POLITICS OF REPRESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
The Hague,The Netherlands, 31 October 2009
I thank the International Committee Against Disappearances, IBON Europe
and the Filipino Refugees in the Netherlands for inviting me to give a brief
background on the politics of repression in the Philippines.
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FALSE SENSE OF RECOVERY
AT G-20 SUMMIT IN PITTSBURGH
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
3 October 2009
The leaders of the imperialist powers and the world’s other big
economies concluded their G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, USA and
declared the capitalist world economy on the path to recovery.
They praised themselves for arresting economic decline and
stabilizing financial markets, and for starting a reform process
towards “strong, sustained and balanced growth in the 21st
century”. Again they asserted that the crisis was only due to
reckless and irresponsible financial behaviour. Since steps have
begun to be taken to rein these in they reiterated the promise
that capitalism will bring development to billions of people in the
world.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON EDUCATION, IMPERIALISM AND RESISTANCE
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Shih Hsin University
Taipei, Taiwan
10 August 2009
From the International Coordinating Committee and entirety of the International
League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I convey warmest greetings of solidarity to
all the educators and social activists now gathered. I express high appreciation
to the ILPS Working Group on Teachers, Researchers and Other Educational
Personnel for organizing this international conference on education, imperialism
and resistance and to the International Center for Taiwan Social Studies for
hosting it.
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SALIENT POINTS ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION
For the 3rd Congress of BAYAN USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Saturday. March 28, 2009
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Beloved compatriots and friends,
We, the International Coordinating Committee and the entirety of the
International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), convey militant
greetings of anti-imperialist solidarity to ILPS member-organization
BAYAN-USA, to its leadership, its member-organizations and all the
delegates to its Third Congress.
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WHAT THE PEOPLE CAN AND MUST DO
ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS
(Contribution to the Forum on the Global and Financial Crisis
on 30 January 2009 at De Balie, Amsterdam)
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
It is of utmost importance for the working class and the rest of the people
exploited by the system of monopoly capitalism to discuss and clarify to
themselves what they can and must do about the current grave financial
and economic crisis. They are necessarily concerned about being ceaselessly
victimized by the monopoly bourgeoisie, extending from the extraction of
the surplus value in the process of production to the complexities of capital
overaccumulation and abuses of finance capital.
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A TIME OF CRISIS, A TIME FOR MILITANCY
Message to the League of Filipino Students
on the Occasion of Its 31st Founding Anniversary
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
September 11, 2008
As one who has long been in solidarity with you, I wish to express most heartfelt
greetings on the occasion of the 31st founding anniversary of the League of
Filipino Students (LFS). I also wish to congratulate you for the achievements
that you have made in the year past, adding to the accumulation of successes
of the LFS since its foundation. I urge you to move forward and achieve greater
victories.
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THE POLICY OF "NEOLIBERAL" GLOBALIZATION
AND WORSENING ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THE PHILIPPINES
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
September 11, 2008
Thank you for inviting me to speak on the policy of "neoliberal" globalization
and the worsening economic crisis in the Philippines on the occasion of the 31st
anniversary of the founding of the League of Filipino Students (LFS). I congratulate
the LFS in Baguio City for its achievements. I appreciate the cooperation of the
LFS with the Anakbayan, UP Baguio-University Student Council, the Nationalist
Corps and the Politically Inclined Students in bringing about this important forum.
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IMPLICATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES
OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
TO THE PEOPLE'S ANTI-IMPERIALIST MOVEMENT
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
June 19, 2008
I wish to comment on the gravity of the current financial crisis of the
world capitalist system and on the impact of this in the various major
contradictions in the world, with special attention to the people's
resistance in Asia, Africa and Latin America and in the imperialist countries.
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REPORT TO THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ILPS
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International Coordinating Committee
June 18, 2008
Introduction
I wish to convey warmest greetings of solidarity to all the distinguished guests
and observers, to my colleagues in the International Coordinating Committee
(ICC), to all delegations and to all participating organizations of the International
League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS).
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CURRENT PHILIPPINE SITUATION
AND PROSPECTS OF THE NDFP
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
NDFP Negotiating Panel
26 April 2008
It is fitting and proper that we are exceedingly jubilant over the 35th anniversary
of the founding of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on 24 April
1973 when its 10-point Program was promulgated. Since then, the NDFP has
won great victories in the application and development of the policy and tactics
of the united front in advancing the people's democratic revolution against
foreign monopoly capitalism, domestic feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism.
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AN OVERVIEW OF THE ILPS
AND THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Seattle, Washington State
April 8, 2008
May I convey warmest greetings of solidarity to all colleagues and
friends who are present in this open house for prospective participants
in the Third International Assembly of the International League of
Peoples' Struggle and the International Conference of the International
Migrants Association in June. I am glad that you have come here to gain
more information and prepare for participation in both gatherings .
