The formation of consultative councils on social and economic reforms and political and constitutional reforms and possibly an over-all consultative and advisory council or committee is intended to facilitate agreement and cooperation between the GRP and NDFP in the course of peace negotiations and in the implementation of the reforms agreed upon.

The NDFP is definitely willing to resume peace negotiations as soon as the GRP agrees and the Filipino people are certainly clamoring for this. But if President Duterte and his subordinates Lorenzana and dela Rosa are unwilling to negotiate peace, the revolutionary forces and people represented by the NDFP have no choice but to concentrate single-mindedly on fighting those who lust for their blood, death and humiliation.

The youth has always played an important role in progressive movements fighting for societal change throughout the world. That is why the founding congress of Pemuda Baru Indonesia is a welcome development in the struggle of the Indonesian youth as well as the struggle of the Indonesian people for national freedom and democracy against imperialism and local reaction.

Atas nama pimpinan dan seluruh anggota Liga Internasional Perjuangan Rakyat (ILPS), saya menyampaikan salam solidaritas militant dan sehangat-hangatnya kepada Pemuda Baru Indonesia (PEMBARU), berkenaan dengan kongres pembentukannya dari 25 sampai 27 Maret, 2018, dengan tema:” Membangun Organisasi Pemuda Nasional Demokratis untuk Mendorong Maju Perjuangan Pemuda dan Rakyat”.

Imperialism is not just about war and invading and bombing countries, as the US military machine has done in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Vietnam, Korea and so my other countries around the world. It is not just about the CIA overthrowing democratic governments, as it has done in so many countries, and is now trying to do in Venezuela.

The ICC received the reports and recommendations of its officers. It made important decisions on the internal affairs and campaign plans of the ILPS and the holding of the Sixth International Assembly of the ILPS in June next year

Duterte waged a phoney war on illegal drugs to project the image of the strongman who can make quick fixes through mass murder

The regime has made the tax burden heavier at the expense of the consumers to raise more funds for the military and police and for the counterpart to the high interest loans tied with the overpriced infrastructure projects arranged between China and the corrupt Duterte ruling clique