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A mock hammer and sickle — considered emblems of communism — are seen during a militant protest on Mendiola Street in Manila on Sept. 21, 2022. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO
IN the 1960s, being an activist was just that, an activist — not a communist or a terrorist. Today, expressing critical political, social and economic views can easily lead to an accusation on social media by some zealots in government that you are a communist, a subversive or, worse, a terrorist.