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KEYNOTE SPEECH OF THE ILPS CHAIRPERSON
TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ILPS-AUSTRALIA
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
March 23, 2008
First of all, I wish to thank you for inviting me to speak on this occasion and
I extend my warmest and most militant greetings of solidarity to the leadership
and member organizations of ILPS-Australia. I wish you the utmost success
in this conference and hope that this will serve to further consolidate and
expand the work and organization of ILPS in Australia.
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AN UPDATE ON MY CASE FOR THE CONFERENCE
ON LAWS, LABELS AND LIBERATION (REVISITED)
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
March 16, 2008
I am deeply pleased that the participating organizations of the International
League of Peoples' Struggle in Vancouver are undertaking a conference to
build on the gains of the 2004 Laws, Labels and Liberation conference by
continuing to use my case and situation as an example of the use of anti-terrorism
executive orders and legislation against human rights, civil liberties and the right
of peoples to struggle for national and social liberation.
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MY EXPERIENCE OF IMPRISONMENT AND TORTURE
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
March 15, 2008
I have been informed that the International Action Committee Stuttgart, an
organization in which Turkish, Palestinian and German people work together, is
holding this forum to commemorate Political Prisoners Day. Thus, I have been
invited to speak on my experience of imprisonment and torture in the Philippines,
together with two other former political prisoners who shall speak about their
own experiences in Turkey-Kurdistan and Palestine.
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Orientation for Current and Prospective ILPS Participants
on the Third International Assembly of the ILPS
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
February 24, 2008
May I convey warmest greetings of solidarity to all colleagues and friends who
are present in this Philippine Solidarity Night in New York. I congratulate BAYAN
USA Northeast and its member organizations, Anakbayan NY/NJ, Filipinas for
Rights and Empowerment (FIRE) and NY Committee for Human Rights in the
Philippines (NYCHRP) for organizing this event and for making it an occasion to
commemorate the Filipino-American War and to orient current and prospective
participating organizations of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS)
about the forthcoming Third International Assembly of the ILPS.
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Validity and Relevance of the October Revolution
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
at the Forum to Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the October Revolution
in The Hague, The Netherlands, 02 December 2007
Turkish translation by Aliyah
21. yy'da ki zorluklara yanit olarak Ekim devrimin geçerliligi ve özelligi
Filipin Komünist Partisinin kurucu baskani Jose Maria Sison
Ben Ekim devrimini hangi objektif ve sübjektif kosullarin getirdigini, Ekim
devriminin süren geçerliligini SB'nin ve diger revizyonist- yönetimi altinda
olan devletlerin dagilmasini ve 21.yy'da ki kosullariyla Ekim devriminin
geçerliligi ve mesrulugunu tartismayi öneriyorum.
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Validity and Relevance of the October Revolution
in Response to the Challenges of the 21st Century
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
at the Forum to Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the October Revolution
in The Hague, The Netherlands, 02 December 2007
I propose to discuss the objective conditions and subjective factors that brought
about the October Revolution, the continuing validity of the October Revolution
despite the disintegration of the Soviet Union and other revisionist-ruled societies
and the validity and relevance of the October Revolution in dealing with the
conditions of the 21st century.
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Expose the Truth About the G8 Summit Agenda
ILPS Statement on the 33rd G8 Summit
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
3 June 2007
The 33rd G8 Summit will be held in the isolated Baltic resort of Heiligendamm in
Germany from June 6-8, 2007. The G8 or Group of 8 is the most powerful alliance
of the monopoly capitalist states. The G8 process is the most important way by
which these states coordinate on policies for dominating the rest of the world,
especially the semi-colonies and dependent countries, particularly in economic
matters. Decisions taken by the G8 are subsequently carried forward and
implemented by their state agencies (economic, political and military) domestically
and internationally as well as bythe major US-controlled multilateral organizations,
financial institutions and forums.
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Notes on People's War in Southeast Asia
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
19 May 2007
The subject of people's war in Southeast Asia is quite large. It would take at
least a book to answer many of your possible questions. In a short discourse, I
can only try to give you an outline of the subject, some important facts and
ideas. Of course, I do so from my viewpoint. Thus, I prefer to describe my
contribution as "notes" to signal that there is plenty of room for discussion.
