The People Power Revolution, Philippines 1986

History Talk, the history podcast from Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective

From February 22 to 25, 1986, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue to protest President Ferdinand Marcos and his claim that he had won re-election over Corazon Aquino. Find out more about the People Power Revolution in the Philippines in this piece written by Mark John Sanchez. Narration by Nicholas Breyfogle. A textural version of this video is available at https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/people-power-revolution-philippines-1986 This is a production of Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective at the Goldberg Center in the Department of History at The Ohio State University and the Department of History at Miami University. Be sure to subscribe to our channel to receive updates about our podcasts. For more information about Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, please visit http://origins.osu.edu. We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. http://thestantonfoundation.org/ Follow us on Twitter: @HistoryTalkPod, @ProloguedPod and @OriginsOSU, Facebook: @Origins OSU and Tumblr: at osuorigins.tumblr.com.