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Lorenzana chickens out of China tit-for-tat
June 21, 2019 |

Knowing that Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is the highest active agent of the US imperialists in the Duterte cabinet, it is interesting to see how he chickened out from his earlier bellicose statements over the June 9 Recto Bank incident which he himself initiated, and eventually backed down and echoed Duterte’s spineless position to downplay […]

Fascism—Duterte's ideology—is old and rotten
June 21, 2019 |

In his speech before the 8th Infantry Division, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte of the GRP yesterday chided the Party and NPA for having an “outdated” ideology and declared that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) can defeat the revolutionary armed movement in Samar and across the country. In fact, it is Duterte’s ideology—fascism—that is old […]

Condemn Duterte's murderous spree
June 18, 2019 |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is outraged over the six successive murders in the Bicol region over the past days since June 9. Among those killed are farmers, social activists and human rights workers. The Party holds the Duterte regime, its military and police forces and death squads responsible for these murders. Coinciding […]

Two key points on the June 9 Recto Bank incident
June 18, 2019 |

Two key points on the June 9 Recto Bank incident Communist Party of the Philippines June 18, 2019 1.Duterte has displayed utter spinelessness before China. He has completely failed to act in line with Philippine sovereign interests in the face of widespread clamor to demand China’s culpability over the reported June 9 incident at Recto […]

Reject US Coast Guard "protection" of Philippine EEZ
June 13, 2019 |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) calls on the Filipino people to reject the plans of the US Coast Guard to deploy the USS Stratton in the South China Sea purportedly to give “protection” to the exclusive economic zones of the Philippines and other countries in the region. The “protection” plan of the US […]

Oust the two-sided traitor Duterte
June 12, 2019 |

The Filipino people today mark the 121st anniversary of the declaration of Philippine independence. They draw inspiration from the epic struggle of their forebears to attain national freedom from Spanish colonialism, as well as from the century-long struggle to end US colonialism and US neo-colonialism. More than a century hence, the country remains under US […]

Harassment of journalist Valle among cases Duterte fears will be exposed in international probe
June 11, 2019 |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) adds its voice to the widespread condemnation of the police and military over the harassment of Davao-based veteran journalist and social worker Fidelina Margarita Valle, who was arrested, held incommunicado and denied counsel for several hours last June 9. She was later released only after news of her […]

CPP welcomes call for UNHRC investigation of killings and rights abuses under Duterte
June 08, 2019 |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) welcomes the call of esteemed international human rights stalwarts to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to conduct an investigation into widespread killings and human rights abuses perpetrated by state security forces under the Duterte regime. After close to three years of impunity under Duterte, the Philippines […]

On the Question of People's War in Industrial Capitalist Countries
June 05, 2019 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Jose Maria Sison | Founding Chairperson |

I have been asked many times by avowed proletarian revolutionaries whether protracted people’s war as carried out by Mao in China can be successfully waged in capitalist countries where the industrial proletariat has become the majority class and the peasantry has become a minority class. I will try to answer the question in a theoretical […]

“Killer Battalion” na 11TH IB, singilin sa utang na dugo sa mamamayan
June 03, 2019 | New People's Army | Negros Island Regional Operational Command (Apolinario Gatmaitan Command) | NPA-Central Negros (Leonardo Panaligan Command) | JB Regalado | Spokesperson |

Ang pagdeploy muli ng 11th IB PA “Killer Battalion” sa Guihulngan ay maghahasik na naman ng terorismo sa Central Negros. Ang pagdagdag ng tropa militar at Police sa Negros Oriental ay ang laganap na pagpapatupad ng de facto martial law sa isla ng Negros na magbubunga naman ng maraming mga paglabag sa karapatang pantao pareho […]