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Validity and Relevance of the October Revolution
in Response to the Challenges of the 21st Century
(Contribution to the International Communist Seminar
Brussels, Belgium, May 4-7, 2007)
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
Brussels, 4 - 6 May 2007
http://www.icsbrussels.org , [email protected]
I propose to discuss the objective conditions and subjective factors that brought
about the October Revolution, the continuing validity of the October Revolution
despite the disintegration of the Soviet Union and other revisionist-ruled societies
and the validity and relevance of the October Revolution in dealing with the
conditions of the 21st century.
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Validez y relevancia de la Revolución de Octubre
en respuesta a los retos del siglo 21
Contribución al XVI Seminario Comunista Internacional,
"Validez y actualidad de la Revolución de Octubre de 1917
para el siglo XXI"
Por José María Sison
Presidente fundador
Partido comunista de Las Filipinas
Bruselas, 4 - 6 de mayo del 2007
http://www.icsbrussels.org , [email protected]
Propongo discutir las condiciones objetivas y los factores subjetivos que llevaron a la
Revolución de Octubre, la validez persistente de la Revolución de Octubre a pesar
de la desintegración de la Unión Soviética y otras sociedades bajo el régimen revisionista,
y la validez y relevancia de la Revolución de Octubre frente a las condiciones del siglo 21.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS
to the 9th National Congress
of Kilusang Mayo Uno
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Network for Philippine Studies
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Abril 12-14, 2007
SUSING TALUMPATI
Sa Ika-9 na Pambansang Kongreso
ng Kilusang Mayo Uno
Ni Propesor Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Network for Philippine Studies
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Abril 12-14, 2007
Malugod kong ipinapaabot ang taimtin na pagbati at pakikiisa sa ika-9 na
Pambansang Kongreso ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), sa pambansang
pamunuan at kasapian nito, at sa lahat ng delegasyon, mga lider at mga
kinatawan ng mga kasaping unyon, pederasyon at organisasyong masa
ng mga maralitang lunsod at sektor ng transportasyon mula sa Luzon,
Bisayas at Mindanao.
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Anti-revisionist Struggle and Cultural Revolution:
Consequence to the Communist Party of the Philippines
Delivered at the International Forum on
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
And Lessons to the Working Class Movement
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
1 April 2007
Anti-Terror Laws as Instruments
of Imperialism, Fascism and War
Contribution to the World People's Youth Conference
Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
4 March 2007
Dampak Perang Imperialis Dan Teror
Dan Gerakan Rakyat Yang Terus Diperkuat
Kata-kata sambutan kepada Kongres Umum Koalisi Tani Asia Kedua
Bandung, Indonesia
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Ketua Komite Koordinator Internasional
Liga Internasional Perjuangan Rakyat
19-20 Desember, 2006
Pada kesempatan diselenggarakannya Kongres Umum Kedua, atas nama Liga
Internasional Perjuangan Rakyat (ILPS), saya sampaikan salam solidaritas
sehangat-hangatnya kepada Koalisi Tani Asia. Kami ucapkan selamat atas
sukses yang sudah dicapai sejak Kongres Umum Pertama dalam membela
reform agraria sejati dan semua aksi yang menguntungkan massa tani dan
rakyat lainnya melawan berbagai bentuk penghisapan dan penindasan yang
dipaksakan oleh kekuatan imperialis dan klas reaksioner setempat.
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Impact of Imperialist War and Terror
and Further Strengthening of the People's Movement
Address to the Asian Peasant Coalition 2nd General Assembly
Bandung, Indonesia
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
December 19-21, 2006
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I extend
most cordial greetings of solidarity to the Asian Peasant Coalition on the occasion
of its 2nd General Assembly. We congratulate you for all your achievements
since the First General Assembly in advocating genuine agrarian reform and all
measures for the benefit of the peasant masses and the rest of the people
against the various forms of exploitation and oppression imposed by the
imperialist powers and the local reactionary classes.
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A Stronger Revolutionary Movement
(Article in the December 13, 2006 issue of i Report, the online publication of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
13 December 2006
Introduction
The ruling system in the Philippines is semicolonial and semifeudal. It is dominated
by foreign monopoly capitalist countries headed by the US and Japan. It is ruled
by the comprador big bourgeoisie and the landlord class and managed by their
political representatives. The foreign and local exploiters collaborate against the
national and democratic rights and interests of the Filipino people.
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Political Landscape Towards 2010
(Article for the December 2006 issue of i Report, the online publication of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
November 30, 2006
Introduction
The ruling system in the Philippines is semicolonial and semifeudal. It is dominated
by foreign monopoly capitalist countries headed by the US and Japan. It is ruled
by the comprador big bourgeoisie and the landlord class and managed by their
political representatives. The foreign and local exploiters collaborate against the
national and democratic rights and interests of the Filipino people.
