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Isabel Sandoval

@Isabelvsandoval

Since coups are apparently a “third world” thing, here’s how Filipinos did it in ‘86: For 3 days, we protested en masse peacefully. The cabinet broke with the dictator & installed the duly elected winner: our first woman president. Historians call it the PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION.

2:40 PM · Jan 8, 2021

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Isabel Sandoval

@Isabelvsandoval

The dictator & his family had to leave the presidential palace in a helicopter. He died in exile. Here’s a timeline: esquiremag.ph/politics/news/ The caveat is that now that dictator’s scions are ascendant again in Philippine politics. We should never forget our national histories.

#NeverForget EDSA: A Brief Timeline of the People Power Revolution

In light of EDSA Revolution's 31st anniversary, we remember the spontaneity and solidarity that had once united us.

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Indie Jen Fischer

@IndieJenFischer

Can you send some reading suggestions to learn more about this? I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

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Isabel Sandoval

@Isabelvsandoval

Here’s a detailed account:

news.abs-cbn.com

TIMELINE: EDSA People Power Revolution

Relive the events that led to the restoration of democracy in the Philippines 31 years ago.

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Jaime Rebanal Stands With the WGA

@firewalkwjaime

I remember learning about this very vaguely from my parents. But now I've got more reading to do!

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Isabel Sandoval

@Isabelvsandoval

And there’s a slew of Filipino films about martial law too

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Isabel Sandoval

@Isabelvsandoval

Yes! and there’s also the Sundance doc IMELDA by

some years before that. Interestingly, women have been major power players in Phil. politics

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We coup in style, with flowers and ribbons. Not with walis tambo. 🧹

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thank you for sharing! also found this on YouTube if anyone is interested watching youtube.com/watch?v=BWQHSJ

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People power was a revolution, not a coup.

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