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Message
Comrade Prachanda
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International Coordinating Committee
16 August 2008
Comrade Prachanda
His Excellency Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Prime Minister
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Dear Comrade Prachanda,
We the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) convey to you
our warmest greetings of revolutionary solidarity and congratulations for
your election as the first Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic
of Nepal (FDRN) by overwhelming majority vote. We share the elation
over your outstanding achievement with you as leader, the Communist
Party of Nepal (Maoist), the People's Liberation Army, the mass organizations
and the entire people of Nepal.
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LONG LIVE THE GREAT LEGACY
OF SENATOR LORENZO M. TAÑADA
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
August 10, 2008
I am deeply pleased and highly honored to join the Tañada clan, friends,
the various organizations and institutions and the broad masses of the
people in celebrating the 110th birth anniversary of the great Filipino
patriot Senator Lorenzo M. Tañada, champion of national independence
and democracy, principled statesman, brilliant legislator, civil libertarian
and fearless militant against oppression, be it the Japanese fascist occupation
or the homegrown fascist dictatorship of Marcos.
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PAKIKIRAMAY AT PARANGAL KAY KA DAN
Ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulo, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
27 Hunyo 2008
Taos-pusong nakikiramay ang buong International League of Peoples' Struggle
sa pamilya at sa malalapit na kasama ni Ka Dan Vizmanos sa pakikibaka. Tulad
ng ginawa natin sa nakaraang buwan, pagkakataon natin muli na ipagbunyi
ang mga mahalagang ambag ni Ka Dan sa kilusan ng sambayanang Pilipino
para sa pambansang kasarinlan at demokrasya. Mapulang saludo sa iyo, Ka
Dan!
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PAGBATI SA PAMUNUAN AT MGA BALANGAY NG ANAKBAYAN
SA MATAGUMPAY NA PAGDAOS NITO NG IKA-5 KONGRESO
Ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag
Kabataang Makabayan
30 Mayo 2008
Nagagalak akong magpaabot ng pagbati sa pamunuan sa iba't ibang antas at
lahat ng balangay ng Anakbayan sa matagumpay na pagdaos ng ika-5 Kongreso
ng Anakbayan nitong 27 hanggang 30 Mayo 2008.
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MESSAGE TO THE LEAGUE OF FILIPINO STUDENTS
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairperson
Kabataang Makabayan
31 May 2008
Dear Fellow Activists,
Militant greetings of solidarity to the leadership at various levels,
chapters and members of the League of Filipino Students!
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ILPS CONGRATULATES THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL
AND THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF NEPAL (MAOIST)
FOR THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson. International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
May 29, 2008
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) wishes to express
warmest greetings of solidarity and congratulations to the people of Nepal
and to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and other parties in the
Constituent Assembly for abolishing the feudal monarchy and proclaiming
the republic of Nepal.
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CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND ALL COMRADES
OF OUR BELOVED CRISPIN 'KA BEL' BELTRAN
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
May 21, 2008
On behalf of the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) and all participating
organizations of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS)), I wish
to convey most heartfelt condolences to the family and all comrades of our
beloved Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran, the first ICC chairperson and honorary
chairperson of the ILPS.
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MAPULANG SALUDO KAY KA DAN VIZMANOS
Ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulo, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
May 5, 2008
Malugod kong pinapaabot ang maalab na rebolusyonaryong pagbati kay
Ka Dan Vizmanos! Isang karangalan at kasiyahan na ako ay kalahok sa
pagpupugay at pagpapasalamat sa kanya sa kanyang maraming mahahalagang
ambag sa kilusan ng pambansang pagpapalaya at demokrasya laban sa mga
imperyalista at mga lokal na reaksyonaryo. Mapulang saludo sa iyo, Ka Dan!
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MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY TO THE PEOPLE OF CORDILLERA
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 24th CORDILLERA DAY CELEBRATION
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
April 24, 2008
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I wish to
convey warmest greetings of solidarity to the people of Cordillera, to the
Cordillera People's Alliance (CPA), Kakailian Salakniban Tay Amin a Nagtaudan
(KASTAN) and the Baay-Licuan Takderan Omnu a Karbengan (BALITOK),
to the delegations from all chapters of the Cordillera People's Alliance and
to all the guests from within the Philippines and abroad on the occasion of
the 24th Cordillera Day Celebration.
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Mensahe ti Pannakikaykaysa kadagiti Umili ti Kordilyera
iti Okasyon ti Maika-24 a Selebrasyon ti Aldaw Kordilyera
Ni Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Kas panangibagi iti International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), kayat ko
nga idanon kadakayo ti kabaraan a kablaaw iti pannakikaykaysa kadagiti umili
ti Kordilyera, iti Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), Kakailian Salakniban Tay'
Amin a Nagtaudan (KASTAN) ken ti Baay-Licuan Takderan Omnu a Karbengan
(BALITOK). Kasta met kadagiti delegado manipud kadagiti sanga ti CPA ken
kadagiti sangaili manipud iti Pilipinas ken ballasiw-taaw iti okasyon ti maika-24
a selebrasyon ti Aldaw Kordilyera.
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ILPS CONGRATULATES THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF NEPAL (MAOIST)
AND THE NEPALI PEOPLE FOR VICTORY OF DEMOCRATIC CAUSE
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
19 April 2008
As chairperson of the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) of the
International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I hereby convey the
warmest congratulations of the ICC and participating organizations of
the ILPS to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and the people of
Nepal for their victory in the elections for the Constituent Assembly.
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IN HONOR OF DR. NEMESIO PRUDENTE
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
4 April 2008
My family and I express sincere condolences to the family of Dr. Nemesio Prudente.
We grieve his passing away. At the same time, we accept his well-deserved rest.
We know that he has gone to a place of glory where he joins the patriots and
heroes of the motherland. We honor him for his many achievements. We celebrate
these as various speakers recount them.
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MENSAHE SA BENEFIT DINNER
PARA KAY KA RANDY ECHANIS
For the International League of Peoples' Struggle
Ni Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
Chairman, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Marso 1, 2008
Ikinalulugod kong lumahok sa pagtitipon ngayong gabi upang ipagtanggol
at parangalan si Ka Randy Echanis at maglikom ng pondo sa pamamagitan
ng "Tula at Awit sa Paglaya ni Ka Randy."
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PARANGAL KAY ATTY. ROMEO T. CAPULONG,
DAKILANG TAGAPAGTANGGOL NG BAYAN
Sa selebrasyon ng kanyang ika-73 kaarawan
For the International League of Peoples' Struggle
Ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Chief Political Consultant,
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
29 Pebrero 2008
Nagagalak akong lumahok sa selebrasyon ng ika-73 kaarawan ni Atty. Romeo
T. Capulong. Pagkakataon ito upang muli nating ipagbunyi ang kanyang
maningning narekord bilang tagapagtanggol ng bayan at upang parangalan
at pasalamatan siya sa kanyang pantas, masugid at matagumpay na pagtatanggol
ng mga karaparatang tao, laluna ng mga pambansa at demokratikong karapatan
ng sambayanang Pilipino.
