They too were confronting a gigantic cultural and propaganda machinery that controlled the entire educational system, the corporate media and massive state resources. Then, as now, this reactionary machinery, however, could not cover up the socio-economic crisis and the sufferings of the broad masses of workers and peasants.
Kinaharap din nila ang dambuhalang makinaryang pampropaganda at pangkultura na kumokontrol sa buong sistemang pang-edukasyon, sa mga korporasyon sa midya at sa malalaking rekurso ng estado. Gayunpaman, hindi kailanman maitatago ng reaksyunaryong makinaryang ito ang sosyo-ekonomikong krisis at ang pagdurusa ng malawak na masa ng mga manggagawa at magsasaka.