Category: edsa
EDSA discourse 2010: history & “ideology”
the discourse on EDSA has levelled up, about time. as recently as february 2009 we were still arguing about when to correctly celebrate it, on the 22nd or the 23rd or the 25th, if at all. at least today we’re … Continue reading
the radical significance of EDSA
over @ anti-pinoy.com :) blogger ilda who was either too young or not around yet in 1986 asks valid questions about EDSA One. If an Edsa Denial group were to emerge today, their job will be easy. Aside from Ninoy … Continue reading
de quiros, aquino, edsa
conrado de quiros is sounding like a broken record these days, insisting that “edsa” & “people power” and “good vs. evil” are the themes to work on if we want to see noynoy aquino again racing ahead of the pack … Continue reading
environment 9: sustainable devt
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS SPIRITUAL AND REVOLUTIONARY PRAXIS Junie Kalaw Toward the end of this century as of the last one, dramatic changes have taken place under the impact of, among others, the industrial revolution, two world wars, struggles for political … Continue reading
in cory’s wake
when ninoy died and his remains lay in bloodied state sa times street, pumila kami that night, my husband and i, to pay our respects, never mind that marcos might get mad or his military might be watching. we just … Continue reading
mean and nasty
i wondered who was responsible for the friday rumor that had cory passing away and people bursting into tears. mabuti at napasinungalingan agad, though not quick enough to spare us a taste of the great grief coming, sooner or … Continue reading
iran’s edsa moments
tulad ni reynz over at barrio siete, i’m impressed and overwhelmed by the sight of tehran’s streets teeming with protesting citizens, in the tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, and talaga naman, nakaka-wonder if this is iran’s EDSA moment, … Continue reading
ninoy’s killers (updated)
“I wanted to keep my silence but I was really bothered by the narrative of the soldiers. It’s just so sad that they can rewrite history.” can’t begrudge kris and noynoy aquino the deep hurt evoked by all the talk … Continue reading
help! need EDSA pics!
not too long ago i received email from alfred hardy, based in australia, offering me photographs he had taken of people power in manila in 1986 that “apart from exhibitions held at scottish libraries (edinburgh, glasgow) had spent most of … Continue reading
enrile’s EDSA (update)
efren danao’s column today,JPE finally talks about EDSA 1, says enrile finally talked lengthily monday not just once but twice about unknown details of the events that led to the EDSA revolution, the first at the anniversary celebration of radio … Continue reading
enrile’s EDSA
nagsalita na pala kahapon si enrile at that wreath-laying ceremony led by gma that he attended with honasan and the reformist gang to kick off the 4-day long edsa commemoration. Enrile explains hurt over EDSA I rites, reports inquirer’s fe zamora. … Continue reading
EDSA discourse 2009
hay naku, looks like the discourse on EDSA is back to square one. pinagtatalunan na naman kung kailan ba natin dapat ipagdiwang the famous February revolt that the government has always celebrated on the 25th because that’s the day cory … Continue reading