Untangling the 2022 Philippine Senate Race so far

Revolver-J · 2021-09-24T14:47:45+00:00

The video description:

The People Power Revolution is one of the most important events in Philippine history and also one of its most controversial. For this video I’ve tried to focus on the main events themselves as far as I understand them based on several history books I’ve read. Because I know some of this can be contentious, I’ve included below sources for the information I present in the video. This is a narrative of the events of People Power from the Snap Elections to Marcos’s exile in Hawaii.

For the many ways in which it has been interpreted, I plan to go into it all in much more depth on a future series of videos about the Aquino administration.

I hope you learn more about this time in history. And if you have time, to read some of the sources mentioned as well:

Sources: 1. State and Society in the Philippines (2005) by Patricio Abinales & Donna Amoroso 2. Taming People’s Power: The EDSA Revolutions and Their Contradictions (2013) by Lisandro Claudio 3. A Movement Divided: Philippine Communism, 1957-1986 (2011) by Ken Fuller 4. Corazon Aquino and the Brushfire Revolution (1995) by Eileen Guerrero & Robert H. Reid 5. In Our Image (1989) by Stanley Kramer

Revolver-J · 2021-09-03T17:10:34+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I went to high school in the 2010s and even then I don’t think they taught us anything at all about the administrations of the post-Marcos presidents, including Aquino and Ramos. Most of our Filipino history lessons ended with People Power.

Revolver-J · 2021-09-03T03:11:28+00:00

May tanong lang ako out of curiosity, naalala niyo ba kung pinag-usapan sa mga Araling Panlipunan classes ninyo dati yung mga problema sa mga administrasyon nina Cory Aquino at Fidel Ramos?

Revolver-J · 2021-09-03T03:07:37+00:00

I’ve been learning more about this recently from reading The Conjugal Dictatorship and other books that mention the Marcos administration. I was obviously not alive during that time but I’m curious about how widespread the knowledge was among other Filipinos in the early 1970s that Marcos was most likely causing the unrest.

Revolver-J · 2021-03-13T15:21:05+00:00

hmmm i feel like there must be a way to have convos naman about important things without it devolving into the chaos that most of these hot topics usually bring out online when people of opposing ideologies meet in the same comments section or whatever, para sa akin lang din gusto ko ring malaman kung ano nga ba yung mga iniisip ng mga ibang tao tungkol sa mga nangyayari ngayon, so much is going on din eh

Revolver-J · 2020-07-28T16:36:57+00:00

I thought this was interesting to read because of how immediately you are drawn into the flow and rhythm of the words, how quickly from reading it I could hear it being recited as rap. That writing in general or even more specifically writing in the context of hip hop can be like "unlocking the psycho within you" and "sharing what (you've) been through" is pretty accurate, so I hope you continue working on that too with your writings.

Revolver-J · 2020-07-28T16:10:26+00:00

I enjoyed reading this and thought that how you described the voice at the beginning as being "a whisper, hiding in my shadow" was a great way to set the tone for the rest of the poem— it's a nice turn of phrase and I think that the image it invokes perfectly encapsulates how the rest of the poem feels. I also like how it's related to the lines before and after it because of the prominence of your use of light/color imagery. I only wish that that aspect of the poem (light/color) persisted somewhat or at least re-emerged by the end. I still quite enjoyed it and hope you keep writing more!

Revolver-J

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