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Keynote Address to the East Asia
and Oceania Consultative Conference
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
December 12, 2006
We, the International Coordinating Committee (ICC), are deeply pleased that the
member and friendly organizations of the International League of Peoples' Struggle
(ILPS) in East Asia and Oceania are holding this consultative conference. We
express our warmest greetings of solidarity to all the delegations.
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Keynote Speech to the Conference on US Militarism
and "War on Terror" in the Asia-Pacific Region
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Cebu City, December 9-10, 2006
Let me congratulate all the cooperating organizations for successfully organizing this
conference. I am deeply pleased that the International League of Peoples' Struggle
is part of the joint initiative, with the Asia-Pacific Research Network, Asia-Pacific Mission
for Migrants, Asian Students Association, ARENA-New Zealand, Asia-Pacific Forum on
Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and the Peace for Life Network.
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Global Trends, Challenges and Opportunities After 9-11
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Contribution to the International Solidarity Conference
on the Struggle of the People of Nepal for Democracy and Human Rights
Kathmandu, Nepal
September 22, 2006
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle which is co-sponsoring this conference,
I wish to express warmest greetings of solidarity to all delegations from Nepal and other countries
and congratulate the Nepali colleagues for organizing and hosting this conference and all related
activities.
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Keynote Speech to the Conference Towards a Just and Lasting Peace
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
June 16, 2006
Let me express first of all the deep gratitude of the International Coordinating Committee and entirety of the International
League of Peoples' Struggle to the Canada-based ILPS participating organizations and their conference secretariat and organizing
committees for organizing this international conference towards a just and lasting peace against imperialist war and plunder.
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Impact of the Communist International on the Founding
and Development of the Communist Party of the Philippines
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
5 May 2006
I. Background on the Philippine Working Class
In the second half of the 19th century, a germinal modern industrial proletariat emerged in the colonial and feudal Philippines under Spain.
The machines for modern industry and commerce were imported. The workers were in rail transport, shipyards, communications, power
generation, construction, warehouses, printing, tobacco processing, brewery, cordage, tobacco processing, sugar refining, leather processing
and the like. The formation of the Union de Litografos y Impresores de Filipinas (the union of printers) and then the labor federation, Union
Obrero Democratica (UOD) in 1902 signified a progression from the gremios or guilds of artisans and wage-earners of the previous century to
modern trade unionism.
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Larguons l'OMC! Résistons au pillage et à la guerre impérialistes!
Le professeur Jose Maria Sison
Président, Ligue internationale des luttes des peuples
Le 14 décembre 2005
posted 5 February 2006
Je suis à la fois très heureux et extrêmement honoré d'avoir été chargé d'ouvrir ce forum sur le commerce et la guerre.
Je souhaite féliciter l'Alliance populaire de Hongkong pour avoir organisé avec succès cette " semaine d'action populaire ",
à l'occasion de la 6e conférence ministérielle de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC). J'offre mes plus chaleureuses
salutations de solidarité à l'Alliance et à touTEs les participantEs à ce forum et à cette semaine d'actions de protestation,
ici à Hongkong.
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Keynote Address to the 4th Congress of Migrante International
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of People's Struggle
December 27, 2005
You are playing a crucial role in seeking to arouse, organize and mobilize an important section of the Filipino nation, the more
than 8 million Filipinos who have gone abroad to 182 countries to earn a living for their families in the absence of employment
for them in the Philippines. The Filipino migrants may be categorized as contract workers (3.05 M), immigrants/residents (2.74 M),
undocumented workers (1.62 M) and refugees (500 T, mostly Moro in Kalimantan). They are concentrated in North America
(2.5 M), Middle East (1.3 M), Asia-Pacific (1.1 M) and Europe (425 T).
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Reflections on the 1965 Massacre in Indonesia
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of Peoples' Struggle
18 December 2005
Amsterdam, Netherlands
I have become acquainted with Indonesian history and current affairs since 1961 when I took a scholarship from the Jajasan
Siswa Lokantara. I stayed in Indonesia during the first half of 1962 to study bahasa Indonesia and translate the poems of Chairil
Anwar. I went back to Indonesia twice in 1963 and 1964 as a correspondent of the London-based Eastern World and as member
of the Afro-Asian Journalists' Association.
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Junk the WTO! Resist Imperialist Plunder and War!
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
14 December 2005
I am deeply pleased and honored to be given the task of opening this forum on Trade and War. Let me congratulate the Hongkong
People's Alliance for successfully organizing and holding this People's Action Week on the occasion of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
6th Ministerial Conference. I extend warmest greetings of solidarity to the alliance and to all participants in this forum and in the week
of protest actions here in Hongkong.
