The JMS Legacy Foundation was formally launched on February 15, 2025 in Utrecht, the Netherlands in conjunction with Jose Maria Sison’s 86th birthday.
Jose Maria Sison was a great Marxist thinker and practical leader of the Philippine revolution. He follows in the footsteps of such great Marxist thinkers and leaders of the masses as Lenin and Mao whose theoretical works and revolutionary practice had transformed not only their own countries but changed the course of human history.
Jose Maria Sison’s life-long work as a great thinker and practical leader of a revolutionary movement has not only changed the course of Philippine history as it pertains to the Filipino people’s struggle for national and social liberation but has also influenced progressive and revolutionary movements around the world. His invaluable contribution in advancing the Filipino people’s life-and-death struggle for national and social liberation transcends the boundaries of his native Philippines. Some of his books and writings have been translated into Russian, French, Spanish and Turkish.
The avowed mission of the Foundation is to preserve and carry on the legacy of Jose Maria Sison’s works that continue to remain valid and relevant to the Filipino people’s struggle for a society free from exploitation and oppression, and for the world’s peoples’ quest for a new and better world.
Julieta de Lima, Ka Joma’s lifelong partner as wife and comrade-in-arms, gave the keynote speech at the `Foundation’s launch. She described her first meeting with Ka Joma in their youth as classmates at the University of the Philippines well-known as a breeding ground for radical thinkers and political activists.
She described their life-long partnership from their early activism in SCAUP, the formation of Kabataang Makabayan, to their separation from the revisionist Lava dynasty of the old merger party, the reestablishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines based on the theoretical foundation of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, the early advance and gains of the revolution, life in the underground, arrest and life in prison and life in exile. In going through the various phases of Joma’s life as leader of the Philippine revolution, she pointed to the key writings and documents drafted by Ka Joma that guided the Communist Party of the Philippines in confronting various problems and in ensuring the continued advance of the Philippine revolution.
To realize its mission, the Foundation’s work consists of four main components: running a website of Ka Joma’s life and works, setting up a museum showcasing his life and works, maintaining an archive of his writings and other relevant materials, and organizing events using Ka Joma’s writings that tackle various issues confronting the struggles of the world’s peoples’ for a bright socialist future.
A congratulatory message from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines was read for the successful launch of the JMS Legacy Foundation citing its important role in advancing the Filipino people’s revolutionary struggle as well as the world proletarian socialist revolution. #
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is the revolutionary united front organization of the Filipino people fighting for national freedom and for the democratic rights of the people. The NDFP seeks to develop and coordinate all progressive classes, sectors and forces in the Filipino people’s struggle to end the rule of US imperialism and its local allies of big landlords and compradors, and attain national and social liberation.