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“because not fighting would ignore the very real option that still exists: the handful of brave, honorable souls putting their lives on the line on the firm belief that the Filipino people can get better; can choose to get better; deserve better…

while the very heart of me—that chamber that stores my conscience and conviction, love and dreams, memory and self-resoect—remains unbreached, I will fight.”

Holds up as both a memoir, and a record of new media technology’s impact on social change + the vital role of journalism in documenting history amidst a time of widespread disinformation