[This is a discussion paper prepared for submission to the National Transformation Council.]

Mass uprisings are but the beginnings of authentic revolution. The people power uprising of February 1986 overthrew the Marcos “dictatorship,” only to see the restoration of old oligarchic rule. In 2001, a much smaller mass uprising removed Joseph Estrada from the Presidency, but failed to change the unjust systems. They persist to this day.

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