Communist Parties in the Philippines - Communist Party of the Philippines, Partido Komunista Ng Pilipinas-1930, Revolutionary Workers' Party (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Communist Party of the Philippines (in Filipino: Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas)is a leading communist party in the Philippines. It remain an underground political organization since its founding on December 26, 1968 and has been operating in clandestine manner. It aims to overthrow the Philippine government through armed revolution with its direct leadership over New People's Army and National Democratic Front (Philippines). The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) was reestablished on December 26, 1968 as it splits from the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas and coincides with the 75th birthday of Mao Zedong, the Chinese communist leader. Amado Guerrero (allegedly the nom de guerre of Jose Maria Sison, a central committee member of Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas lead the reestablishment of the party. Jose Maria Sison, confirmed its birth at Barangay Dulacac in the tri-boundary of Alaminos, Bani and Mabini in the province of Pangasinan. This is where the CPP "congress of reestablishment" was held on December 26, 1968, at a hut near the house of the Navarettes, the parents-in-law of Arthur Garcia, one of the CPP founders. Sison announced that communist guerillas held "cultural activities" and celebrated the 39th anniversary of the movement. On December 26, 2007, the Communist Party of the Philippines commemorated its 39th anniversary. According to Party documents, in 1960s onwards, a massive leftist unrest called First Quarter Storm occurred in the country to protest against the government policies, graft and corruption and decline of the economy during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos. The unrest was also inspired by the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Vietnam War and other revolutionary struggles abroad agains... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1576391