Lorenzo Martinez "Ka Tanny" Tañada Sr. was a Filipino statesman, lawyer, human and civil rights defender, and national athlete. He is often referred to as the "Grand Old Man of Philippine Politics."
Lorenzo Tanada portrait
La Salle basketball team in 1914, Tañada standing second from left
Tañada during his tenure as Solicitor General
Lorenzo - Expedita Ebarle-Tañada tombs
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan or Bayan is a political campaign alliance of various far-left sectoral organizations in the Philippines that adhere to National Democratic principles. It was founded on
Lorenzo Tañada
…cause in the 1970s and 1980s as an agreement in the 1960s with Larry Henares and others. He was also the founding chairman of a merged party called Bayan in 1985, and he founded the Nuclear-Free Philippines Coalition or NFPC, which successfully prevented the opening of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant under…
Members of Bayan USA march in New York in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street
Members of Bayan USA and GABRIELA USA protest against police violence in San Francisco
Newly elected officers of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, 2023.
BAYAN and Makabayan leaders near Mendiola during the Baha sa Luneta September 21, 2025 anti-corruption protests.