Articles in English
Expand and strengthen the workers movement and union struggles
Amid sharp deterioration of the toiling masses’ livelihood, the masses of workers urgently need to lead the struggles to advance the people’s interests, welfare and aspirations. The Communist Party of the Philippines should focus its attention and strength to overcome the obstacles to the workers’ advance to collectively fight intensifying exploitation and oppression, and fascist […]
A retrospect into the 1980s strike movement
The strike movement and protest actions of workers and their supporters were temporarily suppressed when Ferdinand Marcos Sr imposed martial law across the country in 1972. But when the economic crisis intensified, it was unable to stop the eruption of strikes which started in La Tondeña in 1975. It continued to develop alongside the anti-fascist […]
Military arrests 14-year-old girl
The 94th IB arrested and interrogated a 14-year old girl named Jelca Ariola in Sitio Suba-Suay, Barangay Mahalang, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, last November 14 on the allegation of being a daughter of a Red fighter. Ariola was on her way home from school when she was accosted by soldiers and brought to the detachment. […]
Is inflation rising because demand is increasing?
The toiling masses were not surprised over news that inflation shot up to 7.7% last October. They know very well how their wages and income are dropping, as their families suffer from hunger pangs. They were dumbfounded, however, by the proud claims of economic growth made by state officials purportedly as a result of a […]
NDF-Mindanao holds remembrance day for revolutionary martyrs
Lighting candles, Red fighters of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao remembered and paid tribute to heroes and martyrs of the people’s democratic revolution. This is in line with the Day of Remembrance of martyrs last November 7 led by the National Democratic Front (NDF)-Mindanao. This was made to coincide with the 1917 victory […]