Ang Bayan (“The People”) is the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines, guided by Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. It is published by the Central Committee. AB comes out fortnightly every 7th and 21st of each month. The original Pilipino edition is translated into English, Bisaya, Waray, Hiligaynon and Iloco.

This week, we remember and extol all heroes and martyrs of the Philippine revolution in its more than five decades of perseverance. The Week to Remember and Extol the Heroes and Martyrs of the Filipino People (April 17-24) was declared by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) as an annual commemoration. On April […]

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines condemned the terrorist branding of one of its peace negotiation consultants. This was after police paraded Eric Casilao before the media to subject him to public humiliation and scorn. Casilao was arrested while traveling from Malaysia to Thailand on April 1. He was deported to the Philippines on […]

Andres Bonifacio’s revolutionary blood flows through the veins of young people. Not far from Tondo where Bonifacio was born lies the headquarters of young revolutionaries who lived by the vow, “I offer even my life.” Every day, members of the Kabataang Makabayan arouse, organize and mobilize their fellow youth in the universities to visit factories, […]

Units of the New People’s Army (NPA) in four provinces mounted a series of tactical offensives as part of efforts to frustrate the military operations being carried out by the US-Marcos terrorist regime. In Masbate, Red fighters seized a rifle from military agents in Sitio Pondol at the border of barangays San Carlos and Matagbac […]

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has no independence and relies on foreign support. In times of war, it does not have the capability to defend the Filipino people’s freedom and livelihood. Its orientation, operation and even its weapons are closely tied to US strategies and interests in Asia. From the onset, the AFP […]

Hundreds of residents in Negros and Tarlac are struggling for their rights to land and welfare. In Tarlac, members of the Nagkakaisang Mamamayan ng Santa Lucia para sa Lupa, Kabuhayan at Paninirahan staged a protest before the Capas town hall on April 13. They are opposing land grabbing and destruction of their farms by the […]

The US and the Marcos regime has boasted that the planned US construction of military bases in different parts of the country form part of the AFP’s “modernization” program. In the just concluded 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue between the US and Philippines defense and foreign officials last April 11, the US bragged that up to ₱10 […]

National-democratic organizations staged coordinated protest actions in and outside the country on the first days of the 38th US-PH Balikatan Exercises on April 11. They criticized the US for using the Philippines to provoke war against its imperialist rival China. In Metro Manila, protesters led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan staged a picket at Camp […]