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EDSA 1 anniversary to ring with ‘Aquino Resign’ calls, prayers
“Aquino seems to forget the lessons of EDSA 1 and even the regime of GMA. Government-sponsored repression will only heighten public outrage.”
EDSA hijacked
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Despite its failure to deliver on its promises, some Filipinos still hail the 1986 EDSA uprising as a model of how peacefully change can be achieved. The shift in Thailand from military rule to democracy in 1992, and the fall from power of Indonesia’s Suharto in 1998,…
Groups Mark 25th Anniversary of Edsa People Power I with Protests
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — Contrary to the festive celebration being sponsored by the Aquino government, various cause-oriented groups marked the 25th anniversary of People Power I uprising with a protest against price increases. Members of people’s organizations under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) marched along Epifanio delos…
News in Pictures: Edsa People Power I at 25
President Benigno S. Aquino III spearheaded the unveiling of the Cardinal Sin Statue as part of the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of Edsa People Power I. Earlier, the Yes Pinoy Foundation organized the formation of a human mosaic composed of 1,600 students from Rizal High School in Pasig City. Amid the festive celebrations sponsored by the Aquino administration, various progressive groups marked the 25th year since Edsa People Power I with protests actions, criticizing all post-Edsa I regimes for failing to deliver on the promise of change. (Photos by Gregorio B. Dantes Jr. and Anne Marxze D. Umil / bulatlat.com)
Edsa After 25 Years, Its Relevance for Social Change (PR)
National Democratic Front of the Philippines- Mindanao Press Statement February 25, 2011 On the 25th year of the EDSA uprising, we recall the triumph of the Filipino people in toppling down the Marcos dictatorship, and reaffirm its revolutionary character as reflected in the struggle for the people’s collective aspiration to be free from fascist rule.…
Ibon Foundation | Edsa and the Economy: 25 Years After
The 1986 People Power uprising created a moment of national unity and international credibility that could have been the starting point of real economic progress. By SONNY AFRICA / Ibon Foundation / bulatlat.com
Benjie Oliveros | The Significance of the 25th Anniversary of Edsa People Power
There is nothing wrong with trying to revive the luster of the Edsa People Power uprising, if the celebration would be faithful to its essence: the people’s demand for change. There is also nothing wrong with making February 25 a joyous occasion, for as long as it does not try to give the illusion that the struggle for genuine change has been won already. By BENJIE OLIVEROS / bulatlat.com
25 Years after EDSA: Workers Continue Fight for Genuine Democracy (PR)
Press Release 24 February 2011 “As big personalities in politics, business and showbiz gather in an extravagant celebration, the Filipino workers and people march angrily in the streets to commemorate EDSA 1 with empty stomachs.” On today’s 25th anniversary of the 1986 people power uprising, labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno bemoaned the lack of genuine…
On 25th Anniversary of EDSA 1: A Crying Need to Fight for Human Rights (PR)
PRESS STATEMENT 23 February 2011 As the nation celebrates the victorious people’s uprising to oust the fascist dictatorship of Marcos in 1986, we in the human rights alliance of Karapatan reaffirm our commitment to defend and fight for the human rights of the Filipino people. There is a crying need to fight for human rights.…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Edsa Myths (Part II)
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise Posted by Bulatlat.com Was Edsa I a failure? Ferdinand Marcos Jr., heir to the Dictator Marcos’ ill-gotten wealth and discredited political legacy, says so. According to him, there has been no change: poverty only worsened, there are no basic services for the people and subsequent governments were not able to clean…