Editing Ferdinand Marcos (section)

===''Bagong Lipunan'' (New Society)===
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[[File:President Marcos and Hiroo Onoda.jpg|thumb|[[Imperial Japanese Army]] soldier [[Hiroo Onoda]] offering his military sword to Marcos on the day of his surrender on March 11, 1974]]

One of Marcos' rationalizations for martial law stated that there was a need to "reform society"<ref name="Brillantes1987" />{{rp|page=66}} by placing it under the control of a "benevolent dictator" who could guide the undisciplined populace through a period of chaos.<ref name="Brillantes1987" />{{rp|page=29}}<ref name="BeltranChingkawShadowsofTyrrany">{{Cite news |last1=Beltran |first1=J. C. A. |last2=Chingkaw |first2=Sean S. |date=October 20, 2016 |title=On the shadows of tyranny |work=The Guidon |url=https://www.theguidon.com/1112/main/2016/10/on-the-shadows-of-tyranny/ |access-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731095017/https://www.theguidon.com/1112/main/2016/10/on-the-shadows-of-tyranny/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> He referred to this social engineering exercise as the ''bagong lipunan'' or "new society".<ref name="OnyebadiMusicAsAPlatform">{{Cite book |last=Onyebadi |first=Uche |title=Music as a platform for political communication |date=February 14, 2017 |isbn=978-1-5225-1987-4 |location=Hershey, PA |oclc=972900349}}</ref>{{rp|page=13}} His administration produced propaganda materials, including speeches, books, lectures, slogans, and numerous propaganda songs – to promote it.<ref name="OnyebadiMusicAsAPlatform" />{{rp|page=13}}<ref name="EsquireBagongSilangSong">{{Cite magazine |date=September 11, 2018 |title=Listen to 'Bagong Silang,' the Most Famous of Marcos-Era Propaganda Songs |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/music/the-bagong-lipunan-anthem-is-now-up-on-a-pro-fascism-youtube-channel-a00203-20180911 |magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire Philippines]] |access-date=June 20, 2020 |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731065137/https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/music/the-bagong-lipunan-anthem-is-now-up-on-a-pro-fascism-youtube-channel-a00203-20180911 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NaveraMetaphorizingMartialLaw">{{Cite journal |last=Navera |first=G.S. |year=2019 |title=Metaphorizing Martial Law: Constitutional Authoritarianism in Marcos's Rhetoric (1972–1985) |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=66 |issue=4|doi=10.13185/2244-1638.4362}}</ref>

According to Marcos's book ''Notes on the New Society'', his movement urged the poor and the privileged to work as one for the common goals of society and to achieve the liberation of the Filipino people through self-realization.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

The Marcos regime instituted a youth organization, known as [[Kabataang Barangay]], which was led by Marcos's eldest daughter Imee. Presidential Decree 684, enacted in April 1975, encouraging youths aged 15 to 18 to go to camps and do volunteer work.<ref>{{cite book|author=McCoy, Alfred W.|title=An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-299-22984-9|page=17|url={{Google books|plainurl=y|id=fawaNZu-yqUC|page=17}}}}</ref><ref name=wurf>{{cite book|author=Wurfel, David|title=Filipino Politics: Development and Decay|publisher=Cornell University Press|year=1988|page=130|url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=R-oK4ZetPIAC}}|isbn=978-0-8014-9926-5}}</ref>{{rp|[{{google books|plainurl=y|id=R-oK4ZetPIAC|page=130}} 130]}}

In October 1974, Marcos and PKP-1930 entered into a "national unity agreement" by which PKP-1930 would support New Society programs such as land reform, trade union reform, and including revitalized Soviet Bloc relations.<ref name=wurf/>{{rp|230}}<ref name=qu>{{Cite book |last1=Quimpo |first1=Susan F. |url={{google books|plainurl=y|id=bd_FDAAAQBAJ}}|title=Subversive Lives: A Family Memoir of the Marcos Years |last2=Quimpo |first2=Nathan Gilbert |date=July 29, 2016 |publisher=Ohio University Press |isbn=978-0-89680-495-1 |quote=The PKP viewed Marcos as a "nationalist capitalist" exercising a degree of independence from Washington. It made a negotiated settlement with Marcos in 1974. Thereafter, Marcos publicly announced the agreement as the surrender of the PKP. On the other hand, the PKP said that it achieved legality that it had long sought. |access-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107165043/https://books.google.com/books?id=bd_FDAAAQBAJ |url-status=live}}</ref>