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A single book that can provide a glimpse of what EDSA People Power is in almost all aspects. Different minds and perspectives from historians, political scientists, artists, poets, and other professionals come together to provide a compilation of their views and opinions in a volume to rethink and remember EDSA historically, politically, and socially from the past to the present.
This book clears a lot of misconception and misunderstanding about the EDSA People Power. That this is not a Manila-centered revolution, that this is not a spontaneous event, that this is not a 'peaceful' revolution as we have all known, that this is not about the Marcoses or the Aquinos. That EDSA I is not solely a Christian-based, elites, or middle-class movement, but a cross-classed based coalition. The book also offers detailed insights and new perspectives on what happened before, during, and after EDSA, and how EDSA People Power transformed from a cross-classed based to an elite/middle-class movement on EDSA Dos to poor-based majority in EDSA Tres. That EDSA is part of a world historical event which ushered and inspired democratic and people's movement across countries (which we should be proud of). And many more, which are crucial to how EDSA People Power should be viewed.
Thus, may we all remember and rethink what EDSA People Power is. With the chronic prevalence of fake news and historical distortions, manipulative arguments in social media in the form of memes and gaslighting statements; EDSA is slowly slipping out of our historical consciousness.
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It's just a heavy read, knowing that all the lives lost and fought, and now, we are back again at point zero, or much worse. The Marcoses are back, bolder and much stronger, backed-up by the majority through lies and propaganda. EDSA now solely becomes a celebration, a holiday for the majority. The current administration will do the necessary to whitewash the sins of their past, and will erase the memory of how the Filipino people once overthrown a corrupt system. Thus, we should remember and rethink EDSA People Power, or else, we will be doomed to repeat the past. The legacy of Marcos Sr. continues to pervade social and political life and are deeply entrenched to our system. One may not know if we can recover once again. But, we are not yet hopeless, things are rough today and almost everything are on the side of the evil, but we are not hopeless yet. People power will soon come in other forms.
This book clears a lot of misconception and misunderstanding about the EDSA People Power. That this is not a Manila-centered revolution, that this is not a spontaneous event, that this is not a 'peaceful' revolution as we have all known, that this is not about the Marcoses or the Aquinos. That EDSA I is not solely a Christian-based, elites, or middle-class movement, but a cross-classed based coalition. The book also offers detailed insights and new perspectives on what happened before, during, and after EDSA, and how EDSA People Power transformed from a cross-classed based to an elite/middle-class movement on EDSA Dos to poor-based majority in EDSA Tres. That EDSA is part of a world historical event which ushered and inspired democratic and people's movement across countries (which we should be proud of). And many more, which are crucial to how EDSA People Power should be viewed.
Thus, may we all remember and rethink what EDSA People Power is. With the chronic prevalence of fake news and historical distortions, manipulative arguments in social media in the form of memes and gaslighting statements; EDSA is slowly slipping out of our historical consciousness.
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It's just a heavy read, knowing that all the lives lost and fought, and now, we are back again at point zero, or much worse. The Marcoses are back, bolder and much stronger, backed-up by the majority through lies and propaganda. EDSA now solely becomes a celebration, a holiday for the majority. The current administration will do the necessary to whitewash the sins of their past, and will erase the memory of how the Filipino people once overthrown a corrupt system. Thus, we should remember and rethink EDSA People Power, or else, we will be doomed to repeat the past. The legacy of Marcos Sr. continues to pervade social and political life and are deeply entrenched to our system. One may not know if we can recover once again. But, we are not yet hopeless, things are rough today and almost everything are on the side of the evil, but we are not hopeless yet. People power will soon come in other forms.
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