ILPS STATEMENT ON THE 2016 G20 SUMMIT
Issued by the Office of the Chairperson International Coordinating Committee International League of Peoples´ Struggle September 6, 2016 The G-20 was originally set up after the Asian financial crisis in 1999 as a forum for finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s largest economies including China, India, Brazil and South Africa. Its expanded membership […]
Strengthen working-class leadership and the struggle for socialism
On this day, we recall and celebrate the victories of the labor movement in fighting for the eight-hour workday, higher wages, better working conditions and social transformation. We pay tribute to the pioneers and martyrs of the labor movement and we draw inspiration from their commitment, courage, and perseverance as we seek to boldly expand […]
Book review of Joma’s “Building People’s Power”
By Malu Villañueva When I agreed to do the review of Joma’s latest book, I did not know what I had gotten myself into. When I got a copy of the book, to my horror, it contained 474 pages with 105 articles on all sorts of topics under the sun. What to focus on would […]
CRISIS GENERATES CRISIS
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison’s latest book, Crisis Generates Resistance: timely response to unfolding events of imperialist crisis and people’s resistance Prof. Jose Ma. Sison’s latest book, Crisis Generates Resistance received highly appreciative and insightful reviews, and was warmly received by friends, supporters, youth and solidarity activists during its launch on February 7, 2016 in Utrecht, […]
Crisis Generates Resistance
As author of the book, Crisis Generates Resistance, I wish to thank the International Network for Philippine Studies for publishing the book, the Philippine Chapter of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle and the Kilusang Mayo Uno for organizing this book launch, and the book reviewers, the cultural performers, the distinguished guests and all the […]
Paris climate talks are predetermined by the monopoly capitalism to aggravate climate and social injustice and crises
The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11, 2015, has been touted as a make-or-break meeting that will produce a new agreement, one that will supposedly serve as bridge after Kyoto Protocol and govern long-term global climate […]
For a socially just world, strengthen the people’s solidarity and intensify the struggle against imperialist plunder, crisis and war
I. Global Situation and Trends The neoliberal economic policy of unbridled profit-taking and rapid accumulation of finance capital continues to govern the world capitalist system. Since the adoption of the policy in 1980, it has brought about a series of worsening economic and financial crises leading to the crisis of 2008 and the now prolonged […]
Revolutionary literature and art in Philippines, from the 1960s to the present
I. My experiences regarding revolutionary art As a grade school boy in my hometown of Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, I first became aware of revolutionary art in the form of statues of leaders of the Philippine revolution. At the southern end of the poblacion stood the figure of Andres Bonifacio with an upraised bolo and at […]
Ang neoliberal na opensiba ng APEC at epekto nito sa edukasyong Pilipino
Nagsisimula nang daklutin ang pansin ng midya sa pagtatambol sa APEC sa panahong inuuga ang sambayanang Pilipino sa dagok ng malubhang krisis at panibagong mga opensiba ng global na kapitalismo sa rehimen ng patakarang neoliberal. Sa partikular, nadarama ng kabataang Pilipino ang tindi ng krisis na umaapekto sa pambansang ekonomya at sistema ng edukasyon. Pinasusuray […]
Continuing the struggle for national and social liberation
Ang iisang kaisipan na nagbubuklod sa nilalaman ng aklat ay ang pangagailangang ipagpatuloy ang pakikibaka para sa pambansa at panlipunang kalayaan, kahit na naibagsak na ang pasistang diktadura ni Marcos noong 1986, dahil hindi pa naman nababago ang malakolonyal at malapyudal na sistema na pinaghaharian ng mga malaking komprador, asendero at bulok na burukrata na […]