Ang Katipunan Issues : From 1973 to 1987
The KDP (Union of Democratic Filipinos) published a national newspaper in the United States from 1974 to 1987. Based at the KDP national headquarters in Oakland, the Ang Katipunan (AK) was usually published monthly with occasional special issues. For some time, the AK also published a West Coast edition.
AK articles covered developments in the Philippines, exposing the injustices of the Marcos dictatorship during martial law. It covered the resistance of the national democratic movement and the New People’s Army along with other democratic opposition activities. The AK documented the extensive anti-Marcos opposition movement in the United States and efforts of the anti-Marcos forces to oppose US support for the dictator. It also covered organizing against discrimination against Filipinos and other minorities in the U.S. The AK carried on-going coverage of liberation movements across the globe. Finally, the AK published cultural work of poets and photographers of the time, in its VOICES columns.
The AK concluded publication in 1987 and was replaced by a monthly newsmagazine, Katipunan, which was published until 1990.