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ILPS Mourns the Death of Dr. George Habash, Al-Hakeem,
Founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
For the International League of Peoples' Struggle
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
28 January 2008
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I
wish to convey our most heartfelt condolences over the passing away
of Dr. George Habash, Al Hakeem, to his family and to the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). We wish to pay the highest respects
and honors to Dr. Habash for his unwavering lifelong dedication to the
noble and just cause of the Palestinian and Arab peoples for national
and social liberation.
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Message of Condolences
on the Death of Dr. Ahmad Maslamani
For the International League of Peoples' Struggle
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
January 8, 2008
The International Coordinating Committee (ICC) and all the member-organizations
of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) express deep sorrow over
the passing away of ICC member Dr. Ahmad Maslamani and convey sincerest
condolences to his family, his comrades in the Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine (PFLP), his colleagues in the Union of Health Work Committees and in the Anti-Apartheid
Wall Campaign, all his friends and the entire Palestinian people whom he served
with complete dedication and with utmost competence.
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NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
26 December 2007
Dear Comrades and Friends,
My family and I wish you a happy and successful New Year in your family
life, occupation and all endeavors in the service of the people.
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International League of Peoples' Struggle
New Year's Greetings
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
21 December 2007
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Warmest greetings of solidarity from the International League
of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) as we welcome the New Year, 2008!
We thank you for endorsing, joining or supporting the activities
of the ILPS in the anti-imperialist and democratic movement of
the peoples of the world. May you continue to cooperate with
the ILPS in activities to uphold, defend and advance the civil,
political, social, economic and cultural rights of the people against
imperialism and all reaction.
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Message to Philippine Advocacy through Arts-Canada
on the Occasion of Its Concert "Songs of Our Times"
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
December 8, 2007
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I wish to express
warmest greetings of solidarity to the officers and members of the Philippine
Advocacy Through Arts-Canada (PATAC). We appreciate PATAC highly as
an organization of Filipino artists that envisions a future where human rights,
real freedom and a just peace reign and that strives to promote the Philippines,
its people, culture and struggles through music, visuals, spoken word, prose and
poetry and other artistic forms.
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Pagpugay kay Ka Togs, Kasamang Monico M. Atienza
Muling inilathala sa araw ng pagpanaw, 5 Disyembre 2007
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag
Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas
7 Enero 2007
Nakakalungkot na dinatnan si Ka Togs ng malubhang sakit. Tulad ng lahat
ng mga kamag-anak, kasama at kaibigan niya, umaasa ako na mapapangibabawan
niya ang ganitong kalagayan. Alam nating matibay at palaban si Ka Togs. Hindi
tayo magugulat kung makakatawid siya sa kasalukuyang kalagayan at
magpapatuloy sa pag-ambag sa pagsusulong ng rebolusyong Pilipino.
Anuman ang mangyari sa personal na katayuan niya, natitiyak nating
makabuluhan at maningning ang kanyang buhay at papel na ginampanan
sa kasaysayan.
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Message of Solidarity to Kabataang Maka-Bayan
on the Occasion of Its 8th Founding Anniversary
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
November 30, 2007
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I wish
to express warmest greetings of solidarity to Kabataang Maka-Bayan on the
occasion of its 8th founding anniversary. We are proud of the development
and achievements of KmB, especially because it is a founding member-organization
of the ILPS and is active in the anti-imperialist and democratic struggle of the
youth and the people.
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Message to Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino/
Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance-Ontario
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
November 30, 2007
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I hereby
express warmest greetings of solidarity to the leadership and membership
of the Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino/Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance-Ontario
on the occasion of its two-day province-wide consultation and conference
with the theme, "Palakasin! Ang Tunay na Ugnayan/Strengthen our Youth,
Unite for Freedom!"
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Mensahe ng Pagbati sa Anakbayan
sa Ika-9 na Anibersaryo Nito
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag
Kabataang Makabayan
November 30, 2007
Buong kagalakan kong ipinapaabot ang aking militanteng pagbati sa pambansang
pamunuan, kasapian at mga sangay ng Anakbayan sa pagdiriwang ng kanyang
ika-9 na anibersaryo ng pagkakatatag noong Nobyembre 30, 1998.
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Mensahe ng Pakikiisa
sa Bayan-Timog Katagalugan
Ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulo
International League of Peoples' Struggle
24 Nobyembre 2007
Taos-puso akong nagpapaabot ng pagbati at pakikiisa sa pamunuan
at kasapian ng Bayan-Timog Katagalugan sa kanilang pagtitipon.
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Message to the Workers World Party
on the Occasion of Its National Conference
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
17-18 November 2007
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I have the
honor to convey warmest greetings of revolutionary solidarity to the
leadership and membership of the Workers World Party on the occasion
of its national conference on November 17-18, 2007.
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Message of Gratitude
and Solidarity for Continuing Struggle
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
19 September 2007
Dear Comrades and Friends,
Warmest greetings of solidarity!
I am deeply pleased and thankful to all of you for holding
this discussion meeting in order to focus on my case, reaffirm
your solidarity, rejoice in my temporary release from prison
and prepare for the struggle ahead.
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Solidarity Statement of the International League of Peoples' Struggle
for the International Tribunal on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of Peoples' Struggle
August 21, 2007
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), wish to extend the most
militant greetings of solidarity to the Peoples Hurricane Relief Fund, the Mississippi
Disaster Relief Coalition, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, and the US Human
Rights Network that are convening the International Tribunal on Katrina and Rita.
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Message of Solidarity to all Forum Participants
in Sulyap sa Kalayaan: a Glimpse of Freedom
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
International Action Center's Solidarity Center
New York, July 29, 2007
First of all, I wish to thank BAYAN-USA, Anakbayan, the International Action
Center and the International League of Peoples' Struggle for organizing
this forum on political repression in the Philippines and for inviting me as a
speaker, together with the distinguished working class leader and legislator
Rep Crispin Beltran, my predecessor as chairperson of the ILPS International
Coordinating Committee.
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Message to the 10th Women's International Solidarity Affair in the Philippines
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
July 29, 2007
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle, wish to convey warmest
greetings of solidarity to all the delegations in the 10th Women's International
Solidarity Affair in the Philippines (WISAP) and to congratulate the GABRIELA
National Alliance of Women for successfully preparing and hosting this weeklong
affair. more...
Message of Solidarity
to the Communist Organization of Greece
on the Occasion of Its Second Congress
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
22 June 2007
May I convey to the leading committee and membership of the Communist Organization
of Greece (KOE) warmest greetings of comradeship and revolutionary solidarity on the
occasion of your Second Congress. I congratulate you for your successful preparations
for this congress. Your preparations were made amidst important struggles in which
the KOE played a significant role.
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Message from Jose Maria Sison
at the Pamana ng Panahon Event in New York
June 10, 2007
I should be with you in person tonight. But the Bush global war of terror,
which has put me in the so-called terrorist blacklist, makes it impossible for
me to take any flight to New York. At any rate, I am with you in spirit and
electronically. I welcome all of you, the organizers, the endorsers, the manager
of the bookstore, the readers, the musical artist, the distinguished guests and
all friends.
