The Revolution of 86’

      Moments are eternal when called upon by the righteousness of a revolution. But throughout the history of man, the call for a revolution was always a call for battle and a reign of death. By the 20th century, with the world grown so tightly packed and economic normalcy and public confidence dependent on global peace, the call for a change of government by revolution was politically unpalatable to almost all nations, but to a few who were under abusive and corrupt governments, the Philippines being one of them.

     
      In 1986, the simmering restiveness of the Filipinos erupted and for a moment, the  world waited  in horror as the military mobilized to defend a very unpopular regime. The threat of a blood bath was in the offing. But then, something unexpected happened, something unexpectedly human. With all the history of armed resistance flowing in their veins, the Filipinos effected a successful bloodless revolution. A revolution that was in itself revolutionary. The Philippines gave the world the first successful People Power Revolution in 1986.