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<\/a>\u201cThe revolution that surprised the world\u201d was a headline in 1986 and just as easily applies to the revolutions now sweeping the Middle East.\u00a0\u00a0 Today is the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of the first People Power Revolution that took the Philippine dictator, Ferdinand Marcos, out of power.\u00a0 That was Feb 22-25, 1986, the remarkable days of non-violent civil resistance against the 20-year repressive rule of a dictator.\u00a0 Those were the 4 days when 2 million unarmed people \u2013common folks, priests, nuns \u2013 took to the main thoroughfare of Manila, called EDSA, built barricades, sang songs, made prayer vigils and refused to disperse.\u00a0 Those were the days when soldiers and tank crews facing the crowds were given kind words, praises and flowers.\u00a0 Also the days when soldiers simply could not fire on their own people and turned their guns around to join the revolution instead.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Back then, I was among the millions watching the events unfold on television, but in the comforts of home in New York.\u00a0 My parents and I were among the few that managed to go on a self-imposed exile to escape the dictatorship and could not return until the dictatorship was over.\u00a0 So, the events of those four days took on a more personal meaning for me.<\/p>\n

Many similar revolutions have followed since then, taking the Philippine example of nonviolent regime change, such as that in East Germany and many other former Soviet Bloc countries.\u00a0 These last few weeks see history being made once again in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Non-violent civil disobedience is not new.\u00a0 It was happening already in many instances long before and made more widespread by Gandhi against British rule in India.\u00a0 But, it was never in the scale seen in the last 25 years.\u00a0 Why such a phenomenon only in the last 25 years?\u00a0 Repressive regimes have been around for millennia and people suffered through successions of regimes\u2014good and bad\u2014without triggering a massive popular revolt.\u00a0 What made the last 25 years so different?\u00a0<\/p>\n

I suppose dictators can blame it partially on science and technology!<\/p>\n

People Power then<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps the first attempt at people power revolt ever recorded was during the reign of Ramses III of ancient Egypt.\u00a0 In that instance, the wives and concubines of Ramses conspired to start revolts against their own pharaoh by sending written messages to their relatives in the far flung empire at the same time. \u00a0\u00a0The revolt failed and all the conspirators executed.\u00a0 Ramses III \u2018s reign was also the first time in recorded history of a labor strike when tomb builders were not provided with adequate grain supply.<\/p>\n

Back then Ramses could blame his problem on the invention of the papyrus.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Philippine experience 3,000 years later was two million people coming out on the streets almost at the same time, surprising a dictatorship that could not muster effective resistance against such an unexpected, passive, non-confrontational show of displeasure against the government.\u00a0 Soldiers would not fire on the mass of people, many of whom are their own relatives.\u00a0 Although there were organized opposition leaders at the time, they too were surprised by the unexpected turn out.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That revolution was made possible by portable radios.\u00a0 People listened to Radio Veritas<\/em> (a Catholic church owned and operated radio station), coordinating the revolt by listening to the minute by minute events, troop movements and where food\/ water were needed.\u00a0 If it were not because of the popularity of cheap, portable \u2018transistor\u2019 radios, it is doubtful that such a spontaneous mass movement of people can be coordinated back in 1986.<\/p>\n

For the engineering impaired ones like me, I had to read more about what transistors radios really mean as I have always taken that for granted.\u00a0 And, most of our newer generation probably can\u2019t relate to this at all.\u00a0 I asked my kids what they know about transistor radios and I just drew a blank stare.\u00a0 Before the transistor radio was developed by Bell Laboratories (Yes, its Bell and not Sony as most think) in the 1940\u2019s, the typical radio used a vacuum tube and the smallest radio was the size of a toaster.\u00a0 Hardly the type to carry around since it needed to be plugged to an electrical outlet.\u00a0 The transistor changed all that.\u00a0 It is a tiny, solid piece of semiconductive material which amplifies and switches electronic signals.\u00a0 Unlike the vacuum tubes that serve the same function, the transistor is compact, does not need to warm up first like the vacuum tube, turns the radio on instantly, can be operated by batteries, rugged and lost lasting (over 50+ years of performance life).\u00a0 Its invention, thought to be among the best of the 20th<\/sup> century, made the development of hand-held calculators, cell phones and laptop computers possible.\u00a0 By the 1970\u2019s, \u00a0over 7 billion cheap transistor radios were manufactured.\u00a0 Almost every household on earth can afford to have one, even in poor countries where it became a common source of entertainment, especially with the worldwide popularity of rock and roll music.\u00a0 And there were plenty during the People Power Revolution to coordinate the mass uprising.<\/p>\n

People Power now<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though the passions, anger, resentments and collective suffering were all part of the common experiences, the single catalyst that made these revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and now Libya possible was the technology of cell phone, video and internet.\u00a0 Had the mobile systems not evolve from its original 80 lb weight in 1946 by Bell Labs engineers to its current light weight design first developed by Motorola in 1973 , these popular uprisings would have been more difficult.\u00a0 The first call made from a cell phone by Motorola\u2019s inventor, Martin Cooper, in 1973 was to his rival at Bell Labs, Dr. Joel S. Engel.\u00a0 Even years before that, the concept of cellular phone was already part of the science fantasy of Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0in the late \u201860s.\u00a0 Back then, it was called the \u2018communicator.\u2019<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mobile phones and internet are the first to be shut down by besieged dictators because of their power to mobilize people.\u00a0 Just like cryptic messages written on papyrus 3,000 years ago, mobile text messages, voice and videos certainly made the call to action even more immediate, compelling and personal.<\/p>\n

People Power in the future<\/strong><\/p>\n

While dictatorships are slowly fading to the pages of history just like hard core communism, there will always be room for dissent in mass scale.\u00a0 Being dissatisfied is a very human thing and there will always be some cause to take up later on.\u00a0 What technology will propel the future people power revolt?\u00a0 Can\u2019t imagine.<\/p>\n

But, if I have to fantasize, I would say teleportation, just like in Star Trek episodes and movies.\u00a0 Scientist are making progress now in transporting tiny objects from one place to another already.\u00a0 The popular phrase \u201cBeam me up Scotty\u201d will be in common usage by then and people will simply materialize instantly for the next people power revolt.<\/p>\n

Star Trek<\/em>\u2019s creator, Gene Roddenberry would had been ecstatic.<\/p>\n

Jonathan R. Matias<\/p>\n

Chief Science Officer<\/p>\n

Poseidon Sciences Group<\/p>\n

www.poseidonsciences.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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