy to convert. They complained to General Tadiar about the priest, and he said that he's willing to acknowledge Protestantism as a recognized faith here in the Philippines.

Harold sighed sadly, even though we didn't notice his behavior. "I'm not sure if Mom and Dad know about it. Ever since Mr. Faeldon came to our school, there has been an increase in our classmates embracing the PITCC version of the Catholic faith. We've been raised as Protestants."

"Don't worry about it, Harry. General Tadiar will sort everything out in the end, and he knows that our dad's ties to him is important," I told Harold as I patted him in the shoulder. "I'm wondering as to what kind of Protestant faith will he recognize, or if he will help organize an official Protestant Church here."

"Why not ask your mom and dad if they can contribute to the idea of building an official Protestant Church to General Tadiar?" Harold asked Tommy. He looked at us as if we were crazy, before nodding in agreement.

"I definitely will." Tommy and Harold left our dormitory and went outside as we followed them suit.

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At night, the entire academy was invited to a Tadiar Youth rally, just in the football field. We recognized some of our classmates who were also at the rally, but there were a few of our classmates who have accepted the invitation to join the Tadiar Youth. We noticed the dark blue shirt and the black pants that was worn by the active members. From the pictures that Mr. Faeldon showed us of the original members of the Spanish Falange Youth members, the uniforms closely resemble what they wore before. The only difference though, was that instead of a red beret or a black garrison cap, they wore a khaki colored kepi hat, with the Tadiar Youth's insignia on it. The insignia in question had the new Philippine coat of arms on it, emblazoned in two curvy looking straight swords that our classmates called the kris blades. The active members also carried flags of the movement, as well as the current Philippine flag, which looked almost like the flag of one of Spain's autonomous provinces that Beatrice told me later on was Catalonia.

"Wow, they looked sharp out there," Beatrice whispered to me as the members started to march. Mr. Faeldon himself went to the podium, accompanied by several adult staff who ran the Tadiar Youth and gestured for the members to start marching.

"A bit too sharp," I whispered back, to which Beatrice nodded silently.

The marching ceremony lasted for twenty minutes, but within that time frame we noticed that the Tadiar Youth members made sure that our eyes were glued on the members marching past the podium. Sure, the music was festive, but it was accompanied by a loud drumbeat that made our insides squirm. What we noticed next, was that around 50 to a hundred other Tadiar Youth members were carrying torches as the followed the flag bearers. Now we felt like we've traveled back in time to the days of Hitler's regime, and the reincarnation of the Hitler Youth is terrifying. As if it wasn't enough, we were surprised to see General Tadiar appear on the podium as Mr. Faeldon stepped aside to let him in, followed by the other two generals that Dad was close friends with.

"My young warriors of the nation," Tadiar said as he addressed the youth. "Many of you are asking yourselves as to why we've come to display a sense of patriotism tonight. We have come a long way since the war against the communist dragon in the north, and though we have suffered collectively as a nation, we have overcome the trials and adversities to rise once gain from the ashes. All of you have experienced significant losses in your lives, because we have given you a new home and a new family after those communist criminals have ruthlessly taken away your families, your siblings, and your friends. We rose from the ashes, a new nation that swept away the decrepit edifices of the old regime. Your parents fought against the old dictator who is already dying by the time the people summoned the courage to demand change. We, the soldiers, pilots, and sailors of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, have faced enemies from within and without. Through our fanatical struggle, we have succeeded in defeating them. At the same time, we have learned from the mistakes that the previous regime have made. We learned that prestigious families have held the nation back from its true potential. We have also emphasized the dangers of relying on oligarchial families for political power, and through our repeated warnings, we have wiped out the family oligarchies from our nation once more."

We saw the eyes of the members who stood at attention when they were listening to him speak, and to our tiny horror, the looks of their eyes were rather frightening.

"Yet, even as we continue to rebuild our nation, there will be those who will try to subvert the order that we've built, and there will be rebels who are diametrically opposed to our movement. I say, we shall show no mercy towards our enemies who conspire with foreign powers to undermine our nation. The wounded Chinese dragon will still try to wipe us out for good, mainly because we have defied them, and despoiled their ambitions. Then, there are the Americans." We gulped at that mention. To our relief, General Tadiar didn't get angry right away. "The Americans remain our allies. I don't mean to curse America in particular, just the useless government of that little fool Jesse Jackson, who used his religious mindset to try and 'bridge the gap' between us and the Chinese communist regime. He sold us out to China, even when we endured the bombings that they caused. Thankfully, Jack Kemp replaced that naive fool and sought to punish China. Yet, who saved us when Jesse Jackson forced America to turn its back on us? Japan. They saved us when no one else would, and in return, we invited them to come and settle in the Philippines. And the cowardly exiles compared me to the one man who sought to 'bridge the gap' between us and the Japanese in Jose P. Laurel? Yes, we did resist the Japanese occupation of our country and waited for our American overlords to liberate us. Yes, we know that there were some mistakes that the Japanese themselves made during the war, but in the long run, they provided the rest of Asia with an inspiration to throw off the shackles of colonialism. However, we only saw that Western colonialism was replaced with Chinese neo-colonialism. Their attempts to colonize the world with their money, and their political influence, has unfortunately attracted the very same Asian nations that fought off Western colonialism. We were once wealthy and powerful, but the fool Ferdinand Marcos squandered it all on his cronies, but thankfully a few of them saw the light and joined our cause."