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Message to the Organizations
Forming the ILPS-Australia Chapter
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
June 9, 2007
We, in the International Coordinating Committee, express to all of you
warmest greetings of solidarity. We acknowledge the original custodians
of your land, the Australian Aboriginal People. We are elated to know that
various organizations are forming the Australian national chapter of the
International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS). We congratulate the
Initiating Committee led by Len Cooper, member of the ILPS International
Coordinating Committee, Migrante-Australia, Communications, Electrical and
Plumbing Union of Australia [CEPU] - Telecommunications Branch (Victoria),
Migrante-Melbourne, Spirit of Eureka Committee, Bolivarian Circle and others
for successfully preparing and convening this assembly.
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Mensahe ng Pakikiisa sa NAFLU-KMU
sa Ginintuang Anibersaryo Nito
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulo
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Hunyo 3, 2007
Sa ngalan ng International League of Peoples' Struggle, malugod
kong ipinapaabot ang aming pakikiisa sa National Federation of
Labor Unions (NAFLU) sa okasyon ng ginintuang anibersaryo ng
pagkakatatag nito noong ika-18 ng Mayo 1957. Maipagmamalaki
ng ILPS sa buong daigdig ang maningning at mayamang kasaysayan
ng NAFLU-KMU sa pakikapaglaban para sa mga kagyat at matagalang
interes ng uring manggagawa.
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Message of Solidarity to NAFLU-KMU
on Its Golden Anniversary
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of Peoples' Struggle
June 3, 2007
In behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I
take pleasure in extending our solidarity to the National Federation
of Labor Unions (NAFLU) on the occasion of the golden anniversary
of its founding on May 18, 1957. The ILPS can proudly speak to the
whole world of the brilliant and rich history of the NAFLU-KMU in
fighting for the immediate and long-term interests of the working class.
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Message of Solidarity
to Front Mahasiswa Nasional
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
May 18, 2007
The International League of Peoples' Struggle hereby conveys warmest greetings
of solidarity to the Front Mahasiswa Nasional on the occasion of its fourth founding
anniversary. We are proud of your being a member-organization of the ILPS and of
your achievements from year to year.
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ILPS Message of Solidarity to Bayan
on the Occasion of Its 22nd Anniversary
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
May 4, 2007
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I express warmest
greetings of solidarity to the national leadership and all affiliates of BAYAN. We
share with you the joy of celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the founding of
your federation.
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May First 2007 Message
of the International League of Peoples' Struggle
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, ILPS International Coordinating Committee
1 May 2007
The International League of Peoples' Struggle extends its most militant greetings
to the workers and other toiling people of the world on the occasion of International
Workers' Day.
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Mensahe ng Pakikiisa sa Ika-25 Anibersaryo
at Ika-3 Kongreso ng Piston
Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulo
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Abril 16-17 2007
Malugod kong binabati ang pamunuan at kasapian ng PISTON sa buong bansa
sa makasaysayang okasyon ng pagdiriwang ninyo ng ika-25 anibersaryo at lahat
ng delegado sa pagganap ninyo ng ika-3 Kongreso.
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Message of Solidarity
to the 19th Congress of ATIK
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
6 April 2007
The International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) extends its militant greetings
of solidarity to all the leaders and members of ATIK on the occasion of the confederation's
19th Congress on April 6-8, 2007 with the theme: "Attacks on world's peoples, working
class and immigrants, and our concrete tasks in the context of developing mass movements
in Europe." We congratulate you for your accumulated achievements and wish you
greater successes in the future.
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Message of Solidarity
to the International Conference on the Middle East
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
24-25 March 2007
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I express warmest
greetings of solidarity to the organizers, speakers, delegations and guests of
the International Conference on the Middle East. We agree on the urgency
and importance of the theme: "With the Resistance, for a Just Peace in the
Middle East".
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Mensahe sa Pyesta sa Edukasyon ng NCR
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Network for Philippine Studies
Chairperson International League of Peoples' Struggle
17 Marso 2007
Mga kasama at mga kaibigan,
Maalab na pagbati sa inyong lahat!
Maraming salamat sa paanyaya ng NCR sa akin na magsalita sa inyong pyesta
sa edukasyon. Nagagalak ako na matagumpay ang paghahanda at pagdaraos
ng Instructors Training and Workshop sa pamamahala ng Eiler at Anakpawis.
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Join the Global Days of Action on March 17 & 18
Against US Aggression and Occupation of Iraq
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
March 10, 2007
On March 20, 2003, Bush and Blair led the US and Britain into the war of
aggression against Iraq on the basis of lies. They did so despite their failure
to get the approval of the UN Security Council for going to war. They did
so despite widespread opposition from the people of the world who marched
in the streets in their tens of millions in hundreds of cities around the globe.
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In Honor of Ernesto Popoy Valencia
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairman
International Network for Philippine Studies
1 February 2007
I wish to express sincerest condolences to the family of Ernesto Popoy Valencia
and join his comrades and friends in honoring him for his achievements as a patriotic,
anti-imperialist and democratic journalist, economist, teacher and activist. His best
works inspire us to fight for the national and democratic rights and interests of the
Filipino people.
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ILPS Endorses and Supports
the March on Washington on Jan. 27
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
January 22, 2007
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle, hereby reiterate our solidarity with
the American people in demanding the end of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq
and the withdrawal of US military forces.
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Message of Solidarity to the Emergency Protest Against the Bush Plan to Escalate the War in Iraq
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
January 10, 2007
The International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) joins the American
people and the peoples of the world in condemning the decision of George
W. Bush to send additional troops to Iraq and escalate the US war of aggression
against the Iraqi people. We demand the immediate withdrawal of US and
other imperialist military forces in Iraq.
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Message to the League of Filipino Students-USA
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
January 12, 2007
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I express warmest
greetings of solidarity to the officers, members and chapters of the League of
Filipino Students-USA on the occasion of its 10th anniversary.
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Pagpupugay Kay Ka Togs, Kasamang Monico M. Atienza
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag
Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas
7 Enero 2007
Nakakalungkot na dinatnan si Ka Togs ng malubhang sakit. Tulad ng lahat ng
mga kamag-anak, kasama at kaibigan niya, umaasa ako na mapapangibabawan
niya ang ganitong kalagayan. Alam nating matibay at palaban si Ka Togs. Hindi
tayo magugulat kung makakatawid siya sa kasalukuyang kalagayan at magpapatuloy
sa pag-ambag sa pagsulong ng rebolusyong Pilipino. Anuman ang mangyari sa
personal na katayuan niya, natitiyak nating makabuluhan at maningning ang
kanyang buhay at papel na ginampanan sa kasaysayan.
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We Honor and Cherish the Memory
of Aloysius "Ochie" Baes: A Scientist for the People
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of Peoples' Struggle
23 December 2006
We in the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) are deeply saddened
by the sudden demise of our beloved colleague Aloysius "Ochie" Baes, who died
of heart failure on December 21, 2006 in the Philippines. We extend our most
heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.
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Celebrate and Reaffirm
the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples
Solidarity Message from the International League of Peoples' Struggle
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
10 December 2006
The International Coordinating Committee and all member organizations of the
International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) hereby express their solidarity
with the International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples, the Lelio
Basso Foundation and the Neapolitan School of the Italian Institute for Philosophical
Studies and join them and others in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the
promulgation of the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Peoples in Algiers on
July 4, 1976.
