They Won’t Know What Hit Them

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Foreword xi
5. Acknowledgments xxix
6. Introduction: A Snapshot—The Life and Times of the KDP 1
7. PART 1. BEGINNINGS
8. Introduction 21
9. To Teach the Masses a Love for Bach, Chopin, and Beethoven 23
10. “Who Is Marshall Law?” 28
11. How My Life Changed 34
12. What’s in a Name? 44
13. Running Away to Life 52
14. A Little Red Book 59
15. Not the Usual Path 63
16. The Accident 68
17. In the Name of Love 71
18. Different Roads Home 74
19. PART 2. IN THE THICK OF THE STRUGGLE
20. Introduction 79
21. The Birth of a KDP Chapter 81
22. No Aloha for Marcos 92
23. Between the Personal and the Political 99
24. Transfer to Paradise . . . Not! 104
25. Hitting the High Notes 110
26. Fighting US Imperialism with a Master’s Degree 117
27. Infiltrating the World Bank 123
28. Moving to Gotham 126
29. Defending Nurses—I’d Do It Again 129
30. They Won’t Know What Hit Them 135
31. Working the Corridors of Power 139
32. A Cultural Gypsy 148
33. “Is This What You Call Democracy?” 155
34. Why Me? 164
35. In the Armed Struggle 172
36. PART 3. THE TEST OF FIRE
37. Introduction 187
38. The Fall 189
39. The Terrible Blow 193
40. Initiation from Hell 196
41. A Day I’ll Live with for the Rest of My Life 205
42. A Memory of Strong Women 208
43. How Do I Size a Bulletproof Vest? 211
44. We Had Already Lost Too Much to Turn Back 216
45. A Night in Camelot 224
46. Long Road to Justice 231
47. Defeating the Marcoses in a Court of Law 240
48. PART 4. LOOKING BACK
49. Introduction 253
50. Revolutionary Baby 255
51. Scooby Doo: Growing Up with the KDP 258
52. One February Night in San Francisco 261
53. I Have Not Stopped Dreaming 265
54. Deep Horizon 267
55. No Regrets 272
56. Afterword 274
57. Appendix I: List of Abbreviations 277
58. Appendix II: Ang Aktibista, “Orientation to Philippine Support Work in the Current Period” 278
59. Appendix III: KDP Activism Timeline 311
60. Suggested Reading 322
61. Index 323