EDSA: Timeline of a Revolt

A CIVILIAN-BACKED military uprising that toppled a dictator, the EDSA People Power Revolt of 1986 capped long years of a tug o’war between repression and resistance.

Born to a multitude of fathers and mothers who fought, died, and survived martial rule and dictatorship, EDSA to this day offers myriad lessons to all its children young and old.

Here in brief is a timeline of the EDSA backstory.

PCIJ infographic by Cong B. Corrales