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Message to my Beloved Classmates
at the Ateneo de Manila High School
From Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Utrecht, The Netherlands
December 3, 2006
My dear classmates,
Warmest greetings of solidarity to all of you on the occasion of the golden jubilee
of Class 1956! I congratulate you for having survived half a century since graduation
from high school and more importantly for your accomplishments in your chosen
professions, in your family life, in your service to country and people and in living
up to your faith, conviction or ideals. We remember and honor those who have
departed.
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Mensahe sa Ika-walong Anibersaryo
at Kongreso ng Anakbayan
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag
Kabataang Makabayan
30 Nobyembe 2006
Malugod akong nagpapaabot ng militanteng pagbati at pakikiisa sa pamunuan at kasapian ng
Anakbayan sa dalawang magkasunod na mahalagang okasyon, ang pagdiriwang ng ika-8
anibersaryo ng Anakbayan sa Nobyembre 30 at ang Kongreso nito sa Disyembre 7-10.
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Mensahe ng Pakikiisa sa UNIFIL-HK
sa Okasyon ng Ika-10 Kongreso
Ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulo, International League of Peoples' Struggle
26 Nobyembre 2006
Taos-puso akong nagpapaabot ng pagbati at pakikiisa sa pamunuan, kasapian at mga
organisasyon ng UNIFIL-Hong Kong sa okasyon ng ika-10 Kongreso nito. Saludo ako
sa inyong lahat dahil sa inyong matatag at militanteng pagkilos para sa karapatan at
interes ng mga kababayan nating migrante.
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Paunang Salita
--Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag
Kabataang Makabayan
Natatangi ang paglathala ng librong Dakilang Alay na naglalahad ng buhay
at pag-aalay ng buhay ng mga kabataang namartir sa ating panahon. Taus-puso
akong nagpapasalamat sa mga naglathala, sa mga manunulat at artistang
nag-ambag upang magawa ang libro. Higit sa lahat, ang ating pasasalamat
ay dapat iukol sa mga martir ng sambayanang pinapaksa ng librong ito.
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Message to my Beloved Classmates
in Letran High School, Class 1956
From Jose Maria Sison
18 November 2006
Utrecht, The Netherlands
My dear classmates,
Warmest greetings of solidarity with you! I am elated to join you in celebrating the 50th
anniversary of our graduating class, vintage 1956, in the high school department of the
Colegio de San Juan de Letran, the school of San Vicente Liem de la Paz, Fr. Jose Burgos,
Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Emilio Jacinto, President Emilio Aguinaldo, Apolinario Mabini,
Isabelo de los Reyes, Supreme Bishop Gregorio Aglipay, President Manuel Quezon, President
Sergio Osmena, Pedro Abad Santos, Jose Laurel and other outstanding historical figures.
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Message of Solidarity
to Cordillera People's Alliance
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
21 October 2006
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I wish to convey
warmest greetings of solidarity to the regional leadership, the provincial and
municipal chapters, regional sectoral federations and individual members of the
Cordillera People's Alliance (CPA) and to all the delegates, observers and allies
attending the 9th Regional Congress of CPA in Baguio City.
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Mensahe ng Pakikiisa sa ADLO
sa Okasyon ng Ika-12 Kongreso
Ni Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulo
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Oktubre 14-16, 2006
Sa ngalan ng International League of Peoples' Struggle, malugod kong pinapaabot sa pamunuan
at kasapian ng Association of Democratic Labor Organization (ADLO) ang maalab at militanteng
pagbati ng pakikiisa sa okasyon ng inyong ika-12 Kongreso.
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Message to Northern Dispatch Weekly
on the Occassion of Its Anniversary Celebrations
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of Peoples' Struggle
8 October 2006
Ipadanon mi kadakayo ti kabarbaraan a kablaaw iti panakaiyangay ti maika-17 nga anibersaryo yo kas
maysa nga information news agency iti intero nga Amianan a Luzon, ken ti maika-uppat nga anibersaryo
ti Northern Dispatch Weekly kas maysa a makadomingo a dyaryo.
We commend Northern Dispatch Weekly (Nordis) for having successfully operated as a regional
weekly newspaper since 2002 and as a regional information agency since 1989, continuously
producing and distributing weekly packets of news and feature articles for its readers in the
Northern Luzon provinces of the Ilocos, Cordillera and Cagayan Valley.
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Message of Greetings to the International Solidarity Evening
for Political Prisoners
London, United Kingdom
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
7 October 2006
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I extend my most militant greetings of
solidarity to the organizers and participants of the International Solidarity Evening with Political Prisoners.
We thank and congratulate the organizers of this solemn event -- Activists of the People's Fadaii Guerrillas
of Iran - London, ATIK (Confederation of Workers from Turkey in Europe) - UK Section, Democratic
Anti-imperialist Organisation of Iranians in Britain, Indian Workers' Association in Britain (IWA), Migrante
International (Filipino Migrants Alliance), Solidarity Committee with Free Political Prisoners (OTDK) -- to
honor the brave men and women who fear neither suffering nor death in fighting for their lofty goal
of building a better world for humankind.
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Tribute to Bishop Alberto Ramento
the Bishop of the Workers and Peasants
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
6 October 2006
On behalf of the participating organizations of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) in scores
of countries, I hereby express deepest condolences to the family of Most Reverend Bishop Alberto Ramento,
to all the clergy and members of the Philippine Independent Church and to all his colleagues in the people's
movement for national freedom, democracy, social justice and a just and lasting peace.
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Message of Solidarity and Support
for the One Breath One Life Campaign
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
4 October 2006
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I wish to express warmest greetings of solidarity
to the organizers, musical performers and all other participants in the One Breath One Life Campaign. We hope
that the concerts, workshops, vigils and the culminating concert on October 28 will be successful.
more...
Message of Solidarity to Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino/
the Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance (UKPC/FCYA)
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
September 23, 2006
I wish to convey warmest greetings of solidarity to the leadership, chapters and general membership
of Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/the Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance (UKPC/FCYA) on the
occasion of your Canada-wide Filipino youth and student conference in Toronto, Ontario on September
23-24, 2006.more...
Pagbati sa Kabataang Artista Para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (KARATULA)
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag, Kabataang Makabayan
Tagapangulo, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Setyembre 16, 2006
Malugod na binabati ko ang pamunuan at mga kasapi ng Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan
(KARATULA) sa okasyon ng ika-6 na anibersaryo ng pagtatatag nito sa Setyembre 16.
more...
Message of Solidarity and Congratulations to NNARA-Youth for
More Than Ten Years of Service to the Peasant Masses
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Network for Philippine Studies
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
September 16, 2006
I am happy to join the National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates-Youth (NNARA-Youth) in
celebrating more than ten years of advocating genuine and thorough land reform and serving the
peasant masses, especially the poor and lower middle peasants. I stand in solidarity with you and
congratulate you for all your achievements.
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Message of Solidarity to FMN on the Occasion of Its 2nd Congress
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
September 14, 2006
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I wish to convey to the leadership,
chapters and general membership of Front Mahasiswa Nasional (FMN, National Student Front)
warmest greetings of solidarity on the occasion of its Second Congress.
