Category: edsa
post EDSA: what happened to gen. tadiar
last feb 28, after reading doronila’s and de quiros’s inquirer columns of the day, i wrote a letter to the editor saying that they were only partly right, attributing EDSA to the courage of the people on the streets; the … Continue reading
social media as mosquito press
biyaheng EDSA: saan ba papunta? – this was the question posed by ateneo’s politicial science organization’s politalk last january 31 that katrina and i attended. my answer (via a powerpoint presentation by ina) was to point out that in both … Continue reading
fact-checking EDSA 86
john nery is right, in People Power in Hieroglyphics, master writer teddy locsinrambles and, incredibly, has nothing good to say about EDSA 1, not the people, not the tanks, not even cory. On the 25th anniversary of People Power in … Continue reading
untrue story, unsung heroes, of EDSA
25 years later and mainstream media still have to get straight the (hi)story of marcos in the time of EDSA. it’s almost like the bad old days are back and envelopes are going around in aid of reinventing the … Continue reading
when enrile crossed edsa to join ramos in crame
“The military spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta Jr., said the 2,000 soldiers and two tanks will take part in reenacting the salubong or the welcome given by the crowds gathered at EDSA to military forces who turned against then dictator … Continue reading
honasan, kapunan, enrile, finally!
gringo honasan was first introduced to the edsa crowds and the press on day 4, feb 25, around 4 p.m. enrile and ramos and the reformists were preparing to leave camp crame to reclaim camp aguinaldo across edsa. With the … Continue reading
why coryistas marched to EDSA in 1986
everytime february comes around i check out the first-person accounts, sifting for details that would further flesh out my chronology and / or that would either confirm or dispute my reading of the four-day event as essayed in Himagsikan. this … Continue reading
EDSA fictions
funny and factual … history a la FB … clever … great tongue-in-cheek humor, great research … super-like … sana i-publish ng mga book company pampasaya sa boring na pagtuturo … these are facebook comments on the link to gmanews.tv’s … Continue reading
mubarak / marcos / endgame
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he will not run for a new term in office in September elections, but rejected demands that he step down immediately and leave the country, vowing to die on Egypt’s soil, in a television address … Continue reading
egypt / edsa
in the beginning it seemed like egypt was doing an edsa. and then it became clear that, where we had cory-in-waiting to replace marcos, the anti-mubarak forces have no leader to replace the dictator with, and are/were depending on, expecting, … Continue reading
edsa Q & A
@ manuel buencamino I was away from the country from ’82 to ’95. A few things I’m not too clear about: actually we were all in the same boat, those who were away and those who were around. my folks … Continue reading
edsarevolution.com
finally gave up trying to get photos of EDSA 86 first, though some did come in — thanks, people — but not nearly enough. anyway, like katrina says, it’s the text that’s important, a pdf file would do. but joel, … Continue reading