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Feb 25, 2016

A ‘fiction of democracy’ that is EDSA 30 years later

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THIRTY years ago today, Filipinos reclaimed their democracy. In 1986, a monumental shift in history was being conceived at EDSA. An oppressed collective had resolved to overturn strongman rule through a peaceful revolt that banked on the promises of freedom, liberty, peace, justice and other universal imperatives. A revived nation, Filipinos

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A ‘fiction of democracy’ that is EDSA 30 years later
Feb 24, 2016

EDSA at 30: A country run like hell

So it’s been thirty years since I and my UP law classmates marched up and down EDSA, from Santolan to Ortigas, as we expressed our collective desire for change.Thirty years since I was at Gate 1 of Camp Aguinaldo in the early hours of February 23, wanting to go inside to visit my boss, Assemblyman

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EDSA at 30: A country run like hell