Communist Party of the Philippines resurrects urban hit squads
During an online event on December 26 celebrating the 52nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), founder and ideological leader of the party, Jose Maria Sison announced that the CPP would be resurrecting its old practice of employing armed city partisans, known as Sparrow Units, after three decades of dormancy.
Screenshot of video showing the Communist Party of the Philippines (Credit: YouTube, Rappler)
Sison presented the party policy as responding to “demands” from “middle forces” a much used term drawn from the phrasebook of Stalinism to refer to its allies in the bourgeoisie and the middle class.