![]() ![]() These demonstrations are usually considered to be the first example of the peaceful revolutions that followed. This revolution led to the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević. ![]() In 1989, a peaceful demonstration by students (mostly from Charles University) was attacked by the police-and in time contributed to the collapse of the communist government in Czechoslovakia. In 2019, citizens of Bougainville voted for independence from Papua New Guinea. In 2005, Papua New Guinea gave autonomy to Bougainville. On 20 April 1998, Papua New Guinea ended the civil war. The inhabitants of Bougainville Island formed the Bougainville Revolutionary Army and fought against government troops. Long-standing secessionist sentiment in Bougainville eventually led to conflict with Papua New Guinea. The revolution acquired its name due to the use of yellow ribbons to symbolize the protests (in reference to the Tony Orlando and Dawn song " Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"). The yellow-clad protesters, later joined by the Armed Forces, ousted Marcos and installed Aquino's widow Corazón as the country's eleventh President, ushering in the present Fifth Republic. The Revolution's iconic L-shaped Laban sign comes from the Filipino term for People Power, " Lakás ng Bayan", whose abbreviation is LABAN, which means 'to fight'. ![]() A contested snap election on 7 February 1986 and a call by the powerful Filipino Catholic Church sparked mass protests across Metro Manila from 22 to 25 February. It was the culmination of peaceful demonstrations against the rule of then-President Ferdinand Marcos-all of which increased after the 1983 assassination of opposition Senator Benigno S. The 1986 People Power Revolution (also called the " EDSA" or the "Yellow Revolution") in the Philippines was the first successful non-violent uprising in the contemporary period. Some events have been called "colour revolutions" but differ from the above cases in certain basic characteristics, including such examples as Lebanon's Cedar Revolution (2005) and Kuwait's Blue Revolution (2005).Ĭritics of these movements share the view that colour revolutions are the "product of machinations by the United States and other Western powers" and pose a vital threat to their public and national security. They led to the resignation or overthrow of leaders regarded by their opponents as authoritarian. In most but not all cases, massive street protests followed disputed elections or demands for fair elections. Some of these movements have had a measure of success, such as Ukraine's Euromaidan from November 2013 to 2014, which resulted in the removal of pro-Russia president Viktor Yanukovych, and in the early 2000s, for example, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's Bulldozer Revolution (2000), Georgia's Rose Revolution (2003), Ukraine's Orange Revolution (2004) and Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution (2005). Some observers (such as Justin Raimondo and Michael Lind) have called the events a revolutionary wave, the origins of which can be traced back to the 1986 People Power Revolution (also known as the "Yellow Revolution") in the Philippines. The term has also been more widely applied to several other revolutions elsewhere, including in the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific region, and South America, dating from the late 1980s to the 2020s. Colour revolution (sometimes coloured revolution) is a term used since around 2004 by worldwide media to describe various anti-regime protest movements and accompanying (attempted or successful) changes of government that took place in post-Soviet Eurasia during the early 21st century-namely countries of the former Soviet Union, and the former Yugoslavia.
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