Abstract
This study examines the role of the anti-identitarian collective identity among independent activists, a significant driving force in contemporary social movements in the Philippines. Previous studies on social movements in the Philippines have neglected nonaffiliated activists and have failed to include them in their field of study as they deserve. However, after social media emerged in the early 2010s—offering new forms of protest and lowering barriers to participation—non-organizational movements emerged as a significant political force. This article qualitatively examines the self-identification of the independent activists who organized the Million People March (MPM), an anti-corruption movement that attracted nearly 100,000 participants in 2013. According to my analysis, their anti-identitarian identity was crucial for their successful coordination. The findings enable a better understanding of the concept of contested democracy in the present-day Philippines.
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Senaha, Eishi
(2025)
"Anti-Identitarian Identity Among Independent Activists: Organizers of the 2013 Million People March,"
Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints: Vol. 73:
No.
3, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13185/2244-1638.5151
Available at:
https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol73/iss3/5
