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People power
"People Power" is a political term denoting the populist driving force of any social movement which invokes the authority of grassroots opinion and willpower, usually in opposition to that of conventionally organised corporate or political for ...
" is a political term.
People power or People Power may refer to:
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People Power Revolution
The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular Demonstration (people), demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22 to 25, 1986. There was a ...
, the Philippine Revolution of 1986
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8888 Uprising
The 8888 Uprising ( my, ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power UprisingYawnghwe (1995), pp. 170 and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) th ...
in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
, also known as the People Power Uprising in 1988
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People Power Party (disambiguation), several political parties
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People Power Company (or People Power), an American technology company
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People & Power'', a current affairs TV programme on Al Jazeera English
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People Power Monument, Quezon City, Philippines
* the term given by Indonesians for
May 2019 Jakarta protests and riots
Protesting and riots took place on 21 and 22 May 2019 in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, mainly around the Tanah Abang district of Central Jakarta and in West Jakarta. The unrest followed former general Prabowo Subianto's refusal to accep ...
as an effort to step down
Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite ...
from his presidency
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People Power: the Game of Civil Resistance'', video game
See also
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People's Power Party (disambiguation)
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Peoples Power Assemblies, an advocacy group based in Manhattan, New York
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People Powered Vehicle
The People Powered Vehicle, or PPV, was a two-person pedal-powered car introduced in the United States during the oil crisis of the early 1970s. Manufactured by EVI of Sterling Heights, Michigan, it sold for less than $400. Although it offered ...
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Power to the People (disambiguation)
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National Assembly of People’s Power, the legislative parliament of the Republic of Cuba
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