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World Service,22 Feb 2011,10 mins

People Power in the Philippines

Witness History

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In 1986, thousands of peaceful demonstrators took to the streets of the Philippine capital, Manila. Just days later, President Ferdinand Marcos was forced from power. For Witness, the leading Philippine novelist, Jose Dalisay, recalls the demonstrations.

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