The CPP reported that the steady expansion of the areas of operation of the NPA renders large-scale AFP operations ineffective as the government troops fail to encircle and overpower the smaller NPA units.
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CPP asserts revolution is not terrorism, says ‘terror tag’ sets the stage for further repression
“The regime is setting the stage for all-out suppression of democratic rights using ‘anti-terrorism’ as pretext.”
Eugenia Magpantay and Agaton Topacio: Heroes of the poor
“While other kids marvel at Star Wars, we had real heroes for parents.” — VJ Topacio
Buzzwords for class war
This is why it is important to equate “poor” with “vulnerable.” Why, the most oppressed and exploited are also the most organized and politicized. More than ever, it is crucial for the ruling elite and their imperialist masters to deny that landless peasants, wage workers, informal workers and the unemployed wield the power of conceptual thought within the context of a protracted people’s war for national liberation and socialism.
Reds refute military’s claims of arrests, surrender
Since the declaration of a unilateral ceasefire by the Duterte administration, the CPP said that at least 219 barangays nationwide have been subject to counter-insurgency operations. They also assert that Duterte’s real goal is to “use the pandemic as an opportunity to try and crush the ‘insurgency’ before the end of his term in office,” pointing out the focus on military operations instead of social services.
CPP extends truce order despite complaints of GRP ceasefire violations
The CPP said its Central Committee has ordered the extension for 15 more days in order to “prioritize the fight against the pandemic and ensure the safety, health and well-being of everyone.”
‘An example across the world,’ UN says of CPP’s ceasefire order
“The Secretary-General (Guterres) encourages the parties to reach a lasting political solution and end this longstanding conflict.”
CPP orders nationwide ceasefire in response to UN’s appeal
The CPP said the purpose of its unilateral ceasefire is to ensure and facilitate necessary, unhampered and immediate medical, health and economic assistance, support and movement of the people brought about by the exigencies of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
NDFP Southern Tagalog celebrates CPP’s 51st anniversary
“The NDF greets the CPP in its ability to stay strong despite continuing attack and urges the people of the Southern Tagalog region to rise up and join the struggle.”
CPP calls Duterte, forces ‘coward for retaliating against civilians’
The CPP and NPA demanded the Duterte regime to abide by the Geneva Conventions and other international protocols and called on all of Duterte’s forces to stop targeting and killing civilians.
Reds condemn Duterte’s ‘subservience to US’
“The docking of the USS Montgomery dwarfs China’s trawl ships in the South China Sea, literally and politically. While Chinese ships plunder and roam the Philippine seas, US warships carrying guns, missiles, fighter jets, hundreds of soldiers and nuclear arms, dock directly on Philippine civilian ports and airports, unload and store war materiél on US-controlled facilities, and offloads foreign troops who enjoy protection under the US-RP Visiting Forces Agreement.”