The NDFP stresses need to address root causes of armed conflict
- Published: 11 December 2023 11 December 2023
Volume V, No. 23 - December 15, 2023
After six long years since the Duterte administration unilaterally terminated the peace negotiations in 2017, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) agreed to enter anew a process of resuming formal peace talks with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). The NDFP enters the talks with a clear intention of building on past achievements of the negotiations including honoring and respecting previous bilateral agreements.
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Marcos Jr.'s amnesty program smacks of bad faith
- Published: 27 November 2023 27 November 2023
Volume V, No. 22 - November 30, 2023
Last 24 November, Marcos Jr. issued Proclamation 404 supposedly to grant amnesty to armed groups including the CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front). According to his stooges in Malacañang, the said amnesty program is purportedly meant to “attain lasting peace through comprehensive peace initiatives.” Marcos Jr’s amnesty program however smacks of bad faith. Instead of creating an environment conducive for peace, it reeks of deception intended to force the revolutionary movement to surrender.
Intense in-fighting in Marcos-Duterte ruling coalition out in the open
- Published: 13 November 2023 13 November 2023
Volume V, No. 21 - November 15, 2023
Triggered by the severe conflict over the bureaucratic loot in the controversial “confidential funds” of the Office of Vice President (OVP) Sara Duterte (daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte), the feud between the Marcos Jr. and Duterte factions in the ruling coalition intensifies.
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Stand with Palestine, Isolate and defeat the US-Israeli war machine!
- Published: 30 October 2023 30 October 2023
Vol. V, No. 20 - October 31, 2023
Last 26 October, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between the US-backed Israeli forces and the Palestinian armed resistance. The outcome of the said resolution was remarkable for demonstrating how even US imperialism’s closest allies such as France and Spain refused to vote against the motion initiated by Jordan. The 193 members of the UN adopted the said resolution with a vote of 120-14 with 45 abstentions showing how badly isolated the US and Israel have become amid the surge of support for the freedom of Palestine.
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Support the liberation of Palestine, defeat the US imperialist design
- Published: 17 October 2023 17 October 2023
Vol. V, No. 19 - October 15, 2023
The recent Hamas-led armed resistance against the fascist occupying forces of Israel has largely been portrayed by the US and its allies as an ‘unprovoked attack against Israeli civilians’ – a portrayal that clearly benefits the US imperialist design of waging a genocidal war against Palestine and regaining strategic control of resources in the Middle East.
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