Propaganda ni Rizal

1872 - 1892
 PROPAGAND MOVEMENT

• Literary and Cultural Organization.

• Built and formed by Filipino émigrés.
• GOMBURZA ignites the creation of propaganda.
• Rebels using their pluma and papers.
 Purpose

• To increase Spanish awareness of the needs

of its colony
• To propagate a closer relationship between
the colony and Spain
 Goals
• Secularization of the clergy
• Legalization of Spanish and Filipino equality
• Creation of a public school system independent of Catholic friars
• Abolition of polo y servicios (labor service) and the bandala (forced sale of
local products to the government)
 Goals
• Guarantee of basic freedoms
• Equal opportunity for Filipinos and Spanish to enter government service
• Representation in the Philippines in the Cortes Generales, the Spanish
parliament
 Cortes Generales
• The Cortes Generales (literally "General Court") is the Spanish
legislature. It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the
Congress of Duties (the lower assembly) and the Senate (the high
council). The Cortes have the power to enact and amend the
constitution. Furthermore, the lower council has the power to
confirm and oust the President of the Government or prime
minister.
 Prominent Members
• Jose Rizal
• Graciano Lopez Jaena
• Mariano Ponce
• Marcelo H. Del Pilar
• Juan Luna
 Graciano Lopez Jaena
• Born December 18, 1856 at Jaro, Iloilo
• Died January 20, 1896 (aged 39)
• Journalist, Orator, Revolutionary, and National hero
• First editor and publisher of La Soladaridad
• Pen Name: “Taga-ilog”
 Notable Works
• La Hija del Fraile (The Daughter of a Friar)
• Fray Botod (Big-Bellied Friar)
• Esperanzas (Hope)
 Marcelo H. del Pilar
• Born August 30, 1850 at Bulakan, Bulacan
• Died July 4, 1896 (aged 45)
• Alma Mater: University of Santo Tomas (UST)
• Writer, Lawyer, Journalist, and Freemason
• Pen Name: “Plaridel”
 Notable Works
• Caiigat Cayó (Be as Slippery as an Eel, 1888)
• Dasalan at Tocsohan (Prayers and Mockeries, 1888)
• Ang Cadaquilaan nang Dios (The Greatness of God, 1888)
• La Soberanía Monacal en Filipinas (Monastic Supremacy in the Philippines, 1888)
• La Frailocracía Filipina (Friarocracy in the Philippines, 1889)
• Sagót ng España sa Hibíc ng Filipinas (Spain's Reply to the Cry of the Philippines,
1889)
 Mariano Ponce
• Born March 22, 1863 at Baliwag, Bulacan
• Died May 23, 1918 (aged 55)
• Physician and Writer
 Notable Works
• Efemerides Filipinas
• Ang Wika at Lahi (1917)
 Juan Luna
• Born October 24, 1857 at Badoc, Ilocos Norte
• Died December 7, 1899
• Painter, Sculptor, and Political Activist
 Notable Works
• Spoliarium, 1884
• The Death of Cleopatra, 1881
• El Pacto de Sangre, 1884
• La Batalla de Lepanto, 1887
• The Parisian Life, 1892 The River, 1885