"Thank the heroes for seeing the light!" One of the members shouted, to which they shouted. "Mabuhay!"

"Mabuhay!" the response from the rest of the members shouted in unision.

Tadiar held up his hand to quiet them down. "Of course, the other oligarchs who cowardly fled out of the country have taken their ill-gotten wealth with them, but we have found a way to strike back at these very same greedy fools. It is why we had to resort to such acts that might seem barbaric to other nations, but necessary for us. However, the fight for our national revival is not yet finished, for you all have a role to play. You, my children, are the future of the Filipino nation. You and your generation will inherit the world that we have so far built and the world that you yourselves will contribute to. We will always be on the front lines against international communism, but we have now added a new enemy on the ranks: unbridled, cutthroat capitalism. We can build our own kind of capitalism, one without exploitation. Yet, these same agitating fools insist that capitalism without exploitation does not exist. They're wrong. Only through our labor, sweat, blood, and tears, can we complete the national reconstruction of our nation. Para sa buhay!"

"Higit sa lahat!" the Tadiar Youth members shouted.

"Para sa bansa!" Tadiar shouted again.

"Higit sa lahat!"

We continued to watch the rally as it unfolded, but by now, we are seeing the real Artemio Tadiar. Yes, he is not fast approaching the same level as Adolf Hitler, but he has reached the level of both Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco in terms of infamy. I honestly felt scared for our classmates, because they are now getting the impression that they need to fight for their right to secure a good childhood, not only for themselves, but for those who will come after them. Yes, our dad is still good friends with the Philippine military leadership, but what happens when a new President thinks that men like our dad are more of a liability than an asset. What then?

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FAR-RIGHT RALLIES BREAK OUT THROUGHOUT PARTS OF EUROPE OVER INCREASED INTAKE OF FILIPINO REFUGEES, PORTRAITS OF TADIAR SPOTTED AT SOME RALLIES
Sydney Herald
September 9, 1999

(Athens, GREECE) - For the seventh day in a row, various anti-refugee rallies have been launched throughout Europe, with Southern and Central Europe being the most prominent. As the number of Filipino refugees continue to arrive in Europe, primarily Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy, far-right organizations have sprung up to protest the refugee flow. However, what truly shocked both counter-protesters and the Filipino refugees themselves who fled from their overseas employment in the Middle East because of their situation that made it impossible to return to the Philippines, was the usage and display of the portraits of the widely reviled Filipino dictator, Artemio Tadiar. In the predominantly Balkan Orthodox nations where anti-Catholic sentiment remains high, the presence of the Filipino Catholic population within their territory had raised the fears of Catholicization, which contributed to the attacks on various Catholic churches within its territory.

"The Orthodox Church is under attack by the Papists from the Orient, who have come to Europe in droves. While they are considered Christian, their presence is a dangerous factor in the potential destruction of Orthodoxy," comments Greek Orthodox activist Konstantinos Laskaris, who leads the local activist group that advocates for the total assimilation or expulsion of the Filipino Catholic population. "Unless the Filipino refugees agree to convert to the true Christian Church, we will never accept them as part of our society."

Already, the Filipino exile community has come under attack by far-right movements within Europe, North America, and Australia. However, far-left organizations have also attacked the same Filipino exile community they claimed to support, on ideological grounds. The later batch of Filipino refugees who escaped from the Philippines through Indonesia, had arrived in Europe by early 1997, but came under attack from Europe's other Asian immigrant communities. Incensed by what they saw as a living reminder of why the Spratlys conflict escalated close to WWIII, some of the other Asian minorities have launched attacks on the Filipino exile community, forcing them to retaliate in kind, leading to riots. At the same time, there are tensions within the Filipino exile community over their ordeal and suffering at the hands of their perpetrators. In addition, the pressure exerted on the Filipino exile community from within the Balkan Orthodox nations have so far resulted in them moving to the Catholic parts of the Balkans, namely Croatia and Slovenia.

"We understand the situation that our brothers and sisters in Christ face when they're pressured to join the schismatic church in those nations that continue to defy Papal authority," says prominent exiled Catholic bishop Fernando Capalla, from his residence in Maribor, Slovenia. "A third of the Filipino population in nations like Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece, have accepted the Orthodox faith. While they are free to choose what to do with their faith, I must say that they're making a mistake in that they are choosing to assimilate into the local population instead of keeping with their Filipino identity and their Catholic faith."

Yugoslavia, which had seen its Filipino exile community population increase to around 45,000, was the community most affected by the growth of what they saw as Serbian Orthodox fundamentalist rhetoric. Serbian nationalists had insisted that they welcome the Filipino refugees into the country, but had also emphasized on understanding their vehement opposition to Catholicism in the first place. As it stands, Yugoslavia was the only nation in the world where the Pope is legally barred from entering, as the powerful Serbian Orthodox Church had insisted that the Pope visit the infamous Jasenovac concentration camp, run by the wartime Independent State of Croatia, before visiting Yugoslavia, plus a formal apology.