Around 50 young peasants pledged membership to the Kabataang Makabayan (KM) during a conference in a guerrilla front in Eastern Visayas on August 21.

Under the theme “Let the youth support the mass movement in the barrios! Join the New People’s Army! Fight AFP fascism,” they united and reviewed the historic tasks of the sector in advancing the revolution. The conference discussed various issues faced by the sector including the safe opening of schools, and the continuing harassment and fascist attacks mounted by the fascist regime.

“The youth sees no future under the Duterte regime,” said Ka Mori, chairperson of the local KM chapter in the barrio. New members pledged to uphold the unity to fight and overcome the intensifying militarization in their respective communities. They also pledged to continuously tread the revolutionary path and serve as a wellspring of revolutionaries.