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Advance in the Spirit of FQS 1970
Keynote Speech
National Conference of Filipino Youth in Canada
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
Emeritus Chairperson, FQS Movement
November 25, 2005
I thank the Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance for inviting me to deliver
the keynote speech in this conference, which is the culmination of a campaign to remember and emulate the
First Quarter Storm of 1970 and rally the Filipino students and youth to the call "Continue: Living the Storm".
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The NDFP's Defense of the Rights of the Filipino Child
by Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
25 October 2005
posted 22 Novmeber
At least 90 per cent of Filipino children suffer gross human rights violations under the semicolonial and semifeudal ruling system
of the comprador big bourgeoisie and landlord class. They are victimized by the same foreign and feudal oppression and exploitation
that torment their worker and peasant parents.
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Defend Professor Jose Maria Sison
US and EU target exiled Filipino revolutionary
A contribution by Mario Santos
Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP)
Secretariat
Published in the Socialism & Liberation Magazine
August 2005
In April 2005, the European Court denied Professor Jose Maria Sison's request to examine files with information on the
European Union's decision to include him on its list of "terrorists."
Sison is currently the chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Before Europe
labeled him a "terrorist," the United States put him on its foreign terrorist list. Dubbing Professor Sison a "terrorist" is part
of the US government's ongoing campaign against revolutionaries all over the world.
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Prejudicial Questions and Proposals of the NDFP
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
NDFP Negotiating Panel
21 June 2005
We wish to clarify the prejudicial questions that have arisen from the actions undertaken by the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the US government to intimidate and pressure the National Democratic
Front of the Philippines ( NDFP), obstruct and possibly to scuttle the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations. At the same
time, we wish to cite the proposals of the NDFP to resolve said prejudicial questions. We also anticipate that the
Filipino people and revolutionary forces represented by the NDFP will raise the level of their resistance against
intimidation and repression. more...
Socio-Economic and Political Realities and Need
for Peace Negotiations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
1 June 2005
(Delivered at the
International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway)
I wish to describe the socio-economic and political realities in the Philippines and proceed to a discussion of the need for
peace negotiations between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic
of the Philippines (GRP). more...
Ideology and Religion in the Philippines
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Network for Philippine Studies
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
7 May 2005
(Lecture to Filipino Catholic priests in The Netherlands, Belgium and Austria)
The subject given to me for discussion today is quite general and large. We need to reduce the scope to something more
manageable. I propose that we take up the three ideologies that are historically most influential in the Philippines or have
demonstrably most affected the Filipino people. These are Christianity, bourgeois liberalism and Marxism.
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Reyes is
Criminally Culpable for Kampanyang Ahos
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
This article appears Sunday, January 30, 2005 in the Talk of the Town
section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
(NDFP) has received information from the Communist Party of the Philippines
(CPP) and the people’s prosecution office that Ricardo Reyes is facing
criminal charges related to Kampanyang Ahos (Campaign Garlic) and other
crimes and that there is prima facie evidence against him to support the
warrant issued by the people’s court for his arrest. more...
Oppose Imperialist Plunder
and War, Advance the People's Solidarity and Struggle for Liberation and
Democracy
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
ILPS General Consultant
11 November 2004
Keynote Speech to the Second International Assembly of the International
League of Peoples’ Struggle. more...
Keynote
Address to the 3rd National Congress of ANAKBAYAN
22 October 2004
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman,Kabataang Makabayan
(Translation of speech originally in Pilipino)
Fellow Activists,
Warm patriotic greetings to all of you!
I thank the National Executive Committee for inviting me to deliver this
keynote address on the occasion of the 3rd National Congress of Anakbayan.
I am happy to have the opportunity to present my views and suggestions.
I am in solidarity with you on the principles and policies of Anakbayan
and the theme of your congress with its aim of continuing to strengthen
and expand Anakbayan, fight the worsening crisis and persevere in the
national democratic struggle of the people. more...
US Imperialist Plunder and War and the People's Resistance
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant of International League of Peoples” Struggle
Keynote Speech to the Conference of Bayan-USA and PUSO
To Promote Participation in the SIA of ILPS
Seattle, Washington State
October 9, 2004
Fellow Activists, May I thank first BAYAN-USA and the Philippine-U.S.
Solidarity Organization (PUSO) for inviting me to be the keynote speaker
of this conference which is meant to promote the participation of US-based
mass organizations in the Second International Assembly (SIA) of the International
League of Peoples’ Stuggle (ILPS). The ILPS appreciates your efforts to
encourage mass organizations of various classes, sectors and nationalities
in the US to send delegations to the SIA. They shall have full opportunity
to discuss and decide important issues in the plenary sessions and workshops
of their interest. more...
