As the US-Marcos regime intensifies its fascist attacks on the Filipino people, particularly the peasants and people in the countryside, more and more enlightened Filipino professionals are being aroused to join revolutionary organizations and the armed revolutionary movement. They are inspired by the rectification movement led by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the strengthening of the New People’s Army (NPA), and the upsurge of the people’s movement in the cities.

Revolutionary mass organizations such as the Katipunan ng mga Gurong Makabayan (Kaguma, or Alliance of Patriotic Teachers), the Makabayang Samahang Pangkalusugan (MSP, or Patriotic Health Association), and the Liga ng Agham para sa Bayan (LAB, or League of Scientists for the People) have been revitalizing their ranks with new recruits.

They are active in their propaganda work for the people’s war and the People’s Army and regularly publish their publications such as “Ang Rebolusyonaryong Lunas (Revolutionary Healing)” and “Dagling Lunas (Urgent Healing)” (MSP), “Liyab (Spark)” (Kaguma), and “Agham Bayan (People’s Science)” (LAB).

Teachers

Last October, Kaguma held its Fourth National Congress with the theme “Advance the revolutionary teachers’ movement! Rectify! Expand! Struggle! Triumph! Advance the People’s Democratic Revolution (PDR) with a socialist perspective!”.

The congress resolved in its three-year plan the comprehensive development and revitalization of the revolutionary teachers’ movement; the full-effort exposure, isolation, and overthrow of the US-Marcos II Regime; and active participation in various forms of struggle to advance the PDR.

“We hope that this congress will consolidate your ranks, draw lessons from experiences, and advance more firmly in fulfilling your duties to strengthen the revolutionary teachers’ movement,” NDFP secretary general Elias Dipasupil said in a message sent to the congress.

CPP information officer Marco Valbuena in another message stressed, “Through your perseverance, you inspire teachers to look beyond their current hardships and join the struggle of the broader masses for a complete transformation of the social order,” the CPP information officer said.

Health Workers

Last August 2, health students from various universities held an assembly to establish an MSP chapter marking a major step in broadening MSP for health students to embrace the national democratic revolution. In a guerrilla front in Luzon, an MSP team composed of doctors, health professionals and students carried out a medical mission for the masses and the army. They set up a clinic where they conducted patient consultations and operated a small laboratory. MSP addressed both simple and complex illnesses of Red fighters—physical and mental alike. Within the army, they experienced simple living, sacrifices for advancing the people’s war, and the peasant masses’ warm acceptance.

Scientists and Engineers

During the September 21 historic, massive protests against bureaucrat capitalism across the Philippines, LAB members and countless scientists, technologists, engineers and academics vigorously campaigned, participated and enjoined more professionals and students to join the mass protest mobilizations. All the while, LAB trains its activists and cadres in the cities as full-time organizers in their sectors to raise their awareness and take the path of armed struggle. When ready, LAB cadres are sent to the countryside to join the NPA.

During their 49th anniversary last December 2024, the LAB stressed that the people’s democratic revolution showed them that it is possible for a scientist to fulfill the revolutionary duty to promote the national-democratic revolution with a socialist perspective, from urban laboratories and classrooms to the armed struggle in the countryside.