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Message to League of Filipino Students on 29th Founding Anniversary
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman of Kabataang Makabayan
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
September 15, 2006
Let me congratulate the League of Filipino Students for all its achievements since its founding 29 years
ago, on September 11. I am in solidarity with you along the line of the Filipino people's struggle for
national freedom and democracy against US imperialism and the local exploiting classes as well as along
your distinctive line of arousing, organizing and mobilizing the Filipino youth to uphold, defend and promote
their rights and interests.
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Warmest Greetings to Prof. Luis V. Teodoro on the Occasion of His 65th Birth Anniversary
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison
Chairman, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
18 August 2006
I am delighted to join the close comrades, colleagues and friends of Louie in conveying to him warmest greetings
on the occasion of his 65th birth anniversary (August 24). This is a time to salute him for all his achievements and
wish him to enjoy many more years of good health and productive life.
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Message of Solidarity to the ILPS Philippine Chapter Second General Assembly
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison
Chairman, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
18 August 2006
I would like to extend my warmest and most militant greetings of solidarity to all the organizations and leaders of
the ILPS Philippine Chapter on the occasion of your Second General Assembly.
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Mensahe ng Pakikipagkaisa sa ILPS Philippine Chapter Ikalawang Pangkalahatang Asambleya
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison
Tagapangulo, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
18 Agosto 2006
Nais kong ipaabot ang pinakamainit at pinakamilitanteng pagbati at pakikipagkaisa sa lahat ng mga organisasyon at pamunuan
ng ILPS Philippine Chapter sa okasyon ng inyong Ikalawang Pangkalahatang Asambleya.
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Message of Solidarity to ang Kasama 47 in Australia
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Network for Philippines Studies
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee,
International League of People's Struggle
5 August 2006
Let me convey warmest greetings of solidarity to all the organizers and performers of Ang Kasama 47, to all compatriots
present and all Filipino organizations of migrant workers, women and youth in Australia and to all our friends in the solidarity
movement who support your struggle for your rights and welfare in Australia as well as the struggle of the entire Filipino
people for national liberation and democracy in the Philippines.
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Solidarity Message of ILPS to the Founding Conference of the PDFI
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of People's Struggle
30 July 2006
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I wish to extend warmest and most militant greetings
to the more than 150 fighting organizations of the Indian people from various regions of India that are meeting to form
the People's Democratic Front of India (PDFI). We wish you utmost success in this founding conference and in the hard
struggles ahead.
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Comrade Armando Teng Inspires the Current and Future Generations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples" Struggle
College of Arts & Letters, University of the Philippines
Claro Mayo Recto Hall
27 June 2006
Dear comrades and friends:
I am deeply pleased to be with you today on the occasion of the launching of Armando, the biography of Comrade
Armando Teng. I convey warmest greetings to all of you, especially to Comrade Ada Teng and her children.
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Message to the Peace Advocates Upon the Launching of the
Book on the GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
26 June 2006
Warmest greetings of solidarity to all the peace advocates who are present! I thank the NDFP-Nominated Section of the Joint
Monitoring Committee and its Secretariat for inviting me to give this message and answer questions in an open forum with peace
advocates and members of the press.
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ILPS Honors Daniel Boone Schirmer as an Outstanding Anti-imperialist Fighter
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples" Struggle
6 May 2006
We, in the International League of Peoples' Struggle, hereby manifest our high respect for Daniel Boone Schirmer as an outstanding
fighter against US imperialism and as an exponent of international solidarity of the peoples in the revolutionary struggle against imperialism
and reaction and for a better world of greater freedom, democracy, social justice, all-round progress and peace.
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ILPS Mesage of Solidarity to the Inititative for an International Anti-imperialist, Anti-capitalist Meeting
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
6 May 2006
On behalf of the International League of People's Struggle, I wish to express warmest greetings of solidarity to the initiators and
participants in the Initiative for an International Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Capitalist Meeting. We congratulate you for the success of your
preparations and we wish the utmost further success in the conduct of your three-day meeting.
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Workers and Peoples of the World, Unite to Fight for Your Rights
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
May 1, 2006
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I wish to convey warmest greetings of solidarity to all workers, genuine unions
and labor organizations on the occasion of the International Workers' Day. We salute and congratulate you for your struggles, sacrifices and
successes against the imperialist bourgeoisie and all its opportunist and barefaced reactionary agents.
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Mesage of Solidarity to the Immigrant Workers on the Day of the Great American Boycott 2006
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
April 30, 2006
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle, hereby express our solidarity with and support for the millions of immigrant
workers on the day of the Great American Boycott 2006 when they and their supporters do not go to work, to school or to any
shop but hold protest marches and rallies against institutions and symbols of anti-immigrant discrimination, exploitation and oppression
in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Jose, San Francisco, Seattle and 100 cities all over the US.
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Message to the Symposium on Militant Trade Unionism in Istanbul, Turkey
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
23 April 2006
We, in the International Coordinating Committee of the ILPS, extend our warmest militant greetings of solidarity to the Turkish workers
and to Turkish national chapter of ILPS for organizing today this symposium on militant and anti-imperialist trade unionism with the theme:
"Unity- Struggle-Victory against the Attacks of Imperialism on the Working Class".
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Message to the Iraqi People and the Iraqi Resistance
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples" Struggle
7 April 2006
I am thankful that the Iraqi Resistance on the occasion of its third anniversary has invited me to speak as the voice of the
international anti-imperialist movement. I feel highly honored because the Iraqi Resistance is well-known as the legitimate
representative of the Iraqi people.
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Greetings to the Grand Reunion of Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson Emeritus
First Quarter Storm Movement
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
February 4, 2006
I am deeply pleased to be requested by veteran militants of the Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan (SDK) who are in the
First Quarter Storm Movement (FQSM) to send a message to the grand reunion of the SDK and commemoration of the 35th
anniversary of the Diliman Commune. I wish therefore to convey warmest greetings to the SDK on such an occasion.
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Message to Aklat ng Bayan and Friends on the Launch of Fifth Edition of Philippine Society and Revolution
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
February 15, 2006
I agree with Aklat ng Bayan that the book must be republished everytime copies run out not only because of its historical value but also
because of its continuing direct relevance to the persevering struggle of the Filipino people for national liberation and democracy against
the prevalent forces of foreign monopoly capitalism, domestic feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism.
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NDFP Renders Highest Honor to Kasamang Myrna "Lina" Fajardo
6 January 2006
On behalf of the National Executive Committee of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the NDFP Negotiating
Panel conveys its most heartfelt condolences to her family: her husband, Gilbert, their children: Roz Victoria, Rosa Guia, Liberty
Emmanuelle, Armando, Christine Ann, and Felisa Joy. We join them and all the kasama, relatives and friends of Ka Lina in mourning
the inestimable loss of an outstanding mass leader of the national democratic movement, a great fighter for human rights and tireless
organizer of the victims of human rights violations.
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ILPS New Year's Greetings
31 December 2005
Warmest Greetings of Solidarity
Best wishes and utmost success in the New Year of 2006!
May the people advance further in the struggle for liberation
against imperialism and reaction!