Chronic Financial Crisis
and the Way Out
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Network for Philippine Studies
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
October 2, 2004
First of all, I wish to thank the rank and file of Bayan-National Capital
Region for inviting me to this forum on the Philippines’ chronic financial
trouble and on seeking the way out of the rut. I am honored and pleased
to serve as the main speaker on a subject that is so important and so
urgent. more...
Tasks and Prospects
of the Filipino Youth
By Jose Maria Sison
Delivered at the Youth Study Conference
Philippine Christian University Auditorium in Manila
27 August 2004
The Filipino youth have always played a crucial role in the Filipino people’s
struggle for national liberation and democracy. They are in the forefront,
whenever the national and social crisis becomes intolerably acute and
the revolutionary mass movement surges. They are the spearhead and cutting
edge of the broad masses of the people. more...
The Attack on my Human
Rights and Civil Liberties is Part of US Offensive Against the People's
Right to National Liberation, Democracy and Social Justice
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Keynote Address to the Conference
On Laws, Labels and Liberation: The Case of Professor Jose Maria Sison
Universite de Quebec a Montreal
May 29, 2004
I thank you all in this conference for your solidarity and support in
defending me from the persecution arising from the unjust "terrorist"
listing initiated by Washington. I appreciate your concern not only for
my human rights and civil liberties as an individual but also more importantly
for the right of the Filipino people and other oppressed peoples for national
and social liberation. more...
War, Imperialism and Resistance from Below
Speech to the Third Annual Conference
Of the Global Studies Association
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, Center for Social Studies
Utrecht, Netherlands
Brandeis University, Boston, MA, USA
24 April 2004
It is a pleasure and privilege to speak on a topic as urgent and highly important as "War,
Imperialism and Resistance from Below" in line with the conference theme: "Globalization,
Empire and Resistance."
I shall discuss the phenomenon of war as a concomitant of modern imperialism, imperialism in the current
period of so-called neoliberal economics and neo-conservative politics and the resistance of the people
and some states assertive of national independence. more...
War, Imperialism and Resistance From Below
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, Center for Social Studies
Utrecht, Netherlands
24 April 2004
Dear Colleagues,
Good afternoon!
Let me thank the Global Studies Association for inviting me to speak on the occasion of its
Third Annual Conference. It is an honor to speak before a distinguished assembly of scholars.
For someone like me who is banned from entering the US, it is gratifying to be able to speak
on an occasion like this.more...
Questions for Professor Jose Maria Sison after his presentation at
the Third Annual Global Studies Association Conference, Brandeis University, Boston, MA, USA
24 April 2004
There have been discussions in academic circles about
multilateralism in relation to U.S interventionism. In your
talk you have focused on U.S. imperialism as the dominant force.
What is your critique about the notion of multilateralism within
the context of neo-liberal globalization and how would you situate
U.S. imperialism in it? more...
Mga Tunguhin at
Hinaharap ng Kilusang Unyon sa Harap ng Hamon ng Global at
Nasyonal na Krisis
Extemporaneous na Talumpati sa KMU-NCR-ED
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag, Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas
Pangkalahatang Konsultant, International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS)
Abril 21, 2004
GLOBAL NA KRISIS
Ugat ng kapitalismo at imperyalismo: Panghuhuthot sa uring
manggagawa (teorya ng sobrang halaga). Kompetisyon (paligsahan sa
pagkamal ng kapital) tungo sa krisis ng labis ng produksiyon at
tungo sa makabagong imperyalismo. Pinakamataas at huling yugto ng
capitalism: naghigingalo at pabulosok na kapitalismo.
more...
The
Cause of National Liberation, Democracy and Social Liberation in the Time of
US-led "War on Terror"
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
January 18, 2004
I am pleased and feel honored that you have invited me to
contribute a paper to your workshop on the No. 1 concern of the
International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS), which is the
cause for national liberation, democracy and social liberation. more...
Pahayag sa Ika-6 Kongreso ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Gitnang Luson
ni Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Pangkalahatang Pampulitikang Konsultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Punong Pampulitikang Konsultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Disyembre 4, 2003
Malugod kong ipinaaabot ang aking pinakamilitanteng pagbati sa
lahat ng organisador, delegado at mga panauhin sa Ikaanim na
Kongreso ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Gitnang Luson (BAYAN-GL).
Ang mensahe kong ito ay para na ring pagbabalik-bayan sa rehiyon
ng aking ina at sa rehiyong matagal na pinanatilihan nang
pana-panahon mula 1968 hanggang 1977. Malaki ang aking
kasiyahang makasama kayo ngayon para gunitain at ipagdiwang ang
mga tagumpay ng BAYAN-GL sa nakaraang 18 taon ng magiting na
pakikibaka, at seryosong paghandaan ang mga hamon at tungkulin
sa hinaharap. more...
