The Propaganda Movement was a cultural organization formed in 1872 by Filipino expatriates in Europe.

Composed
of the Filipino elite called "ilustrados", exiled liberals and students attending Europe's universities gravitated to the
movement.

La Solidaridad, a bi-weekly Spanish language broadsheet, became the platform for intelligent discourse on economic,
cultural, political, and social conditions of the country.

This sub-project aims to organize genealogical data on these historical figures who contributed to the fight for
independence. Find similar projects at the master project page, Families of the Philippines.

Image: Expatriated members of the Propaganda Movement in Spain.

The organization aimed to increase Spanish awareness of the needs of its colony, the Philippines and labored to
bring about:

1. Recognition of the Philippines as a province of Spain;

2. Representation of the Philippines in the Cortes Generales, the Spanish parliament;
3. Secularization of Philippine parishes;
4. Legalization of Spanish and Filipino equality;
5. Equal opportunity for Filipinos and Spanish to enter government service;
6. Creation of a public school system independent of the friars;
7. Abolition of the polo (labor service) and vandala (forced sale of local products to the government);
8. Guarantee of basic freedoms of speech and association;
9. Recognition of human rights
The Propagandists
 José Alejandrino
 Anastacio Carpio
 Graciano López Jaena, publisher of La Solidaridad
 Marcelo H. del Pilar - the editor and co-publisher of the La Solidaridad and wrote under the name "Plaridel"
 Eduardo de Lete
 Antonio Luna - wrote for La Solidaridad under the name "Taga-Ilog"
 Juan Luna - painter and sculptor
 Miguel Moran
 Jose Maria Panganiban - wrote for La Solidaridad under the name "Jomapa"
 Pedro Paterno - served as prime minister of the first Philippine Republic
 Mariano Ponce - wrote for La Solidaridad under the name "Tikbalang"
 Antonio Maria Regidor
 Isabelo delos Reyes
 José P. Rizal - author of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, wrote for La Solidaridad under the name
"Laon Laan"
Friends of the Movement
 Ferdinand Blumentritt - Austrian ethnologist

Miguel Sagrario Morayta - Spanish historian, university professor and statesman)