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Prospects under the Duterte administation and tasks of the Filipino youth

First point: Unite the people for the overthrow of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal system through a people’s war and for the completion of the national democratic revolution. On…

Student Power?

Before we go far into a discussion of the ideology and goals of the rising student rebel movement in the Philippines, let us first examine the term student…

Coups and Other Tests for the Philippines’ New ‘Leftist’ Leader

The newly-elected Philippine president, who promises to be the country’s first left president, studied Political Thought under the author of this article. Within 24 hours after the Philippine…

Strengthen working-class leadership and the struggle for socialism

On this day, we recall and celebrate the victories of the labor movement in fighting for the eight-hour workday, higher wages, better working conditions and social transformation. We…

On the Edsa Uprising

Sealing the Doom of Marcos Q3: What in your view finally sealed the doom of the Marcos dictatorship? A: In 1979 international credit for the Philippines as well…

Nang lusubin ang palasyo

Q4: Marcos’ ouster has been variably described as the feat of “people power,” a “peaceful revolution,” a “miracle of prayer or the rosary,” and a “pre-emptive revolution.” How…

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the EDSA uprising that overthrew the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines.

The most definitive end of the Marcos fascist dictatorship came Feb. 25, 1986, when the despot Marcos and his family had to be flown out of the presidential…

Paris climate talks are predetermined by the monopoly capitalism to aggravate climate and social injustice and crises

The 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11, 2015, has…

For a socially just world, strengthen the people’s solidarity and intensify the struggle against imperialist plunder, crisis and war

I. Global Situation and Trends The neoliberal economic policy of unbridled profit-taking and rapid accumulation of finance capital continues to govern the world capitalist system. Since the adoption…

Revolutionary literature and art in Philippines, from the 1960s to the present

I. My experiences regarding revolutionary art As a grade school boy in my hometown of Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, I first became aware of revolutionary art in the form…