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Pagbati ng Pakikiisa sa Anakbayan sa Kanyang Ika-7 Anibersaryo
Ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag, Kabataang Makabayan
Tagapangulo, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Nobyembre 30, 2005
Nalulugod akong maging bahagi ng pagdiriwang ninyo. Ipagbunyi natin ang mga tagumpay ng Anakbayan na nakalahad sa inyong pahayag.
Magpugay tayo sa mga bayaning ibinunga ng inyong pakikibaka at naging martir sa kamay ng kaaway. Mag-alay tayo sa kanila ng pinakamataas
na parangal.
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Mensahe para sa GAME OVER, GLORIA ED Festival
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulo, International Network for Philippine Studies
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag, Kabataang Makabayan
20 Oktubre 2005
Binabati ko kayo sa pagdaraos ng ED Festival sa panahon ng kampanya sa pagpapatalsik kay GMA. Tauspuso
ang aking pasasalamat na binibigyang-puwang ninyo na makasama ako sa ganitong mga pagkakataon na tunay
na nakapagpapanariwa sa akin at nakapagpapatibay sa katumpakan ng landas na pinili natin at sama-samang
tinatahak, kakapitbisig ang ibang mga uri at sektor ng lipunan, tungo sa pagtamo ng tunay na pambansang demokrasya.
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Ka Fort: Martyr and Hero of the People
Setyembre 25, 2005
The Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the
Philippines (NDFP), including its consultants, staffers and volunteers,
extends its deepest condolences to Luz Fortuna and their three children
on the death of labor leader Diosdado 'Ka Fort' Fortuna.
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Talumpating Pambungad sa Kapihan Kasama ang mga Aktibista ng FQS
Ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag, Kabataang Makabayan
Tagapangulo, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Setyembre 22, 2005
Muling kinakaharap ang mga mag-aaral at ibang kabataan ng isang pambihirang tindi sa krisis ng naghaharing sistemang malakonyal at
malapiyudal. Muling naririyan ang hamon sa inyo na kumilos para pangibabawan ang matinding pagsasamantala at pang-aapi at isulong ang
pakikibaka para sa pambansang kalayaan at demokrasya laban sa imperyalismo, piyudalismo at burukrata kapitalismo na ngayo'y
kinakatawan ng rehimeng Arroyo.
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NDFP Salutes Retired Captain Rene Jarque
NDFP Negotiating Panel
22 August 2005
I agree with all your noble patriotic and progressive motivations and objectives. Let me therefore express my solidarity
with you. I also feel honored and I am thankful to you for recognizing the contributions that I have made to the Filipino
youth movement and to the Filipino people's movement for national liberation and democracy against US imperialism and
the local exploiting classes since the beginning of the sixties.
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Message of Solidarity to Kabataang Montreal and to the Filipino Youth Consultative Forum
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of People's Struggle
19 August 2005
I agree with all your noble patriotic and progressive motivations and objectives. Let me therefore express my solidarity
with you. I also feel honored and I am thankful to you for recognizing the contributions that I have made to the Filipino
youth movement and to the Filipino people's movement for national liberation and democracy against US imperialism and
the local exploiting classes since the beginning of the sixties.
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Message of Solidarity to KMP on Its 20th Anniversary
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Network for Philippine Studies
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
July 27, 2005
I am proud that the founding congress of KMP was held in defiance of the Marcos fascist dictatorship and that
my speech was read to the congress while I was under military detention in Fort Bonifacio. Since then, KMP has
grown far and wide from its modest beginnings and has won great victories by persevering in struggle for the
rights and interests of the peasantry as well as of the entire Filipino people.
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Message of Solidarity to KMP on Its 20th Anniversary
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Network for Philippine Studies
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
Hulyo 27, 2005
Maipagmamalaki nating naidaos ang kongreso sa pagtatatag ng KMP bilang pagsalungat o paglaban sa pasistang
diktadurang Marcos at binasa ang aking talumpati sa kongreso habang ako'y nasa detensyong militar sa Fort Bonifacio.
Mula noon, lumaki't ibayong lumaganap na at nakapagtamo ng malalaking tagumpay ang KMP sa sigasig nitong ipaglaban
ang mga karapatan at interes ng uring magsasaka, gayundin yaong sa buong sambayanang Pilipino.
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In Solidarity with the July 25 Mass Action
Message by Prof. Jose Maria Sison
25 July 2005
I have great confidence in the triumph of the mass action on July 25. This cannot be stopped by the regime's acts
of intimidation and deception. The outrage of the Filipino people is overbrimming because of the electoral fraud,
corruption, puppetry to the imperialists and cruelty of the regime.
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Pakikiisa sa Kilos Masa sa Hulyo 25
Mensahe ni Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Ika-25 ng Hulyo 2005
Malaki ang aking tiwala na magiging matagumpay ang kilos masa ng Hulyo 25. Hindi ito mapipigil ng mga pananakot at
panlilinlang na ginagawa ng rehimen. Umaapaw ang galit ng sambayanang Pilipino sa rehimen dahil sa pandaraya sa eleksyon,
korupsyon, pagkapapet sa mga imperyalista at kalupitan.
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Personal Homage to Cardinal Sin
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
June 22, 2005
The Filipino people will always cherish the outstanding role of Cardinal Sin in criticizing the human rights violations under
the Marcos fascist dictatorship and in ultimately acting to help end this reign of terror and greed.
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Message of Solidarity Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS)
Chairperson, International Network for Philippine Studies (INPS)
June 20, 2005
I am glad to know that the Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada (UKPC/FCYA) will hold a three-week intensive
course on the history and current circumstances of the Philippines and the current situation of overseas Filipinos,
starting on June 26. more...
Message of Solidarity to Bayan on its Twentieth Anniversary
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
NDFP Negotiating Panel
May 5, 2005
BAYAN has brilliantly succeeded in becoming the central multisectoral democratic alliance of the patriotic and progressive
forces. The participating mass organizations have strengthened BAYAN by expanding and consolidating themselves and
by responding to its calls. BAYAN has inspired its participating organizations and the broad masses of the people through
campaigns of information, education and mass actions on all major issues. It has stood out in exposing and opposing all
major US and puppet policies that oppress and exploit the Filipino people.
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Parangal kay Propesor Edberto Villegas
Ni Joma at Julie Sison
May 5, 2005
Ang laki ng tuwa namin nang umabot sa amin ang balita na magreretiro ka na mula sa UP sa edad na 65.
Naisip namin agad na puede ka nang kargahan ng mas marami pang trabaho. Ibig sabihin wala ka pa ring
pahinga.
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Message of Solidarity to KMU and ISA on
Their 25th and 21st Anniversaries
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of Peoples' Struggle
May 1, 2005
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) as well as on my personal behalf as a proletarian
militant, I wish to convey warmest greetings of solidarity and congratulations to the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU, May
First Movement) and the International Solidarity Affair (ISA) on the occasion of their respective 25th and 21st
anniversaries of their establishment on this sacred day of the international working class.
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Keynote to the Celebration
of NDFP 32nd Anniversary
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
NDFP Negotiating Panel
April 24, 2005
The NDFP has served the Filipino people excellently as the most consolidated underground united front
organization of the basic revolutionary forces (working class, peasantry and urban petty bourgeoisie) in the
revolutionary struggle for national liberation and democracy against US imperialism and the local exploiting classes.
