Lisandro Elias "Leloy" Estrada Claudio (born September 23, 1984) is a Filipino academic, author, and political commentator. He is currently an assistant professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley,[2] and is known for his works on Philippine history, politics, and society.
Claudio has argued that Ninoy Aquino collaborated with communist groups during the Marcos dictatorship.[14] He also criticized the film Heneral Luna for romanticizing authoritarianism.[15]
UC Berkeley controversy
In 2019, some groups protested Claudio's hiring at UC Berkeley,[16] accusing him of "red-tagging". The university maintained its hiring decision.