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EDSA Revisited
Thirty-nine years ago, the Philippines witnessed the power of unity and the strength of a people determined to reclaim their freedom. Let's commemorate the EDSA People Power Revolution by remembering the lessons of courage, solidarity, and non-violent resistance. Join the various EDSA commemoration activities happening around the country! Want to delve deeper? Visit the College of Media Communication Library to explore books and films that capture the spirit of EDSA. #EDSA39 #PeoplePower #NeverForget #FilipinoSpirit
EDSA at the Library
BOOKS
The boys from the barracks: the Philippine military after EDSA (2009)
Duet for EDSA: chronology of a revolution 1986 (1995)
Himagsikan sa EDSA, walang himala! (2000)
Kudeta: the challenge to Philippine democracy. (1990)
Tales from Edsa (2000)
The Urban mass movement in the Philippines, 1983-87 (1990)
The Post-EDSA vice-presidency, congress and the judiciary (1986-1992): self-assessments and external views and assessments (1998)
The Philippine revolution of February 1986: perspectives on the problem of transition from dictatorship to democratic space (1988)
Cry out for peace: social psychological notes in local governance (1995)
Understanding people power: a collection of papers presented at a DAP symposium on people power. (1987)
FILMS
Dekada '70 (2002)
Curacha: Ang Babaeng Walang Pahinga (1998)
Batas Militar (1997)
Ora Pro Nobis (1989)
Batch '81 (1982)
THE IMAGES OF EDSA
In the 30 years since the People Power, never before has the nation been more perplexed than now in celebrating this holiday. Many have been vocal on social media airing their view that People Power was ultimately a failed revolution, even to go as far as to say that it was a revolution of the elite, and that the comeback of the Marcoses was history’s vindication. Marcos, they say, was not as bad as projected by many.
What makes the occasion so complicated is that aside from the fact that it has been 30 years hence, this year is also election year. The outgoing incumbent president of the Philippines is the son of Cory Aquino, while one of the opposition senator now running for Vice President is the son of Ferdinand Marcos. The specter of unresolved historical narrative haunts us all. Everything is politically colored today, even in the memes and the jokes that the youth laugh at when it comes to the current political circus. To be anti-government is very fashionable and to go against the official history as espoused by our institutions is admired. Therefore, to celebrate/commemorate this event arouses... read more
EDSA ON YOUTUBE
REFLECTING ON THE MEANING OF EDSA THROUGH THE YEARS
Philippines President “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has been busy lately cozying up to the West, much to the chagrin of his pro-Beijing predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte. He’s considering US President Joe Biden a potential top ally and expanded Washington’s access to Philippine military bases amid intensifying confrontations in the South China Sea.
But make no mistake, Bongbong’s maneuvers are less about rehabilitating the Philippines-US relations and more to do with rewriting his father’s, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, brutal legacy... read more
In 1985, President Marcos Sr. was being pressured by the public and his US allies to declare a snap elections. A group of military officials had also organized a group a few years prior and just went public to call for reforms in the military. In secret, they were planning a coup for the end of the year. However, Marcos Sr. Surprised everyone when he announced on US television that he was declaring snap elections and that he would be running for office. Just two months after an organization formed to call for her Presidency, Cory Aquino – widow of the assissinated Ninoy Aquino – received a petition with more than a million signatures drafting her to run against Marcos.. read more
February 2022 marks the 36th anniversary of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) People Power Revolution in the Philippines, when the population overthrew dictator and kleptocrat Ferdinand Marcos and abolished the martial law implemented during his rule. However, history is at risk of repeating itself as Marcos’ son, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., won the presidential elections in May 2022, marking the Marcos family’s return to Malacanang after 36 years.
To understand the effects of the reclamation of the highest office in the Philippines by the Marcos dynasty, it is imperative to examine Marcos Sr.’s rule, including the cronyistic and human rights abuses which unraveled during his two decades in power which ended in the dictator fleeing the nation... read more
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