Vol. VIII, No. 06 - March 31, 2026
The message is clear, urgent, and uncompromising: the Filipino people are being driven deeper into crisis by a collapsing global system and a ruling regime that serves foreign masters and entrenched elites. At the center of this analysis stands the statement of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), which cuts through illusion and exposes the roots of the suffering—imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism.
The crisis gripping the world today is no accident. It is the direct result of intensifying imperialist rivalry, led by the United States, whose wars of aggression are aimed at seizing resources and maintaining global dominance. These wars—from the Middle East to Latin America—have unleashed economic shockwaves: skyrocketing oil prices, inflation, and instability that batter the most vulnerable nations.
In the Philippines, these global tremors become daily hardship. Prices surge, wages stagnate, and millions sink further into poverty. The country’s dependence on imports, foreign loans, and labor export lays bare the bankruptcy of the ruling system. The CPP does not mince words: this is a semicolonial and semifeudal order, designed not to serve the people, but to enrich foreign capital and local elites.
The Marcos regime stands exposed as a willing instrument of this exploitation. Corruption runs rampant, public funds are plundered, and dissent is met with repression. Military operations blanket the countryside, targeting not only armed resistance but entire communities. This is not governance—it is rule by force, sustained by foreign backing and directed against the very people it claims to serve.
Against this backdrop, the CPP asserts a decisive conclusion: the crisis will not be resolved within the confines of the existing system. Reform is a dead end. The only path forward is revolutionary change.
This is where the New People’s Army (NPA) emerges—not as a relic of the past, but as a living force shaped by decades of struggle. Despite relentless military campaigns, it persists, adapts, and grows. Its strength lies not in firepower, but in its roots among the masses—peasants, workers, youth— whose grievances fuel the movement’s expansion.
The Party’s ongoing rectification movement underscores this resilience. By confronting its own weaknesses and reaffirming its principles, the movement sharpens its capacity to wage protracted people’s war. This is not blind persistence—it is strategic renewal, preparing for intensified struggle in a rapidly changing landscape.
Across sectors, the same call resounds. Youth organizations speak of a stolen future, where education leads only to unemployment or war. Migrant groups highlight the abandonment of millions of overseas Filipinos, forced to choose between poverty at home and danger abroad. Allied formations expose the state’s indifference to suffering and its hostility to dissent.
These are not isolated grievances—they are the collective voice of a people pushed to the brink.
The CPP’s statement transforms this anger into direction. It calls on the masses not merely to protest, but to organize, mobilize, and fight. It frames the current moment as a turning point: a time when the deepening crisis of the ruling system opens space for revolutionary advance.
The anniversary of the NPA, then, is not just remembrance—it is a call to action. A declaration that despite decades of suppression, the struggle endures. That the forces of resistance are regrouping, rebuilding, and preparing to surge forward.
History is not standing still. The contradictions of the system are sharpening. The suffering of the people is intensifying. And from this crucible, the CPP insists, a revolutionary future can and must be forged.
The challenge is stark: endure the crisis, or rise to end it.