Hundreds of people belonging to various revolutionary groups launched a lightning rally in Divisoria, Manila on April 29, carrying flags of the National Democratic Front (NDF) and its allied organizations to celebrate the NDFP anniversary. Their call: “Armed revolution is the true solution!” The NDFP commemorated its 52nd anniversary on April 24.

The Christians for National Liberation (CNL) and Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions (RCTU) hung streamers near Malacañang with calls to advance the revolution.

NDFP secretary general Elias Dipasupil said the NDFP is a united front organization promoting revolutionary armed struggle. “While recognizing various forms of struggle, the NDFP upholds the primacy of armed struggle to dismantle the rotten semicolonial and semifeudal system while gradually and steadily building the new system through the development of organs of political power in the countryside.”

He urged allied organizations to expand and strengthen. “Mass organizations are indispensable amid the current global and national crisis to advance the Filipino people’s struggle against oppression and exploitation and to build a society that serves their interests,” he said.

Various organizations from the regional to the national level, as well as parties overseas, expressed greetings for the anniversary of the NDF. These include the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People’s Army (NPA), NDF chapters in Southern Tagalog and Ilocos, NDF-Palawan, NDF-International, League of Science for the People, Patriotic Movement of New Women, RCTU, Patriotic Youth and KM-Southern Tagalog, Compatriots, CNL, and National Association of Peasants.

The NDF also received greetings from the Friends of the Filipino People in Struggles (FFPS) and its chapters and organizations. The FFPS held activities and gatherings in various countries on April 26 as a celebration. The International Bureau of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP-ML) and the Cairde na Filipínigh Committee of Anti-Imperialist Action Ireland also sent their greetings.