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    La Solidaridad was a political propaganda publication established in 1889 by Filipino reformists in Spain who wanted representation in the Spanish government. It was founded to unite Filipino groups in Spain behind a shared publication and to advocate for democratic reforms in the Philippines. The newspaper was edited by Graciano Lopez-Jaena and later Marcelo H. del Pilar. It served as the principal organ of the Philippine propaganda movement for over five years, fighting against reactionary forces and advocating liberal, democratic ideas. The publication had limited circulation in the Philippines due to censorship and lack of readership in Spanish, but helped spread reformist ideas among educated Filipinos and build support for political change.

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    La Solidaridad was a political propaganda publication established in 1889 by Filipino reformists in Spain who wanted representation in the Spanish government. It was founded to unite Filipino groups in Spain behind a shared publication and to advocate for democratic reforms in the Philippines. The newspaper was edited by Graciano Lopez-Jaena and later Marcelo H. del Pilar. It served as the principal organ of the Philippine propaganda movement for over five years, fighting against reactionary forces and advocating liberal, democratic ideas. The publication had limited circulation in the Philippines due to censorship and lack of readership in Spanish, but helped spread reformist ideas among educated Filipinos and build support for political change.

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    La Solidaridad

    The desire to form a purely Filipino organization was fulfilled with the establishment in Barcelona
    on December 13, 1888 if La Solidaridad. This organization was a sort of rival of Morayta's Madrid
    group although the two organizations joined together in a petition addressed to the Minister of the
    Colonies asking for representation in the Cortes, abolition of censorship of the press, and
    prohibition of the practice of deporting citizens merely through administrative orders.
    The president of La Solidaridad was Rizal's cousin, Galicano Apacible. Among the other officers
    were Graciano Lopez-Jaena, vice-president, and Mariano Ponce, treasurer. Rizal, in London at
    the time, was named Honorary President. Unfortunately, Apacible could not hold the wrangling
    reformists together. It took the prestige of Rizal and the political wisdom of del Pilar to unite the
    Filipinos in Spain and to coordinate their efforts. 

    But finally, in February 15, 1889, the Filipino propagandists were able to get together behind a
    new publication which they called La Solidaridad, and which for its more than five years of its
    existence became the principal organ of the propaganda movement. It was founded on February
    15, 1889 and existed up to November 15, 1895. Its first editor was Graciano Lopez-Jaena but he
    was soon succeeded by Marcelo H. del Pilar. La Solidaridad was a political propaganda paper
    with a liberal, reformist orientation dedicated to the task of fighting reaction in all its forms. 

    On February 15, 1889, the first issue of La Solidaridad came out and its editorial expressed its
    aim:

    Our aspirations are modest, very modest. Our program, aside from being simple, is
    clear: to combat reaction, to stop all retrogressive steps, to extol and adopt liberal ideas,
    to defend progress; in a word, to be a propagandist, above all, of democratic ideas in order
    to make these supreme in all nations here and across the seas.
    The aims, therefore, of La Solidaridad are described as to collect, to gather, libertarian
    ideas which are manifested daily in the field of politics, science, art, literature, commerce,
    agriculture and industry.
    We shall also discuss all problems relating to the general interest of the nation and seek
    solutions to those problems in high-level and democratic manner. 

    ***

    With regard to the Philippines, since she needs the most help, not being represented in
    the Cortes, we shall pay particular attention to the defense of her democratic rights, the
    accomplishment of which is our patriotic duty.

    That nation of eight million souls should not, must not be the exclusive preserve of
    theocracy and traditionalism.

    The contributors of the La Solidaridad were mostly Filipinos, such as


     Marcelo H. del Pilar (Plaridel)
     Dr. Jose Rizal (Laon Laan)
     Mariano Ponce (Naning, Kalipulo, Tigbalang)
     Antonio Luna (Taga Ilog)
     Jose Ma. Panganiban (Jomapa)
     Dr. Pedro Paterno
     Antonio Ma. Regidor
     Isabelo delos Reyes
     Eduardo de Lete
     Jose Alejandrino

    Some friends of the Propaganda Movement also contributed, notably Professor Blumentritt
    ( Austrian ethnologist ) and Dr. Morayta ( Spanish Historian, university professor and statesman ). 

    Certainly an important factor limiting the influence of the propagandists was the fact that they
    wrote in Spanish, a language virtually unknown to the masses. Furthermore, censorship seriously
    limited the inflow of such reading matter and made possession of it very risky.
    But despite all the foregoing, the influence of the Propaganda on the revolution cannot be
    discounted. True, La Solidaridad itself, Rizal's novels, and other propaganda material had limited
    circulation, but these reached the local ilustrados who in most instances came to lead the
    revolutionary forces in their provinces. The fund-raising efforts of local committees and masonic
    lodges and the clandestine attempts to distribute these materials involved more individuals in the
    campaign for reforms. The very attempts of the government to stop the entry of La
    Solidaridad and prevent its distribution highlighted the lack of freedoms that the propagandists
    were condemning.

    If readership was small, seepage of information to other groups certainly occurred. And because
    what the propagandists wrote were accurate reflections of reality, a feeling of empathy developed
    wherever news of their work was heard. The articulation of their own feelings of oppression
    heightened the ferment of the people and herein lay the continuity between reformism and
    revolution despite their diametrically opposed means and goals.

    In the last issue of La Solidaridad (November 15, 1895), M.H. del Pilar wrote his farewell editorial
    saying :

    We are persuaded that no sacrifices are too little to win the rights and the liberty of a
    nation that is oppressed by slavery.

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