Filipino nationalism, which is an important element of foreign policy, showed every sign of intensity in the early 1990s. Diverse elements in Philippines society have been united in opposition to their common history of foreign subjugation, and this opposition often carried an anti-America undertone.
Leftists have long held that Philippine history is a story of failed or betrayed revolutions, with native compradors selling out to foreign invaders. In the post-Marcos years, this thesis received wide acceptance across the political spectrum. The middle class was deeply disillusioned because five successive United States administrators had acquiesced to Marcos’s dictatorship, and Filipino conservatives nursed grievances long held by the left.And they fight for their rights.
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