In memoriam · 1939 – 2022

Jose Maria Sison

February 8, 1939 – December 16, 2022

Founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, chief political consultant of the NDFP, poet, and internationalist. This archive preserves his complete published writings, speeches, and statements.

2904 articles1996 – 2022English · Filipino · Spanish · DutchOpen access

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Armed struggle and peace talks

We uphold the principle that democracy is the reign of the Filipino people’s sovereign will for their common well-being. It is their sovereign right to wage armed revolution against tyranny and oppression.

On the Prospects of the Struggle for National and Social Liberation

The persistent semicolonial and semifeudal ruling system, which is dominated by foreign monopoly capitalism and directly run by the comprador big bourgeoisie, the landlord class and the bureaucrat…

Significance of the Paris commune of 1871 and its relevance to the world proletarian revolution

Again in the revolutionary spirit of the Paris Commune of 1871, I daresay that these current mass struggles are in transition to the great resurgence of the world…

On revisionism

Revisionism is the systematic revision of and deviation from Marxism, the basic revolutionary principles of the proletariat laid down by Marx and Engels and further developed by the…

The Filipino People’s Democratic Revolution Is Invincible

Since after the reestablishment of Communist Party of the Philippines on December 26, 1968 and the prompt founding of the New People’s Army on March 29, 1969, every…

On criticism and creativity

1. Calls for creativity have emerged as responses to a criticism of the Left being “passé” and “dogmatic.”The command to be creative is being considered seriously for activist…

Towards a National Democratic Teacher’s Movement

To speak before the fellow teachers and future teachers is always a welcome opportunity for one involved in what has come to be called the Second Propaganda Movement,…