The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) pays tribute to Prof. Alice Guillermo, preeminent revolutionary art critic, who passed away last July 29 at the age of 80. The Party extends its heartfelt condolences to her husband, Ka Gelacio, to their children Bomen and Sophia, and to her friends, colleagues and comrades. Prof. Guillermo was […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines condemns in the strongest possible terms the Duterte regime and its police forces for carrying out the brutal dispersal of striking workers, student activists, media workers and other supporters at the picketline outside the NutriAsia factory in Marilao, Bulacan this afternoon. NutriAsia workers have been on strike to demand […]

The Communist Party of the Philippines denounces the resurrection of trumped-up cases against former congressional representatives of the Makabayan bloc. This is a pointed attack against the broad democratic forces resisting Duterte’s tyrannical rule and moves to establish a dictatorship. It is a portent of a more general crackdown following successive arrests and detention against […]

President Rodrigo Duterte mostly stuck to his worn-out theme during his last State of the Nation Address. We’ve heard it before, sans the swearing and digressing. But what cuss words he refrained from blurting out were replaced with threats and a foreshadowing of a darker and bleaker future for the Filipino people under his regime. […]

To fully comprehend the significance of the House coup mounted yesterday by Gloria Arroyo, it is important to take stock of the political context. In its July 21 editorial, Ang Bayan pointed out:Under Duterte’s reign, the ruling system’s political crisis has exacerbated. The fissures among the ranks of the ruling class have deepened because of […]