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Jose Maria Sison: The biggest crimes that have been committed by the Duterte regime are those against the masses of workers, peasants and indigenous people

José María Canlás Sison (1939) is a Philippine poet and writer, founder, leader and leading theoretician of the Communist Party of the Philippines of the ideas of Mao and the

CPP and NPA are not United Nations-designated terrorists organizations

In various public statements and articles, Duterte’s security and defense officials and communication officers repeatedly insinuate that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA)

On the land problem, peasant class and agrarian revolution

In English, one can play loose with synonymous terms like peasant, farmer or planter for someone who tills the land or in Tagalog, magsasaka, magbubukid or magbubungkal, in the same

ON THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION

The most important aim of the national democratic revolution is to achieve full national independence and people’s democracy. The old democratic revolution of 1896 was led by the liberal bourgeoisie

On Duterte’s threat to hang himself because of his failures and abuse

Duterte says that he is tempted to hang himself because of the problems that he cannot solve and that he has in fact aggravated. He talks this way out of

Ressa conviction a brazen attack against press freedom

The conviction of Rappler (an online news agency -Ed.) chief executive officer Maria Ressa and journalist Reynaldo Santos Jr. over a cyber libel case, is a brazen attack against press

200 celebrate wedding in Covid-free NPA area

In a still Covid-free area of the New People’s Army (NPA), life in the revolution took a pause to celebrate love amidst heightened focus military operations.

State terrorism is sure-fire recipe for advance of the People’s Democratic Revolution

If the so-called Anti-Terrorism Bill becomes law, it will be an instrument of state terrorism for the suppression of all democratic forces, critics and opposition.

Cyber attacks handiwork of NTF-ELCAC; US Embassy trained AFP cyber unit

The cyber attacks in the form of identity theft, mass cloning and hijacking of private data of social media accounts primarily directed against UP Cebu students, as well as activists