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The Philippine Revolution: The Leader's View
Jose M. Sison, the most prominent leader of the Philippine Left, otherwise known as the National Democratic Movement, gives his version Philippine history and contemporary the political, economic, and social crisis of Philippine society and the Philippine revolutionary movement. Sison candidly discusses his life, times, and ideas. Since the fall of Marcos and the rise of Mrs Aquino, the fundamental problems of the Philippines have remained unsolved. In years to come, the Philippine situation and the revolutionary process will have a dramatic effect on all of society.
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First published July 1, 1989
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Jose Maria Sison
71 books89 followersProf. Jose Maria Sison was a Filipino patriot, a proletarian revolutionary and internationalist.
He was a Filipino statesman, known for his experience in and knowledge of the people's democratic government and revolutionary forces in the Philippines. He was sometimes consulted by high officials of foreign governments and by presidents, senators, congressmen and local officials of the Philippine reactionary government concerning peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and related matters.
He is recognized as the leader of the Filipino people's movement for national liberation and democracy in the last 50 years. The celebration of this coincides with that of the 40th anniversaries of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People's Army (NPA).
After the destruction of the armed revolutionary movement in the early 1950s in the Philippines, he was chiefly responsible for the resurgence of the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal mass movement in the Philippines since 1959. He was the founding Chairman of the Central Committee of the CPP, 1968-77. He was one of the world's leading authorities on the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism and Maoism, on revolutionary movements in Asia and on the international communist movement. He was a recognized poet since 1962 and awardee of the Southeast Asia WRITE Award for poetry, 1986.
He was a Filipino statesman, known for his experience in and knowledge of the people's democratic government and revolutionary forces in the Philippines. He was sometimes consulted by high officials of foreign governments and by presidents, senators, congressmen and local officials of the Philippine reactionary government concerning peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and related matters.
He is recognized as the leader of the Filipino people's movement for national liberation and democracy in the last 50 years. The celebration of this coincides with that of the 40th anniversaries of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People's Army (NPA).
After the destruction of the armed revolutionary movement in the early 1950s in the Philippines, he was chiefly responsible for the resurgence of the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal mass movement in the Philippines since 1959. He was the founding Chairman of the Central Committee of the CPP, 1968-77. He was one of the world's leading authorities on the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism and Maoism, on revolutionary movements in Asia and on the international communist movement. He was a recognized poet since 1962 and awardee of the Southeast Asia WRITE Award for poetry, 1986.
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October 31, 2009
A book in question and answer format on the views of (the then) currently released and exiled former leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (MLMZT). The book covers Sison's childhood, his student days, what family life was like as an underground revolutionary, and the state the Party was in during the 1980s (also has selections of his poetry).
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