Ka (Comrade) Andie asked herself: “Shall I stay here or go home to Manila?” The question arose after experiencing a series of severe attacks and bombings by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in areas where her unit operated. Ka Andie was injured in one of these attacks. As before, her answer remains the

One year ago in November 2023, the GRP and the NDFP Peace Panels met again after a long hiatus in the peace negotiations, and agreed in a joint statement signed in Oslo, Norway “to a principled and peaceful resolution of the armed conflict” and resolving the roots of the civil war, the very core of

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),  Philippine National Police (PNP),  NTF-ELCAC and paramilitary forces under the command of US-Marcos Jr. regime are guilty of unspeakable brutality, cruelty and extreme violence against the Filipino people especially against the peasant masses in the countryside. Bombings, murder, torture, eviction, military occupation, arson, landgrabbing, displacements, abduction, rape and

As the Kabataang Makabayan (Patriotic Youth, KM) marks its 60th anniversary this year, its enduring legacy to the Philippine national democratic revolution stands as a testament to the historic role of the Filipino youth in social change. Founded on November 30, 1964, on the birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio (a foremost proletarian hero who led

Since gaining so-called independence in 1946, the Philippines has seen numerous elections. Yet, these ‘democratic’ exercises have failed to alleviate the people’s lives and have not brought genuine social change. Like all the previous bourgeois elections in the past, the upcoming Philippine mid-term elections in May 2025 is a reactionary and hollow political exercise. It

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the reactionary Philippine state has recently introduced the Full Automation System with Transparency Count/Audit (FASTrAC), claiming it will modernize the electoral process in the country for the upcoming 2025 mid-term elections. A closer examination reveals that this system is less about transparency and more about perpetuating foreign and elite

Since its founding on April 24, 2021, the 48th anniversary of the founding of the NDFP (National Democratic Front of the Philippines), the Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle (FFPS) has significantly forged ahead in their solidarity for the Filipino people. Waging the banner of revolutionary solidarity, the FFPS has since conducted countless global-wide

The election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the US is symptomatic of a monopoly capitalist power in decline. His return to power reflects a failure of the other party of monopoly capitalism (the Democratic Party of Biden/Harris) and its inability to address the needs and aspirations of the working class. Drawing from a