Talumpati sa Ikalimang Anibersaryo ng Anakbayan
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapagtatag naTagapangulo, Kabataang Makabayan
Nobyembre 30, 2003
Malaking kasiyahan sa akin ang makasama kayo sa pagdiriwang ng
ikalimang anibersaryo ng Anakbayan, ika-39 anibersaryo ng
Kabataang Makabayan at ika-140 kaarawan ni Andres Bonifacio.
Makabuluhan ang pagdiriwang sa mga okasyong tulad nito sa
pagpapanatili ng maunlad na kaisipan at ibayong pagpapasigla ng
paglahok sa rebolusyonaryong pakikibaka para sa pambansang
kalayaan at demokrasya laban sa imperyalismo, katutubong
pyudalismo at burukratang kapitalismo. more...
Input sa Ika-6 Kongreso ng
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
Jose Ma. Sison
Pangkalahatang Konsultant
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Nobyembre 26, 2003
Isang malaking tagumpay na ang mga delegasyon ay galing sa 58
panlalawigan at 13 rehiyonal na balangay mula Luzon, Visayas at
Mindanao. Nangangahulugan ang ganitong pambansang saklaw na
napakaraming tagumpay ang nakamit ninyo sa pagpukaw,
pag-organisa at pagmobilisa sa masang magbubukid. Saludo ako sa
KMP sa katayuan nito bilang pinakamalaking organisayson ng mga
magbubukid at mas mahalga pa bilang pinakamatapat at
pinakamilitanteng organisasyon ng magbubukid. more...
Denounce and Dismantle US Military Bases
Message of Solidarity
To the Anti-Bases Conference in Chania, Greece
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
20 September 2003
This issue is of crucial importance to the people of the world
who cherish national sovereignty and independence, aspire for
development, social justice and peace and who necessarily
struggle against US imperialism, the terrorist hyperpower and
No. 1 enemy of the people of the world. more...
Two Years After 9/11:
US Imperialism in a Quicksand
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of People’s Struggle
11 September 2003
US military forces have massacred tens of thousands of Afghani
and Iraqi civilians and destroyed the social infrastructure,
including schools, hospitals, water and power systems, office
buildings and so on. The US has used the most lethal weapons of
mass destruction, including various types of bombs and
ammunition tipped with depleted uranium. These kill civilians in
large numbers immediately and long after hostilities. more...
Democracy in the NPA and
Lack of it in AFP
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
August 16, 2003
They complain against the corruption of their superiors,
including the overpricing of equipment, the privatized use of
military planes and land vehicles and cheating the soldiers of
their basic supplies. They also complain against the use of
terrorist bombings to demonize the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front, to lay the ground for increased US military intervention
and logistical assistance and to justify the declaration of
martial law. more...
Ka Felixberto "Bert" Olalia: Bayani at Martir ng Uring Manggagawa
at Sambayanang Pilipino
Talumpati ni Jose Maria Sison
Agosto 13, 2003
Tampok at maningning ang anim na dekadang paglilingkod ni Ka
Bert sa uring manggagawa at sambayanang Pilipino. Hindi pa ako
ipinapanganak siya ay isa nang kilalang lider manggagawa na
malapit kay Kasamang Crisanto Evangelista. Sa taong ipinanganak
ako, mataas na ang katungkulan niya sa makasaysayang Katipunan
ng mga Anakpawis (KAP). more...
Keynote Speech on US Intervention in the Philippines and Korea
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
July 16, 2003, New York City
I admire and salute all the Korean and Filipino organizations
for working together to expose and oppose US intervention and
related evil acts in their respective countries. I also
appreciate the relations of solidarity and cooperation that
these organizations have developed with organizations of the
American people and other peoples in the course of common
struggle against imperialist plunder and war. more...
Statement to the Court
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
1 July 2003
Since I applied for political asylum in October 1988, I have
been provided with the social benefits for food allowance,
housing and insurance for health and third party liability
because I have been prohibited from taking employment
commensurate to my professional training and experience. more...
Unite Against US Impreialism, Wage Militant Struggles of the People
Message to the Participants of Thessaloniki Resistance 2003
15 June 2003
Let me express my gratitude to the organizers of
Thessaloniki Resistance 2003 for inviting me to participate. I
wish so much to go there and be with all the participants. But
unfortunately, the Dutch authorities continue to do the bidding
of the US government in maligning me as a "terrorist"
and in curtailing my freedom of movement. more...
