The US group Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) successfully held its 10th Congress in May at a critical time when people’s struggles are advancing and the crisis of monopoly capitalism in the US is rapidly worsening. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) conveyed its greetings to the FRSO congress.

FRSO is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the US. According to the group, it has achieved extraordinary expansion and growth in membership across cities and towns since it held its last congress in 2022. The congress gathered 185 delegates and 101 alternate members, the largest in its history. They came from all US states. A large majority of delegates were under 35 years old, and more than 40% came from oppressed nationalities. Nearly half of the entire congress were women and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

FRSO has led several protests in recent years that drew hundreds of thousands of people and has become a force in the mass movement. The group reported advances in work within the labor movement, active building of national movements, and solidarity with international struggles such as in Palestine and the Philippines. Its entire membership also mobilized to fight Trump’s reactionary attacks. “We are advancing on the path toward the goal of building a new communist party that can challenge power,” FRSO stated.

“Your gathering is an important victory for the working class and all exploited and oppressed people in the belly of the imperialist beast,” the CPP said. The Party added that the congress is highly timely as contradictions in the US and across the world rapidly intensify.

“We look forward to continued mutual learning and struggle, to achieve greater victories for the people, and to march together in attaining freedom, justice, and a bright socialist future, and an even more radiant communist future,” the CPP said.