Pledge of Support; I protest the Marcos Government's attempt to execute Bernabe Buscayno, Victor Corpus and Benigno Aquino. I shall make my feelings known to the Marcos Government when called upon to do so.
N.p. n.p., [1977?]. Handbill. Single page with dittoed text, 8.5x11 inches. Horizontal crease from folding with light toning to edge of paper, else very good.
Petition was likely circulated by Filipino American activists following the Marcos regime's sentencing of Buscayno, Corpus, and Aquino to death by firing squad. Their sentences were subsequently commuted by Marcos following international pressure, but Aquino would be assasinated less than six years later.
Cat.No: 289561
Price: $12.00
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