Pinoy Pride

was a series of popular demonstrations that took place mostly on a long stretch of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Metro Manila, hence it’s also known as the EDSA People Power Revolution. The bloodless revolution was a result of the 20-year authoritarian, repressive regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos. From February 22 to 25, 1986, thousands of unarmed civilians — men, women, children, priests, and nuns —  swarmed the streets of EDSA and braved armed soldiers and tanks with bare hands, flowers, and prayers as a sustained campaign of civil resistance against a regime of violence and electoral fraud which eventually restored democracy in the Philippines.
        The event made news headlines as ‘the revolution that surprised the world’ and widely seen as a victory of the people. CBS News anchorman Bob Simon said, “This could be as close as the 20th century has come to the storming of Bastille. But what’s remarkable is how little violence there has been. We, Americans, like to think that we taught Filipinos democracy — well, tonight, they’re teaching the world.”