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Successes in publishing AB
Aside from special issues, AB's monthly issues have been coming out continuously for 30 months since September 2000.
- AB is one of the few publications in the Philippines published in the country's six major languages (the original Pilipino as well as English, Bisaya, Iloko, Hiligaynon, and�since May 2002�Waray). This signifies the Party's decisiveness to make AB accessible to the most number of readers in the language they best understand.
- AB is now more rapidly distributed via the internet. Its website was revived in 2002 after being sabotaged in December 2001 due to restrictions imposed by the US.
- It is reproduced through various means. In some regions, copies of AB are mass produced through the widespread collective efforts of the entire mass movement, as well as with the assistance of allies, through electric mimeographing machines or v-type mimeographing devices. Supplies of paper, ink and other needs are often raised through the help of the masses and allies. Aside from soliciting donations in kind, in many localities, there is a fine practice where readers pay for their copies of AB to sustain its production and expand the newspaper's circulation. Modern means of reproduction are likewise used in various regions: offset printing presses, digital duplicators, photocopiers and computer printers, among others.
- AB is distributed at a national average of more than one copy for every Party member. In some regions, the ratio goes up to more than 10 per member. There is a relatively widespread distribution system where copies are coursed through and penetrate even remote sitios in the countryside.
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 07 March 2003
English Edition
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Ang Bayan is the official news organ of the Communist Party of the Philippines issued by the CPP Central Committee. It provides news about the work of the Party as well as its analysis of and standpoint on current issues.
AB comes out fortnightly. It is published originally in Pilipino and translated into Bisaya, Ilokano, Waray, Hiligaynon and English.
Acrobat PDF files of AB are available online for downloading and offline reading printing. If you wish to receive copies of AB via email, click here. |
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