Part I. Years of authoritarian rule. The awakening of Miss Goody Two Shoes / Elizabeth Lolarga -- Life under authoritarianism : why it should never happen again / Mary Racelis -- The NatDem front : a historian looks back / Fe B. Mangahas -- Truth in a revolution : notes from the underground / Mario I. Miclat -- A peek from behind the bamboo curtain / Alma C. Miclat -- Uncle Sam behind the scenes : a view from the corridors of power / Willie B. Villarama -- Part II. Days of people power. Snap elections 1986 / Melba Padilla Maggay -- Seventy-five long hours / Adrian Helleman -- Onward, soldiers of faith / Rolando Villacorte -- Diary from the barricades / Melba Padilla Maggay -- The darkest moment / Rolando Villacorte -- Part III. The morning after : views from the margins. Thoughts on the aftermath / Willie B. Villarama -- A nonviolent revolution / Adrian Helleman -- On historical babies, paradigms and miracles / Melba Padillo Maggay -- A gift for millennials / Mary Racelis -- Epilogue. Putting an end to our unfinished revolutions / Melba Padilla Maggay