Social Rizal

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While staying in London, he was offered by Mariano Ponce to edit a newspaper that would serve the interest of the Filipinos. That would also defend them against the attacks of the Spanish detractors, which he turned down for he was busy then.
He went to Paris, then to Spain in the second week of December 1888 to determine the political situations in connection to the agitation of reforms of the Philippines. He acquainted with the two leaders of the Propaganda Movement, Marcelo H. del Pilar and Mariano Ponce, and shared ideas and plans in their fight for reforms.
He went back to London and participated actively in the reform movement and initiated his role in the in Philippine Revolution. He was voted unanimously as honorary President of the Filipino Patriotic Society in Barcelona called Asociacion La Solidaridad, which would involve in the crusade for reforms. His first article in La Solidaridad was entitled ‘Los Agricultores Filipinos’, it was published on March 25, 1889 before he left London for Paris.
Jose Rizal’s involvement to the founding of the La Solidaridad Asociation on December 15, 1889 jibed with Graciano Lopez Jaena’s founding of the patriotic newspaper called La Solidaridad. It served as the official organ of the Propaganda Movement. The objectives were as follows: 1. To work peacefully for political and social reforms; 2. To portray the deplorable conditions of the Philippines so that Spain may remedy them; 3. To oppose the evil forces of reactions and medievalism; 4. To advocate liberal ideas and progress; and 5. To champion the legitimate aspirations of the Filipino people to life, democracy, and happiness. With the policy to champion democracy and liberalism, to expose the real plight of the country, and to work peacefully for economic and social reforms, the newspaper published not only articles and essays about the economic, cultural, political, and social conditions of the country, but also current news, both local and foreign, and speeches of prominent Spanish leaders about the Philippines, and information on the achievements,
Social doings and whereabouts of Filipinos at home and abroad.

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