A judge who dismissed a government petition to designate the country’s communist insurgency a terrorist group has in turn been accused of communist sympathies.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Condemn U.S. intervention over re-inclusion of CPP and NPA in US-FTO The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) condemns the U.S.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Oct. 12 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. The Party calls on all revolutionary forces to lead in efforts to mobilize all possible resources to extend aid to all victims of massive flooding in various provinces, especially in northern Luzon.
An End in Sight for the Philippines’ Maoist Insurgency?
The Philippine military claims that a breakthrough is around the corner, but a continuation of the conflict is convenient for many.
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February 19, 2021
In this Nov. 23, 2016 photo, members of the communist New People’s Army hold their weapons during ceremonies before a clandestine news conference at their guerrilla encampment in the Sierra Madre mountains, southeast of Manila, Philippines.
Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File
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The Philippines’ Maoist insurgency has spanned over five decades and is one of the world’s longest ongoing armed conflicts. The roots of militant communism in the Philippines can be traced as far back as World War II, when communist guerrillas led by the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 (PKP-1930) fought a campaign of resistance against the Japanese occupation. After the war, they continued to fight against the government of the newly independent Re