Archive of Liberation

Liberation is the official publication of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

The word “justice” seems to apply only to those in power. Though it is proclaimed as a universal principle, it is not. Take, for instance, the case of the plunderers behind the multi-billion-peso flood control projects. Their crimes demand urgent and decisive punishment, yet to this day, not one among the big fish has been […]

Sylvie, an activist based in the United States, recalled how they were introduced to the national democratic movement a few years ago. A background in the natural sciences had left them feeling frustrated with how the academe presented climate change as something detached from the politics of capitalism and imperialism. After sharing their frustrations with […]

When Luis G. Jalandoni died last June 7 at a ripe age of 90, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) lost its longest-serving representative and ambassador, the one who not only started its foreign relations work but the Front’s very embodiment of proletarian internationalism and solidarity. There was little suggestion in Ka Louie’s […]

It looked like just any ordinary school activity, a forum perhaps. People lined up to register for the event while those who were waiting mingled with attendees they knew. Others were doing last minute preparations for the activity. The lady at the registry asked people to sign the registration sheet, not with your name but […]

We witnessed how, on September 21, the police lobbed tear gas canisters on the protesters, including by-passers and on-lookers, followed by endless beatings, manhandling, arrests and incarceration. At the day’s end, scores were injured, 248 arrested and jailed, and two were killed. Police subpoenas and threats of arrests continue to haunt student leaders who joined […]

Tumitindi ang galit ng mamamayan sa lumalalang pagbaha tuwing bagyo at panahon ng habagat o kaya naman kapag tagtuyot dahil walang totoong solusyong itinatapat ang gobyerno sa mga ito. Regular nang nagpapalitan ang kalamidad na dala ng tagtuyot at bagyo/habagat. Kapag tagtuyot, lumilitaw ang kakulangan ng irigasyon o patubig sa mga taniman. Tuwing tag-ulan niraragasa […]

“Sinuhulan ako ng tatay ko na bibilhan niya ako ng motor huwag lang akong mag-NPA,” Leo Velasco once said. “Eh matagal ko nang hinihingi sa kanya yun.” This was in 1970s when activism was spreading like wildfire. The idea of liberating the masses from oppression and exploitation was an attractive call. Leo wanted to be […]

Liberation is the official publication of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.