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EDSA People Power 1986: Fading Luster and Revisionist History

Posted: February 25, 2012 in Cory Aquino, Disappearances, Ferdinand Marcos, Historical revisionism, Human rights, Mahatma Gandhi, Marcos dictatorship, Ninoy Aquino, Non-violent politics, People power, Philippine political history, Portugal's Carnation Revolution, Torture, White-wash of Marcos wrong-doing
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Twenty six years ago today, a failed military coup that morphed into a popular uprising finally ousted and forced the flight of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his close family members and associates to Hawaii after four days. Notwithstanding the presence of armed soldiers on both sides, the uprising was largely non-violent and introduced ‘people [...]

From ED MARANAN: On burying Marcos as a hero

Posted: April 22, 2011 in EDSA I, Ferdinand Marcos, Human rights, Legislators, Legislatures, People power, Philippine political history, Philippine politics, Political institutions, Social Weather Stations
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Ed Maranan to bcc amado.mendozajr@gmail.com date Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:03 PM subject: Lest we forget: Kleptocracy 101 mailed-by gmail.com signed-by gmail.com hide details 12:03 PM (1 hour ago) __________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear folks, More than 200 congressmen recently signed a petition passed around by Marcos loyalist Rep. Salvador Escudero for the remains of the late [...]

Reconsidering people power

Posted: February 25, 2011 in EDSA I, People power
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I wrote the piece (with its URL below)  a year ago.  I am sharing it again believing it is still apropos given the upsurge of Arab people power and the 25th anniversary of Philippine people power aka EDSA I. In my lecture at Stanford two days ago on the state of democracy in the Philippines, [...]

Viva Egypt! Viva Bouazizi! Viva the Egyptian 300+!

Posted: February 12, 2011 in April 6 Youth Movement, Arab people power, Barack Obama, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Jordan, Kefaya, Muslim Brotherhood, Non-violent politics, People power, Tahrir Square, Tunisia, Yemen
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Viva Egypt! After 18 days of non-stop, non-violent protests, marches, and general strikes, former air force general and supreme leader of Egypt for the last 30 years, Hosni Mubarak, skedaddles to a Sinai peninsula resort town while his designated VP Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak has resigned as Egypt’s president. The chairman of the Grand [...]

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