José Rizal

José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896),

Legacy

Rizal was a reformer for an open society rather than a revolutionary for political independence. As a leader of the Propaganda Movement of Filipino students in Spain, he contributed newspaper articles to La Solidaridad in Barcelona with the following agenda:

Related Topics:
La Solidaridad - Barcelona

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• That the Philippines be a province of Spain
• Representation in the Cortes (Parliament)
• Filipino priests rather than the Spanish Augustinians, Dominicans, or Franciscans
• Freedom of assembly and speech
• Equal rights before the law (for both Filipino and Spanish plaintiffs)