REFLECTIONS ON BONIFACIO’S

PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION

Prepared by Raizza P. Corpuz

WHO IS ANDRES

BONIFACIO?

A

ndres Bonifacio, considered

the father of the Philippine

revolution against Spain

ANDRES BONIFACIO

•J

oined Rizal’s “La Liga Filipina”

A group that aims to liberate the

Filipino people in a peaceful

revolutionary way.

ANDRES BONIFACIO

•F

ounded the “Katipunan” (KKK) on July 7, 1892

A revolutionary faction that aims to

liberate the Filipinos in a bloody way.

ANDRES BONIFCIO

W

hen Rizal was arrested, imprissoned

and exiled Bonifacio turned his back

on La Liga’s aims and was convinced

that the only way to free the Filipinos

is through a violent revolution.

ANDRES BONIFACIO

B

onifacio’s real belief was that in order to be free there need

to be a war, a revolution against the Spaniards.

B

ut when he joined La Liga Filipina his view changed and

nurtured faith in the peaceful revolutionary progress that La

Liga aims.

ANDRES BONIFACIO

“Ang dapat mabatid

ng mga Tagalog” (written on Kalayaan)

REFLECTION ON BONIFACIO’S

PHILOSOPHY OF REVOUTION

•I

t is not between the government and the governed, it

is about the colonized and the colonizers.

•C

hange the “Ang dapat mabatid ng mga tagalog” to

“Ang dapat mabatid ng mga Pilipino”

•A given example was Andres Bonifacio, who was in fact a plebeian ( blue collar) but was considered an ilustrado based on his wisdom and ability to lead the Katipunan members effectively.

•If the initial membership of the Katipunan is ilustrado, it is difficult to perceive how it can be viewed as an illustration of a “history from below”.

•The initial Katipunan membership was middle class or even lower middle class, it illustrates a “history from the middle”.

• T

he philosophy of Bonifacio revolution is the tagalog was

afflicted by their own entire nation

• D

uring the spanish colonial government the tutelage and

friar are under it’s nation

• T

agalogs are the most affected on national revolution

• B

onifacio advocated on people’s suffering

• T

o ensure a rapid recruitment for the membership in

revolutionary movement is how to intensify agitational

work

D

uring the time of Bonifacio only one can safely

assume who can lived misery,exploitation and

suffering

B

eing a revolutionist you should provide

revolutionary framework, better and

pursuasive alternative to people’s misery