Editing Ferdinand Marcos (section)

===="Moderate" and "radical" opposition====
Media reports classified the various civil society groups opposing Marcos into either "moderates" or "radicals".<ref name="Daroy1988">{{Cite book |title=Dictatorship and revolution : roots of people's power |last=Daroy |first=Petronilo Bn. |date=1988 |publisher=Conspectus |isbn=978-9919108014 |editor-last=Javate -de Dios |editor-first=Aurora |edition= 1st |location=Metro Manila |chapter=On the Eve of Dictatorship and Revolution |oclc=19609244 |editor-last2=Daroy |editor-first2=Petronilo Bn. |editor-last3=Kalaw-Tirol |editor-first3=Lorna}}</ref> The moderates included church groups, civil libertarians, and nationalist politicians who wanted political reforms.<ref name="Passionate" /> Radicals included labor and student groups who wanted more systemic political reforms.<ref name="Passionate" /><ref name="GazetteHistoryProtest">{{Cite web |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/edsa/the-ph-protest-appendix/ |title=A History of the Philippine Political Protest |website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705180022/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/edsa/the-ph-protest-appendix/ |archive-date=July 5, 2017 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 10, 2018}}</ref>

=====Moderates=====
{{See also|Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties}}

Statesmen and politicians opposed to the increasingly authoritarian administration mostly focused their efforts on political efforts.<ref name="Kasaysayan9ch10" /> Their concerns usually included election reform, calls for a non-partisan constitutional convention, and a call for Marcos to comply with the Constitutional term limit.<ref name="Kasaysayan9ch10" /><ref name="GazetteHistoryProtest" />

Proponents included the National Union of Students in the Philippines,<ref name="GazetteHistoryProtest" /> the National Students League (NSL),<ref name="GazetteHistoryProtest" /> and later the [[Movement of Concerned Citizens for Civil Liberties]] (MCCCL), led by Senator [[Jose W. Diokno]].<ref name="Daroy1988" />

MCCCL rallies were remembered for their diversity, attracting moderate and radical camps; and for their scale, attended by as many as 50,000 people.<ref name="Daroy1988" />

=====Radicals=====
{{See also|National Democracy Movement (Philippines)}}

The other broad category of opposition groups were those who wanted more systemic political reforms, usually as part of the [[National Democracy Movement (Philippines)|National Democracy movement]].<ref name="Passionate" /><ref name="GazetteHistoryProtest" /> The Marcos administration included moderate groups under the radical umbrtella.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Aquino |first=Ninoy |title=Testament from a Prison Cell |publisher=Philippine Journal, Incorporated |year=1989 |isbn=978-0962169502 |location=Los Angeles}}</ref>

Groups considered radical by the media included:<ref name="GazetteHistoryProtest" />
* [[Kabataang Makabayan]] (KM)
* [[Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan]] (SDK)
* Student Cultural Association of the University of the Philippines (SCAUP)
* Movement for Democratic Philippines (MDP)
* Student Power Assembly of the Philippines (SPAP)
* [[Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataang Pilipino]] (MPKP)