Triumph over Marcos: A Story Based on the Lives of Gene Viernes & Silme Domingo, Filipino American Cannery Union Organizers, Their Assassination, and the Trial That [Paperback]

Thomas Churchill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1995

A true story based on the lives of Gene Viernes and Silme Domingo, their assassination and the trial that followed. Viernes and Domingo, Filipino-American cannery union organizers, were only twenty-nine at the time they were murdered. They had spent ten years reforming cannery workplaces, where bosses and mob-related union foremen were highly resistant to change. Both college educated activists, they angered many inside and outside the Filipino community because of their forceful, open fight for union reform and against the corruption taking place in the Philippines under the Marcos regime.

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"This is a story that will touch the very heart of people striving for social justice through our unions. Triumph over Marcos is a must read for those dedicated to grass roots organizing." -- Helen Lee, Director, Labor Center, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

Churchill reviews the lives of two cannery union activists whose assassination was ordered by Marcos. Here their trials, triumphs, and the conspiracy surrounding their arrest is revealed in a moving, revealing story. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Thomas Churchill is a poet and novelist residing in Northwestern Washington.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Open Hand Pub Llc (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940880520
• ISBN-13: 978-0940880528
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #938,883 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Important book to read, January 14, 2004

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This review is from: Triumph over Marcos: A Story Based on the Lives of Gene Viernes & Silme Domingo, Filipino American Cannery Union Organizers, Their Assassination, and the Trial That (Paperback)

This is the only book written to date about the important story of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes. Though this book gives a fictionalized account of their story, it will give you a notion of what their story is about. Their story and the story of the struggle to uncover the truth of what happened to them is one of dedication to justice.