A recording of a live video lecture on the Philippines from Pre-colonial, Colonial to Post/Neocolonial era presented for the Paly High School, in Palo Alto, CA. Discussions on the ancient kingdoms of what is now the Philipppine islands, Spanish colonialisms role in integrating the Philippines in the Manila-Acapulco Trade Routes, American betrayal to Filipino Sovereignty, Japanese imperial brutality against the Filipino people, and America's influence in creating the Philippine Republic. It ends with a discussion on the current situation of Martial Law in the Philippines, extrajudicial killings, militarized violence against the poor, Indigenous, and the Bangsamoro peoples. How can we understand the history that underlies the tensions and conflicts in the Philippines today? What would we need to consider to begin imagining decolonized and demilitarized relations among the pluralistic cultural peoples that live in the Philippines?