quezon city-75-years
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The suppression and<br />
handling of the protests<br />
by the Marcos<br />
administration<br />
galvanized the student<br />
movement into a force<br />
committed to resist the<br />
Marcos dictatorship.<br />
FIRST QUARTER<br />
STORM<br />
The First Quarter<br />
Storm was a series<br />
of demonstrations,<br />
rallies and other<br />
mass actions against<br />
the corruption and<br />
decline in the<br />
economy during the<br />
Marcos<br />
Administration.<br />
This was particularly<br />
intense during the<br />
first quarter of<br />
1970, and were led<br />
mostly by students<br />
from the University<br />
of the Philippines in<br />
Diliman.<br />
PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION (also<br />
known as the EDSA Revolution) was a<br />
series of popular demonstrations in the<br />
Philippines that began in 1983 and<br />
culminated in 1986. It was a sustained<br />
campaign of civil resistance, participated<br />
in by millions of Filipinos, against a<br />
regime of violence and corruption. This<br />
nonviolent revolution led to the<br />
departure of<br />
President Marcos<br />
and the restoration<br />
of the country's<br />
democracy, from a<br />
14-year<br />
dictatorship.
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