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INTRODUCTION
To the NDFP Human Rights Monitoring Committee Booklet
No. 6 on the July 5, 1996 NDFP Declaration of Undertaking to Apply
the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Protocol I of 1977
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
NDFP Negotiating Panel
April 24, 2005
The Declaration of Undertaking asserts and makes clear that all the revolutionary forces and people
represented by the NDFP within and outside the framework of peace negotiations with the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) are well-grounded in engaging the GRP in a civil war as a legitimate
national liberation movement , that they have the status of co-belligerent under international law and that
they assume rights and responsibilities under the Geneva Conventions and its protocols.
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Message to the International Research
Conference on the 1955 Afro-Asian Summit in Bandung
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
April 14, 2005
The theme of the conference,, "Bandung in the 21st Century: Continuing the Struggle for
Independence, Peace against Imperialist Globalization and War" is of great importance and
acute urgency. We need to reaffirm and draw inspiration from the principles upheld and
propagated by the Afro-Asian Summit Conference of 1955 . These principles are still valid
and relevant today in the face of the worsening conditions of oppression and exploitation under
the shadow of imperialism and neocolonialism.more...
Solidarity
Message to the 18th Congress of ATIK
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of Peoples' Struggle
March 25, 2005
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I convey my
warmest and most militant greetings of solidarity to the leaders and member
organizations of ATIK on the occasion of the federation's 18th Congress on
March 25-27, 2005 with the theme: "Perspectives and duties of the international
anti-imperialist struggle in the 21st Century." I wish you all the success in this
congress and more victories in the future.more...
Message to Migrante
International on the Launch of Its Education Movement
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Network for Philippine Studies and
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
March 12, 2005
I fully agree with the resolve of the leaders and members of Migrante in various parts
of the world to adopt the line of struggle for national freedom and democracy in our
studies, to root out the problems, to free our minds and expand the membership of
Migrante. more...
Message of Solidarity on the Commemoration of the Disappearance
of Carlos B. Del Rosario
By Jose Maria Sison
Honorary Chair
First Quarter Storm Movement
March 11, 2005
Like all the close comrades and friends of Carlos "Charlie" del Rosario, I am deeply pleased
that the Desaparecidos, an organization of relatives of victims of enforced disappearances,
is commemorating his disappearance in 1971 and honoring him for his heroic revolutionary
record and martyrdom in the service of the Filipino people.
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Red Salute to Comrade Luis Jalandoni
By Jose Maria Sison
February 26, 2005
I am glad to be among those who write and speak on the revolutionary work and achievements of Comrade Luis Jalandoni
on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Our testimonies and reflections can augment and complement each other. But all
our words can only try to approximate and sum up the richness of his decades of service to the people before and after
joining the Communist Party of the Philippines.
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In Celebration of the Achievements of Atty. Romeo T. Capulong
By Jose Maria Sison
February 15, 2005
The 70th birthday of Atty. Romeo T. Capulong is a fine occasion for recognizing and celebrating his
achievements. I join others in giving testimony to these. Let me focus on those circumstances and
achievements of which I have direct and personal knowledge.
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Message of Solidarity to All Present
at the Toronto Book Launch
By Jose Maria Sison
Co-Author of At Home in the World
February 12, 2005
Warmest greetings of solidarity to all compatriots and friends present at this launching of the book At
Home in the World: Portrait of a Revolutionary. I wish to thank all of you for coming. For organizing
this event and inviting me to speak, I thank the Philippine Women Centre of Ontario, the Philippine
Network for Justice and Peace, Filipino- Canadian Youth Network-Toronto (UKPC-Toronto), Philippine
Solidarity Group, the Filipino Workers Support Committee and others. more...
Message to the Youth Gathering
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman of Kabataang Makabayan
February 8, 2005
(Tranlsated from Pilipino original in English)
Allow me to express my most heartfelt gratitude for your best wishes, concern and support on this day.
It is fine that you have taken this opportunity to inquire even more deeply into my stand on important issues,
as well as into the violations of my rights, and the harassment and threats that I now face.
more...
Mensahe sa Pagtitipon ng
Kabataan
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Pangulong Tagapagtatag ng Kabataang Makabayan
Pebrero 8, 2005
Taus-puso akong nagpapasalamat sa inyong pagbati at pagsasaalaala at
pagsuporta sa akin sa araw na ito. Mainam na ginawa ninyo itong pagkakataon
para lalong alamin ang aking panininidigan sa mahahalagang mga usapin,
gayundin sa paglabag sa aking mga karapatan, at sa mga pahirap at pagbabanta
na aking kaharap ngayon. more...
Message
to the founding congress of Unyon Ng Mga Manggagawa Sa Agrikultura (Union
of Farm Workers)
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of People’s Struggle
Chairperson, International Network for Philippine Studies
January 20, 2005
(Translated from the Pilipino
original)
I am deeply pleased to know that many labor leaders and activists and
farm workers from plantations and haciendas from all over the country
are gathered here today to found the Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura
(UMA, Union of Farm workers). Warmest patriotic greetings to all of
you! more...
Message
of Solidarity to the Founders of BAYAN-USA
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Network for Philippine Studies
Chairperson, International League of Peoples’ Struggle
January 15, 2005
May I express warmest greetings of solidarity to all the Filipino organizations
that have convened to found BAYAN-USA. I congratulate you for the success
of your preparations for this historic occasion. You have assumed a
role of great importance and consequence. Through BAYAN-USA, you are
determined to arouse, organize and mobilize the millions of overseas
Filipinos in the USA. These comprise the largest concentration of our
compatriots in a foreign country. more...
Tribute to Papo de Asis
January 12, 2005
To the Beloved Family of Papo de Asis,
His Closest Comrades and Friends Through Habi-Arts
We share your grief over the passing away of Papo de Asis. We feel a
personal sense of loss because we knew Papo as one of the artists most
active in the Free Jose Maria Committee in the period of 1982 to 1986,
the years of growing mass unrest leading to the overthrow of the Marcos
fascist dictatorship by the people in 1986. more...
Hail
the 50th Anniversary of the UP Journalism Club
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Former President, 1957-58
UP Journalism Club, University of the Philippines
December 4, 2004
I am happy to join the current officers and members and all fellow alumni
in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the UP Journalism Club, in holding
the Grand Alumni Homecoming and in honoring the memory of Dean Armando
Malay who was the faculty adviser of the club from the very beginning
and for a long time. Let this message be the way of my being with you
on this festive occasion. more...
Hail
the 40th Anniversary of Kabataang Makabayan
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
November 30, 2004
For Pilipino version
Since its founding on November 30, 1964, the Kabataang Makabayan
has brilliantly performed its role as the prime comprehensive youth
organization. It has aroused, organized and mobilized students and out-of-school
youth, young workers, urban poor, peasants, fishermen and professionals
in the people’s struggle for national liberation and democracy against
foreign monopoly capitalism, domestic feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism.
more...
