Historical Rise of Fascism and Current Manifestation in Pandemic

Dear Collageues and Friends,

After the institutionalization of patriarchalism and the private ownership of the means of production (in agricultural land, domesticated animals, pastures and metals in the late barbaric stage of the primitive communal society, the interconnection of despotic leaders, wars by tribes and tribal confederations against each other, the execution of enemy combatants, famine and pestilence became obvious.

Tribute to Amaryllis (Ka Marie) Hilao-Enriquez revolutionary and champion of human rights

We hereby express our sincerest condolences to Ka Marie’s bereaved family, comrades and friends and share with them their grief over her demise and their joy over her great achievements in serving the Filipino people, joining them in their national and social liberation and championing human rights against violations committed during the Marcos fascist dictatorship and during the post-Marcos regimes.

Remembering and Honoring Chito Sta. Romana

By Jose Maria Sison & Julieta de Lima
April 22, 2022
Julie and I and our children wish to express our sincerest condolences to the family of Chito Sta. Romana, especially his wife Nancy and their children Norman and Christopher. We are deeply saddened by his passing away. At the same time, we are comforted by his achievements as an intellectual, journalist, academic and public servant.

Socialism: Utopian and scientific

As background, let me cite the fact that in the Communist Manifesto of 1848, Marx and Engels had already differentiated Scientific Socialism from Utopian Socialism of three kinds: