Millions of Filipinos Defied Military Tanks and Won! | EDSA 1986

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People Power Revolution 1986: two million unarmed Filipinos brought down the Marcos dictatorship in four days. Not Marcos vs Aquino. This is the story of the people who actually made it happen. 📺 Watch next: Filipino Democracy Was Rigged From the Start? https://youtu.be/XURudbqTdzw 🎥 Join my channel! — https://youtube.com/kirbyaraullo/join 🔔 Subscribe — http://goo.gl/yDgQmK 🍿 Be my Patron — https://www.patreon.com/kirbynoodle 📚 Books, merch, etc. — https://www.kirbyaraullo.com/books 🌐 Website — www.kirbyaraullo.com ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 EDSA People Power Revolution 02:13 Martial Law Under Marcos (1972-1986) 07:09 The Resistance They Erased 10:31 EDSA February 22-25, 1986 14:21 People Power Beyond Manila 16:03 How EDSA Changed the World 19:26 Did EDSA Fail? 24:22 EDSA 40 Years Later ☀️ ABOUT THIS VIDEO: Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos ruled for 21 years under martial law. Over 3,000 documented extrajudicial killings, 35,000 cases of torture, 70,000 political detainees. The resistance that history forgot: Liliosa Hilao, Macliing Dulag, Edgar Jopson. The church: Cardinal Jaime Sin, Radio Veritas, June Keithley. The nuns who faced tanks: Sister Porferia Ocariza. The defectors: Enrile, Ramos, Colonel Sotelo. On February 22-25, 1986, two million Filipinos gathered on EDSA highway and brought down a dictatorship without firing a shot. ☀️ About Kirby Kirby Araullo is a Filipino American historian and educator whose work focuses on precolonial Philippines, indigenous political systems, Southeast Asian maritime networks, and anti-colonial resistance. Through research, teaching, and digital storytelling, he explores how the archipelago was organized, connected, and sovereign long before Spanish colonization.