The record of foreign intervention is bleak. Political change lasts only when it is driven by the people who live there

Last month marked the 40th anniversary of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines, the 1986 uprising that ended the two-decade dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., a bloodless, indigenous, and very effective regime change.

And in an age where countries with powerful armies view regime change in foreign lands as justification for violence, it is worth reflecting on what the world can learn from this event.

I consider myself incredibly fortunate to have gone to university in the Philippines a few years before the People Power Revolution. President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was the dictator at the time. Since it was during the Cold War and Marcos was an American ally, anyone who objected to his regime was labelled a communist.

As a Canadian used to free speech, I was shocked when students were uncomfortable engaging in political debates in the classroom, and then I learned about disappearances, shootings, and curious “accidents” that happened with regularity.

Foreign military intervention often harms the people it claims to help.Troy Media

Why the war with Iran is just and necessary

Are we watching the decline of the American Empire?

Denial fuels genocide long after the bullets........

© Troy Media