In close cooperation with local masses, the New People’s Army (NPA)-Rizal (Narciso Antazo Aramil Command) held a celebration of the 56th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines in the province. Party comrades and revolutionary forces from the sectors of farmers, women, youth-students, workers and urban poor attended the gathering. This was carried out amid intense military operations in the guerrilla zone.

At the gathering, a formal study of the Central Committee’s statement for the anniversary was participated by more than 50 people from the countryside and urban areas. In the spirit of the rectification movement, the study critically and humbly identified the remaining weaknesses that both the mass movement and armed struggle still need to overcome.

NPA-Rizal’s Pulang Bandila (Red Flag) and the attending revolutionary forces conducted cultural performances. The celebration also featured fighters and urban revolutionary forces producing visual arts regarding the theme of the Party’s statement and advancing the rectification movement. Many of the attendees joined an NPA unit for the first time.

Finally, the unit launched a “kapehan” (discussions over coffee) on the theme “the youth’s role in the rectification movement.” In alternating statements and songs, the Red warriors and revolutionary forces shared the significance of the rectification movement and how it is lived by each one.

The visitors said the activity prove the hollowness of the reactionary state’s claim that the revolutionary movement is weakening. At the end of the program, many expressed their desire to stay to live with the people’s army.