Throughout its six years in office, the Duterte administration paid scant attention, if at all, to the anniversaries of the 1986 “People Power” or EDSA I “Revolution.”
Vantage Point | The revolution that wasn’t
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Progressives denounce disinformation, remember 37th year of Marcos Sr. ouster
“Despite his attempts to rehabilitate his family’s image, Bongbong Marcos’ inutility as president, onerous economic policies, his waste and misuse of public funds, his puppetry to US and Chinese interests, and his perpetuation of his father’s fascist policies and that of Duterte’s cause the Filipino people to remember the dark days of dictatorship and urge…
Keep EDSA spirit, Martial Law survivors say
For survivors of the Marcos dictatorship, the midnight of February 25, 1986 signaled the end of tyranny.
In a grand teach-in, groups debunk myths about Martial Law
Protesters debunked the myths about Martial Law as they commemorated the 36th anniversary of the People Power 1 uprising, Feb. 25.
Remembering the dictator’s fall
By DEE AYROSO
Blaming EDSA
His spokesperson Salvador Panelo insisted that it wasn’t because President Rodrigo Duterte thinks that the 1986 civilian-military mutiny at EDSA isn’t important; it’s just that he has a lot of things to do. Panelo announced Mr. Duterte’s non-attendance at the February 25 official commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of that event days earlier. That made…
This Week on People’s History: 1986 People Power Uprising
In this episode, Bulatlat looks back at the first People Up Rising that ousted the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
EDSA happened
By DEE AYROSO
Fading memory or a concerted effort to make people forget?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Thirty-two years since the first EDSA People Power and the celebrations continue to lose its spirit, and the crowds that attend it. I am referring, of course, to the official government celebrations. It is natural for the collective memory of the Filipino people about EDSA People Power to start fading.…
Edsa jitters
By DEE AYROSO
Different perspectives on the 1986 Edsa uprising
How do you regard today’s observance of the peaceful people’s uprising that led to the ouster of the Marcos martial law dictatorship in February 1986? Three separate activities mark this year’s observance: each one representing a different perspective of those dramatic events that caught the attention of the world. Tellingly perhaps, the Malacanang-led rites will…