There are two things that the Marcos-Arroyo-Duterte (MAD) faction attempts to hit in peddling the supposed death threats against the dictator’s son and presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos. Firstly, this gives reason to intensify attacks against progressive groups and partylists, MAD critics and those who are from the opposition. The public knows that critics of the […]

It is not true that the mountains in Barangay Sta. Clara, Gonzaga, Cagayan province where the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conducted aerial bombardment last January 29 are uninhabited. These mountains serve as home and source of livelihood of indigenous Agta communities. In fact, entire ethnic minority and peasant communities were struck by fear […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the party of the Filipino proletariat, joins all Filipino workers and toiling masses in commemorating today the 120th anniversary of the Union Obrera Democratica de Filipinas (UODF). The UODF is the first labor federation in the Philippines, precursor of militant trade unionism and center of worker’s anti-imperialist struggle. […]

Today, I am happy to join all proletarian revolutionaries, trade unionists and workers in celebrating the 120th anniversary of the Founding Congress of the Union Obrera Democratica de Filipinas (UODF, the first labor congress establishing the first labor federation in the Philippines. The Congress was convened upon the initiative of Isabelo de los Reyes and […]

Successive increases in oil prices during the past few weeks are among the biggest reasons behind the worsening socio-economic conditions in the country. In the face of a worsening economic crisis, widespread unemployment and loss of livelihood, incessant petroleum price increases deal heavy blows against the workers, peasants and other toiling people. In the past […]