It’s placard power at Edsa
Climbing down the stairs from the MRT Santolan station, we felt good to be “home” at Edsa—30 years after People Power 1.
December 4, 2016
Climbing down the stairs from the MRT Santolan station, we felt good to be “home” at Edsa—30 years after People Power 1.
The nine halls of the People Power Experiential Museum are dark, by intention. Light is focused only on the exhibits, leading the visitors from one memory to another. It’s symbolic
There was “discipline” during martial law, they say. The Philippine economy was at its peak during the dictator’s regime, they say. Three decades after the historic
In 1970, a spoken-word composition called “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by American soul and jazz artist Gil Scott-Heron featured haunting lyrics that ended with the line, “The revolution will be live.”
Some call it street art, others graffiti. Either way, bystanders and motorists cannot help but do a double take when they walk or drive past Camp Aguinaldo, the general headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa).
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