[OPINION] The life and times of Jose Maria Sison

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No retelling of Philippine history would be complete or credible without mentioning Jose Maria Sison and his role as a liberator of millions of minds and hearts. His place is secure there. The 1950s could be a world away from even today's dystopian times. Those were the times when students were told to "just study" in school, women were not welcome in politics and the economy, activism was unheard of, and the two-party system can't get enough from the corruption and patronage they thrive on. Enter Jose Maria Sison and his contemporaries from the University of the Philippines. They went…