Almost six months ago, Philippine President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. was compelled to launch his anti-corruption campaign amidst the continuous heavy rainfall in July and the devastation caused by super typhoons Tino and Uwan. These events exposed weak and ghost flood control projects, as well as collusion among public works personnel, political figures, and contractors. Yet, six months later, with no major results, two commissioners of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), which he had created to address the issue, have already resigned.
In recent developments, President Marcos signed the General …
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Two decades ago today, the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Mindanao (RPM-M) was established in the jungles of Mindanao. Two decades of revolutionary works have been celebrated through the democratic victories with the toiling masses and working class. While it is true, we are far beyond from the qualitative revolutionary victory we are fully aware of building strong foundations for an eco-socialist future with its seeds growing with the green thumbs of the toiling masses in the communities and revolutionary forces. Our Revolutionary Salute to all Comrades in all line of works, …
Revolutionary Salute to all Comrades in Arms in the Revolutionary Peoples’ Army (RPA) on its 27th year of Socialist Revolution!
The year 2020 has been a trying period globally with the new covid-19 facing and managing the pandemic and its serious effects in the economy. The disastrous effects as experienced by the toiling masses and the working class in the urban and rural zones have been devastating. It has become worst in country such as the Philippines because instead of mobilizing medical experts and prioritizing essential services and needs, the rightist …
By: Anzelmo Guerrero
February 2013
Building a Revolutionary Party today is not only a challenge for genuine Marxists but ought to be done by contemporary revolutionaries.
Revolutionary movements are and will always be grounded with the masses’ conditions. They grow and gain strength from the real support and followings of the masses. Without the situations of injustices, massive poverty and hunger, inequalities, monopolies and elitist social structure that victimize the masses no revolutionary movements with the political aim to achieve structural change in power relations will not have ground and reason to exist.
