page_title: Edgar Jopson
section_title: Student Activism
hierarchical_section_title: Edgar Jopson / Education / Student Activism
caption_attribution_description: English: Edjop speaks to a huge crowd at a multi-sectoral rally in Plaza Miranda, 1970. Photo from the Jopson Family Collection
context_page_description: Edgardo Gil Mirasol Jopson, or more popularly known as Edjop, was a labor rights activist and active member of the Communist Party of the Philippines during the reign of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Jopson studied in Ateneo de Manila High School, and later proceeded to Ateneo de Manila University where he graduated under the Management Engineering program, garnering Latin Honors. He was active in politics since his years in college, even becoming the president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines. He later went underground with the CPP when President Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972. He was killed during a military raid in his house in 1982.
context_section_description: Jopson's political ascent began in college when he was inspired by an article from the Guidon, Ateneo's campus newspaper, in 1968, entitled "Down from the Hill."
  Jopson joined various political organizations during his stay. One of those groups was the Laymen's Association for Post Vatican II Reforms (LAPVIIR), a religious group which rallied against graft and corruption. He also ran for the presidency of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) in mid-1969, just as Marcos won his second term, a position which became critical because of the impending constitutional convention slated for 1971. In December 1970, he was reelected for a second term.
  He was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1970 for his "community service through student activism". Though this may be the case, Salanga noted Jopson's lack of real joy from winning the award as he was recognized as the leader of a group divided. He only accepted the award as a strategic political move so as to reorient the NUSP and regain the popularity it once had, which made the radical groups hate him even more.
caption: Edjop speaks to a huge crowd at a multi-sectoral rally in Plaza Miranda.
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