Reasons for NDFP officials not to proceed to Manila
They have been threatened with arrest by military and police authorities of the Duterte regime and Duterte himself has given no assurance of safety and has publicly expressed lack of interest in any effort to resume the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations
National democratic struggle and people’s trial of US imperialism and its puppets
The Filipino people have the distinction of being the first nation in the whole of Asia to carry out and win a revolutionary war of national independence against a Western colonial power. The Philippine revolution started in 1896 and triumphed over Spain in 1898. But after pretending to be friendly and helpful to the revolution, […]
Global trends and the Philippine political system
A. Global Trends 1. The crisis of global capitalism and global depression continue, especially because the imperialist powers stick to the neoliberal economic policy. This has accelerated the accumulation and concentration of capital in the hands of the few through the intensified exploitation of labor, the liberalization of investment, trade and finance, privatization of public […]
National democratic struggle and people’s trial of US imperialism and its puppets
1. The National Democratic Struggle in the Philippines The Filipino people have the distinction of being the first nation in the whole of Asia to carry out and win a revolutionary war of national independence against a Western colonial power. The Philippine revolution started in 1896 and triumphed over Spain in 1898. But after pretending […]
ILPS CONDEMNS THE AUCTION OF THE LIBRA OIL FIELD IN BRAZIL AS NEOCOLONIAL PRIVATIZATION AND DENATIONALIZATION
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chairperson International League of Peoples’ Struggle October 29, 2013 The International League of Peoples’ Struggle condemns the auction of the Libra oil field in Brazil as neocolonial privatization, denationalization and imperialist plunder. Eighty per cent of the oil field, now known as the largest in the world, is auctioned off […]
Keynote Address to the 3rd National Congress of ANAKBAYAN
Worsening Economic Crisis The ruling system is in a very grave economic and financial crisis. This is not simply a fiscal crisis involving a mounting budgetary deficit due to increases in government spending and shortfalls in tax collection. This is an economic and financial crisis that cannot be solved by the Arroyo regime’s plan to […]
Advance the people’s resistance to imperialist globalization
Globalization is imperialism Globalization is a slick and shallow term. It glosses over the reality of modern imperialism or monopoly capitalism, i.e., capitalism beyond the stage of free competition, the capitalism of a few gigantic MNCs monopolizing investment, production, sales, trade and profits. Corporate executives, bureaucrats, bourgeois academic pedants and imperialist-funded NGOs have circulated the […]