On Feb 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 existence became the principal organ of the Propaganda movement. It existed up to Nov 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.
The contributors of the La Solidaridad were mostly Filipinos, such as Marcelo H. del Pilar (Plaridel), 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 Ferdinand Blumentritt (Austrian ethnologist) and Dr. Miguel Morayta (Spanish historian, university professor and statesman). |
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Other revolutionary papers of the time include Kalayaan, La Libertad, La Independenda, La Republica
Filipinas, La Revolucion, El Renacimiento, and La Vanguardia. Most revolutionary papers were published outside the Philippines either in Madrid or Barcelona due to Spanish censorship in the
colony. |
