Topic: Philippines

By his own public declarations and expressions of admiration for the fascist dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte has long been obsessed with his scheme to establish his own iron-fisted rule through martial law and extrajudicial killings..

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison on Thursday deemed the peace talks with the government unnecessary due to the Duterte administration’s “obsession with martial law and mass murder.” Sison’s scathing statement was issued a day after the government canceled its backchannel talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF), the CPP’s negotiating arm, following Wednesday’s rebel attack on a Presidential Security Group convoy in Arakan, Cotabato.

A new book released in the Philippines collects the work of eight authors who re-examine modern imperialism and monopoly capitalism a century after Lenin’s groundbreaking title was published.

When the time comes that socialism is dominant on a global scale as a result of the defeat and end of imperialism, the way would become wide open for reaching the stage of communism on the basis of the achievements of socialist revolution and construction.

Check out the first in a series of short interviews with comrade Joma Sison

Source: ABS-CBN.com» The National Democratic Front has offered to “co-found” a shift to a federal system with the government, communist leader Jose Maria Sison said Tuesday. “The NDF,…

Source: ABS-CBNnews.com» MANILA – Peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels would be jeopardized if President Rodrigo Duterte extends martial law or declares it nationwide, Communist Party…

http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/18/17/joma-contradicts-duterte-im-in-good-health MANILA – Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison clarified Tuesday that he is in good health, contrary to President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that…

PRESS RELEASE Issued by the sponsors of the book launch of Pro. Jose Maria Sison’s Combat Neoliberal Globalization July 17, 2017 PROF. SISON’S LATEST BOOK LAUNCHED WITH RARE…

No violation of Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law. The explosive was command-detonated strictly against enemy military vehicle and personnel. What is utterly…