Duterte ready to free communist rebels, resume talks
by AFP May 11, 2016 http://www.mb.com.ph/duterte-ready-to-free-communist-rebels-resume-talks/ President-elect Rodrigo Duterte may release jailed communist rebels in an effort to restart peace talks aimed at ending a decades-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, an aide said Tuesday (May 10, 2016).
On the Edsa Uprising
Sealing the Doom of Marcos Q3: What in your view finally sealed the doom of the Marcos dictatorship? A: In 1979 international credit for the Philippines as well as for the third world countries started to tighten. As a result, the state corporations and the crony corporations–all big comprador enterprises–started to collapse in 1981. More […]
Nang lusubin ang palasyo
Q4: Marcos’ ouster has been variably described as the feat of “people power,” a “peaceful revolution,” a “miracle of prayer or the rosary,” and a “pre-emptive revolution.” How do you evaluate the decisive four days–February 22 to 25, 1986–when the dictator Marcos was forced to leave the country? A: Let me first comment on those […]
TRIBUTE TO COMRADE LEONCIO PITAO (COMMANDER PARAGO)
Comrades and Friends, I join the Filipino people, the people’s revolutionary government, the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, the revolutionary mass organizations and other revolutionary forces in mourning the death of Comrade Leoncio Pitao (Commander Parago) and in celebrating his achievements from the time […]
On Aquino’s statement on Maguindanao encounter (2)
“Hindi sinagot ni Aquino ang aking mga tanong na inilathala bago siya nagpahayag. Wala siyang sinabi tungkol sa prinsipal na pananagutan niya, kung bakit sinarili niya at nina Executive Secretary Ochoa at resigned PC chief Purisima ang command responsibility sa proyektong laban kay Marwan at Usman, kung bakit walang alam sa proyekto sina DILG secretary […]
Ang imperyalismong US at paglaban ng sambayanang Pilipino
Sa gitna pa lamang ng ika-19 na siglo, mula 1848 hanggang 1868, ipinakita na ng Inglatera ang dalawang mayor na katangian ng imperyalismo: ang pag-aari nito sa malalawak na kolonya at ang monopolyong industryal nito na nahuhuthutan ng supertubo. Sa hanay ng mga bayang kapitalista, unang naging monopolyong kapitalismo ang malayang kompetisyong kapitalismo bilang dominanteng […]
Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement highlights Obama-Aquino meeting in Manila
Hyped as a major advance in the strategic partnership of the US and Philippines, the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) highlights the meeting of US President Obama and Philippine President Aquino in Manila on April 28-29. EDCA circumvents the ban on foreign military bases and troops by the Philippine constitution and allows the US to […]
On Oplan Bayanihan and the prospects of peace and environmental justice
A. Oplan Bayanihan 1. Nature and Purpose of the Oplan. Like Oplan Bantay Laya, Oplan Bayanihan is a national military plan designed by the US and based on the US Counterinsurgency Guide for the vain purpose of destroying or reducing the New People’s Army to inconsequentiality. But supposedly unlike Oplan Bantay Laya, which had become […]
THE ROLE OF JOSE MARIA SISON IN THE PEACE PROCESS
Who can now say that twelve years ago (that was in 1992, when the movement was rumored or believed by many, in deep internal crisis, and the government was claiming strategic victory over the New People’s Army) you actually believed or could imagine that the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines […]
Ikalawang Dakilang Kilusang Pagwawasto
Kilusang Pagwawasto: Ito ay sustenidong kampanyang masa sa edukasyon sa ideolohiya at pulitika sa loob ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas, Bagong Hukbong Bayan (NPA), Pambansang Demokratikong Frente (NDF) at ibang mga pwersang rebolusyonaryo para punahin, itakwil at iwasto ang mayor na mga kamalian at kakulangan sa ideolohiya, pulitika at organisasyon upang palakasin at isulong ang […]