The National Democratic Front (NDF), its regional and provincial chapters, and allied organizations saluted the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on its 57th anniversary on December 26, 2025. NDF chapters and allies held their own gatherings and activities in various areas nationwide.

The NDF is the most consolidated underground united front organization of the basic revolutionary forces, which explicitly operates under the leadership of the working class and advances the armed struggle based on the general line of the national democratic revolution. It has 18 allied organizations representing the workers and semi-proletariat, peasants, youth, women, church people, teachers, health workers, science and technology, lawyers, artists and writers, government employees, migrant Filipinos, and minority peoples.

NDF secretary general Ka Elias Dipasupil’s statement honored the Party’s nearly six decades of leadership of the revolutionary movement in the Philippines and the Filipino masses’ struggle against US imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism. “Its perseverance and dedication in fulfilling its historic duty of advancing the people’s cause have inspired and continue to inspire the masses to rise up,” he said.

He added that the Party continues to strengthen its leadership of the Filipino masses through its efforts in the ongoing rectification movement via education campaigns. The Party leadership launched a rectification movement starting in December 2023.

“Under the CPP leadership, the NDF allied revolutionary mass organizations in the urban and rural areas continue to expand their work in propaganda and organizing,” Ka Elias stated. The secretary general also reported that in line with the 12‑point program of the NDF, they continue to call on the youth to join the New People’s Army (NPA) or serve the revolutionary peasant movement in the countryside.

Marches, gatherings, and OP‑OD for the anniversary

NDF chapters and allies held marches, clandestine gatherings, painting operations and poster operations (OP‑OD), and other activities to celebrate the Party’s anniversary. They boldly carried these out in urban centers and rural areas defying the US‑Marcos regime’s heightened watch aimed at preventing the celebrations.

In Metro Manila, consecutive marches were held in Manila and Pasay City on December 21 and 22, 2025. Among the groups that joined the protest were Kabataang Makabayan, Artista at Manunulat ng Sambayanan, Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan, Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions, Makabayang Kawaning Pilipino, and Compatriots.

In Central Luzon, a gathering took place on December 26, 2025 at an undisclosed location. The gathering of groups and the toiling masses became historic as they expressed their firm resolve to continue and advance the people’s war amid intensifying fascism and oppression.

In Rizal, the provincial chapter of the NDF held a gathering on December 30, 2025. They then hung two giant streamers at midnight on January 2 in Antipolo City. The streamers contained tributes to the CPP, to the revolution, and the call to overthrow the US‑Marcos regime.

Led by Compatriots Philippines, more than 100 people attended the celebration and cultural night organized for the Party’s anniversary at a location in Southern Tagalog on December 26, 2025. Members from Rizal, Bulacan, and Metro Manila attended the gathering. Members of KM, Makibaka, Kasama, and families of the martyrs of the people also joined the activity.

A few days earlier, Compatriots Philippines hung streamers along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. The streamers contained calls for migrant workers and their families to join the people’s war to end poverty and corruption in the country.

In Australia, Compatriots‑NDFP‑Australia held a gathering together with Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle (FFPS) and fraternal parties. Members of Compatriots‑Kabataang Makabayan Narrm in Melbourne also conducted a poster operation in tribute to the CPP’s anniversary. These were held in the last week of December 2025.

The NDFP International Office gathered nearly 300 participants in its online broadcast featuring the reading of the CPP Central Committee’s statement on December 26, 2025. The activity streamed through Zoom and Discord, and the Filipino and English versions of the statement reading were later uploaded on YouTube. Because of repressive censorship, YouTube immediately deleted the uploaded video.

Meanwhile, various NDF organizations conducted OP‑OD in Baguio City, Laguna, Metro Manila, and Cebu City.

Different NDF chapters and allies issued their own statements honoring the Party. These included NDF chapters in Cavite, Laguna, Eastern Visayas, and Metro Manila; KM from Southern Tagalog, Quezon, Cavite, Laguna, and Metro Manila; Armas‑Metro Manila, the national office of RCTU and its regional chapter in Southern Tagalog; Kaguma‑Jessica Sales Chapter from Southern Tagalog; the national offices of the Pambansang Samahan ng Makabayang Tsuper (PSMT), Kasama, and PKM.