Anti-Imperialist
Movement Against the US War of Aggression in Iraq and Attacks on
Workers and Peoples
7 May 2003
Modern imperialism or monopoly capitalism is the highest and
final stage in the development of capitalism. It is decadent and
moribund capitalism. It generates the crisis conditions that are
favourable for waging the proletarian revolution in the
imperialist countries and national liberation movements of the
oppressed peoples and nations. more...
Experience of the Communist Party
of the Philippines in the Anti-Imperialist and Anti-War Fronts
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
Brussels Communist Seminar
4 May 2003
The European Council of the European Union in obedience
to the US government has listed me, together with the Communist
Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army
(NPA), as "terrorist". In that connection, the Dutch
state has terminated the measly benefits for food, rent and
medical insurance that are due to me as a recognized political
refugee. My small personal bank account has been frozen. I am
restrained from traversing the short distance between Utrecht in
The Netherlands and Brussels in Belgium. more...
Imperialism,
Wars of Aggression and People's Resistance
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the
Philippines
1 May 2003 Meeting
Groningen, Netherlands
1 May 2003
Let me present my understanding of imperialism, why and
how it is the cause of wars of aggression such as those that
have been unleashed since 1991 and the current US military
intervention in the Philippines, and the people’s resistance
to imperialism worldwide, especially in the Philippines. more...
The Filipino People's Revolutionary Struggle and International Solidarity Against
Imperialism
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
26 April 2003
I am exceedingly happy to convey warmest greetings the National
Council and all allied organizations of the National Democratic
Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on the occasion of the 30th
anniversary of its founding. Let us celebrate the accumulated
victories of the NDFP and honor all the martyrs and heroes whose
revolutionary dedication and strivings have made all these
possible. more...
An Update
On Imperialism, War and People's Struggle
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Speech delivered at the ILPS Annual Forum, Amsterdam,
3 March 2003
The main and essential thrust of "free market"
globalization is to enable the monopoly bourgeoisie to maximize
its profits from the exploitation of the working people in both
imperialist and client countries and to minimize the variable
capital outlay for wages as well as social investments and
social services by the states. more...
In Memory of Rolando ‘Ka Lando’ Olalia, Chairman
of Partido ng Bayan and Kilusang Mayo Uno
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
12 November 2002
Rolando "Ka Lando" Olalia rose to the
position of chairman of Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement)
by virtue of his progressive commitment and hard work as a
militant anti-imperialist political leader of the working class,
as a trade union organizer and as a labor lawyer. His
outstanding qualifications brought him to the chairmanship of
Partido ng Bayan (People’s Party) in 1986. more...
The Bush War of Terror and Attacks on
Revolutionaries and Progressives
Summary of Extemporaneous Speech
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
Buurtcentrum Lydia, Amsterdam
28 September 2002
I thank the Initiative Committee to Defend
Filipino Progressives in Europe for organizing this forum on
human rights and the so-called war on terror of Bush. more...
Analysis of the Southeast Asian Crisis of 1997
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Contribution to the 11th International Communist Seminar,
Brussels, Belgium
2-4 May 2002
I convey warmest greetings of comradeship and revolutionary
solidarity to the Workers’ Party of Belgium and all the
delegations in the 11th Seminar. more...
Imperialist Globalization and Terrorism
De Rode Hoed, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant, International League for Peoples Struggle
18 February 2002
I am pleased to be invited by the International Coordinating
Committee of the International League for Peoples’ Struggle to
speak on imperialist globalization and terrorism.
It is a welcome task for me to discuss such an urgent
topic of crucial importance to the people. more...
Uphold the Revolutionary Spirit of the First Quarter Storm of 1970!
Message to ANAKBAYAn
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
25 January 2002
I join you in celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the
First Quarter Storm. As the successor of Kabataang Makabayan,
Anakbayan has the honor and responsibility of being at
the forefront of the celebration and of promoting the line of
advance in the struggle for national liberation and democracy. more...
Fight Imperialist Globalization and Wars of Aggression
Auditorium P. E. Jansen, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
15 December 2001
From the people’s organizations in the Philippines and from
the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, I convey to all
of you militant greetings of solidarity! more...
On Political Refugees and
Other Displaced Peoples
November 5, 2001
First, may I express warmest greetings of solidarity to all
organizers and participants of the International Migrant
Conference on Labor-Export and Forced Migration Amidst
Globalization. more...
Final Report of the Chairman of International
Initiative Committee
May 25, 2001
On behalf of the International Initiative Committee, I declare
open the First International Assembly of the International
League of Peoples' Struggle. more...
Contradictions
in the World Capitalist System and the Necessity of Socialist
Revolution
May 3, 2001
My assignment is to analyze the new economic, political
and social contradictions that have emerged in the world
capitalist system in recent decades and - Present the necessity
of socialist revolution and the contradictions in the process of
realizing socialism. more...