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He was a man of paradox: In today’s terms, he would be called an out-of-school youth turned upwardly mobile worker; an orphan with a telenovela background who died a tragic, ultimately triumphant death; a social pro who created a secret society; a hero-worshipping autodidact who himself became a hero, and inspired other heroes.
That secret society, of course, was the Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng Mga Anak ng Bayan, the revolutionary organization we all know as the Katipunan or the KKK. And its chief leader was Andres Bonifacio, whose 150th birth anniversary we commemorate today.
