By DEE AYROSO
EDSA 1
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Remembering the dictator’s fall
By DEE AYROSO
No threats can deter youth’s resistance against tyranny
“Our diligent study of history and our present experiences have proven that martial law has done no good to the youth or to the Filipino people in general.”
31st Edsa | Progressives remind Duterte: ‘Fascism failed then, will fail now’
The lesson of Edsa People Power should serve as a warning to President Duterte, said progressives.
Letter to a grandson on ‘people power’ and revolutionary change
Dear Grandson, I thought I would write to you and try to explain what EDSA I was all about. The idea came up with all the recent talk about how your parents’ generation does not understand, much less appreciate, what happened thirty years ago, at the “people power” uprising that brought down the brutal and…
Legacy of EDSA ‘People Power’
Worse, a significant number of young people have been hoodwinked into believing that the US-backed Marcos dictatorship was a kind of benevolent strongman rule that the present crisis-ridden Philippine society sorely needs to set things aright. It has been said that Marcos’ imposition of martial law signified the inability of the ruling elite to rule…
Satur C. Ocampo | Edsa 1, Broadly
The 25th anniversary of the 1986 Edsa popular uprising again stirred feelings of pride and frustration among Filipinos. The pride stems from our having successfully carried out the first “people power” that ousted a dictatorship through peaceful mass action. The frustration boils out of the unfulfilled promises of post-dictatorship reforms. (By Satur C. Ocampo / bulatlat.com)
25 Years after EDSA 1: Jobs, Homes and Justice Remains Elusive Under Aquino (PR)
News Release 24 February 2011 Militant umbrella organization, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-National Capital Region (Bayan-NCR) today said that issues of joblessness, homelessness and social injustices in the country will remain unresolved unless President Benigno Simeon Aquino III will overhaul the framework policies of his administration, particularly on its staunch relation with the US government and further…
Toiling Masses Hailed in People Power Anniversary; Price Hikes Mar EDSA 1 Commemorations (PR)
Press Release February 24, 2011 As prominent personalities take spotlights in today’s commemoration of EDSA I, Anakpawis Partylist gave the full tribute to the masses and unsung heroes who are yet to reap the fruits of their struggle 25 years ago. “We owe the democracy we enjoy now to no one but our collective participation.…
UP Students Mourn ‘Loss of Real Spirit of EDSA’, Avalanche of Fare and Price Hikes (PR)
PRESS RELEASE February 24, 2011 Students of the University of the Philippines-Diliman, led by the militant youth group Anakbayan, wore black today to mourn what they called ‘the death of the real spirit of EDSA’ a day before the 25th anniversary of the first People Power uprising. According to the protesting students, the official rites…
KPMM Commemorates People Power with MRT-LRT Fare Hike Protest (PR)
Media Release 24 February 2011 Multi-sectoral alliance Koalisyon ng Progresibong Manggagawa at Mamamayan (KPMM), together with Riles Laan sa Sambayanan (RILES) Network and other progressive organizations gathered today to protest the impending MRT-LRT fare hike, in time for the anniversary of Edsa People Power 1. KPMM is an alliance of public and private sector workers…