Struggle against
the escalation of terrorism by the US and the puppet state
Message to the Protesting Masses and Organizations
on September 21, 2004
By Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
The Filipino people suffer from two kinds of terrorism. One kind involves
the daily violence of exploitation by US imperialists and the local
exploiting classes of big compradors and landlords. Another kind involves
the outright use or threat of violence by the armed forces and other
coercive apparatuses of the imperialist master and ithe puppet state.
more...
Reply to Open Letter
of Alejandro Lichauco
Sunday, September 12, 2004
Utrecht, The Netherlands
By Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Dear Ding,
Thank you for your open letter dated September 9, 2004 in your op-ed
column in the ABS-CBN.news.com. I appreciate the serious patriotic intent
and urgent tenor of the letter. Indeed, in this time of unprecedentedly
grave crisis, we are all challenged to do what best we can do to overcome
the lethal problems besetting our motherland. more...
Mensahe
Ng Pagbati Sa KARAPATAN Sa Okasyon Ng IKA-2 Kongreso
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Agosto 18, 2004
Na gagalak akong bumati at magpaabot ng pakikiisa sa mga kasapi at tagatangkilik
ng KARAPATAN sa okasyon ng ika-2 Kongreso nito at sa pagdiriwang nito
ng 9 na taon ng pagkilos para itaguyod ang karapatang tao at ipagtanggol
ang pinagsasamantahang at inaaping mga uri, sektor, komunidad at mga
individual. more...
Message
of Solidarity to Gabriela and the 9th Women's International Solidarity
Affair
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of People’s Struggle
August 18, 2004
I wish to express my solidarity to all participants in the 9th
Women’s International Solidarity Affair. I share with you your joy in
coming together as well as your seriousness in deliberating and deciding
matters, with your theme as the beacon. more...
Mensahe Sa IKA-7 Pambansang Kongreso Ng
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Pangkalahatang Konsultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Agosto 12, 2004
Minamahal na mga kasama sa pakikibaka, tauspuso kong ipinapaabot
ang matatag at militanteng pagbati at pakikipagkaisa sa Bagong
Alyansang Makabayan, sa 18 sektoral na organisasyon at 13
panteritoryong balangay sa buong bansa na bumubuo nito, sa okasyon
ng inyong ika-7 Pambansang Kongreso.
more...
Letter of Condolence to the family of Isabel "Ka Chabeng"
Tolentino Olalia
August 7, 2004
Julie and I wish to express our condolences to the children and
other relatives of Isabel “Ka Chabeng” Tolentino Olalia. We are
deeply saddened to learn that she has passed away. We share
your grief. We feel the loss of a dear friend, who has done
meritorious work on her own account and who has been a strong
partner of an outstanding leader of the Filipino working class
and the Philippine trade union movement.
more...
Mensahe
Ng Pakikiisa sa KMP
Ni Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
28 Hulyo 2004
Malugod kong ipinaaabot sa pamunuan at kasapian ng Kilusang
Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) ang mahigpit at militanteng
pakikiisa sa okasyon ng ika-19 na anibersaryo ng KMP.
more...
Pagbati at Pasasalamat sa
Okasyon ng "Of Bladed Poems and Enchanted Forests"
10 Hunyo 2004
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Mga mahal na kaibigan at mga natatanging panauhin,
Tauspuso akong bumabati sa inyo ng magandang gabi. Malaki ang
aking kasiyahan sa inyong pagdalo sa pagtitipong ito.
more... Mensahe ng Pasasalamat sa
Kalibre 45
Mayo 25, 2004
Ni Ka Jose Maria Sison
Ako ay malugod na bumabati at lubos na nagpapasalamat sa lahat
ng mga organisasyon at indibidwal sa naunang pagtatanghal at
muling pagtatanghal ng Kalibre 45. Binabati ko rin ang mga
panauhing pandangal at mga nanonood sa gabing ito. Ang tagumpay
ng Kalibre 45 ay nagpapatunay kung gaano kahalaga ang
pangkulturang gawain sa pakikibaka ng mamamayang Pilipino.
more... Nick Joaquin: Friend and
Compadre
Tribute by Jose Maria Sison and Julieta de Lima
May 1, 2004
In the late fifties, Julie and I got to know Nick Joaquin by
reading his Prose and Poems, by watching a theatrical
production of his Portrait of An Artist as a Filipino and by
attending a seminar of writers in which he was a special guest.
We admired him only from a distance.
more...
Mensahe sa Ikalawang Kongreso
ng Kilusang FQS
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag ng Kabataang Makabayan
15 Pebrero 2004
Pinakamaalab at pinakamilitanteng pagbati sa Kilusang FQS
(FQSM)!
Lubos akong nasisiyahang makasama ninyo sa pagdaraos ng
Ikalawang Kongreso ng FQSM para pagtibayin ang inamyendahang
saligambatas at mga alitutuntunin, ang ulat sa nakaraang 3 taong
pagkilos, at ang magiging programa ng pagkilos sa darating na
tatlong taon. Makabuluhang tuntungan ang mga ito para sa
pagsusulong ng higit na matibay na paninindigan, mapangahas na
pagpapalawak at pagpapatatag ng hanay, at ibayong masiglang
paglahok sa rebolusyonaryong pakikibaka para sa pambansang
kalayaan at demokrasya.
more... Message of Solidarity to
the Promotion of Church People's Response
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant, International League of Peoples’ Struggle
20 January 2004
As General Consultant of the International League of Peoples’
Struggle (ILPS), I wish to convey warmest greetings of
solidarity to the Promotion of Church People’s Response
(PCPR), a founding participant of the ILPS, and to all the PCPR
members who are bishops, priests, pastors, deacons, deaconesses,
nuns, seminarians, religious, lay workers and members of
policy-making bodies from different churches, on the occasion of
the 6th National Congress of the PCPR. more...
Message of
Solidarity to Mumbai Resistance 2004
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
January 17, 2004
The organizations and personnel concerned deserve all the
congratulations for having succeeded in realizing Mumbai
Resistance 2004 as a coalition against the US and other
imperialist powers and their bilateral and multilateral
instruments for plunder and war as well as against the special
agents of imperialism that dominate and manipulate the so-called
World Social Forum. more...
Pagbati sa
Anakpawis Political Party
Ni Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Network for Philippine Studies
General Consultant, International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Ika-8 Enero 2004
Karapatdapat na sa legal na larangan, kabilang ang electoral na
pakikibaka, may isang pambansang partidong kumakatawan sa mga
manggagawa, magsasaka, mangingisda at iba pang maralita sa
lunsod at nayon at nagtataguyod at nagsusulong sa kanilang mga
karapatan at kapakanan. more...
Message of
Appreciation to the Migrante Sectoral Party
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, International Network for Philippine Studies
15 December 2003
Since the Migrante Sectoral Party held its first convention and
proclaimed its programme and constitution, I have always
appreciated it as the party that truly represents the Filipino
migrants and their family and that firmly stands for their
patriotic spirit, their democratic rights and welfare. more...
To the Family of Bung
Drs. Bakri Iljas
Through Bung Hardojo
Coordinator, Redaksi Wahana
November 30, 2003
Dear Friends,
My wife Julieta de Lima and I are deeply saddened to know that
Bung Drs. Bakri Iljas has passed away. We share the grief of his
family and we convey our sincerest condolences.
We were close friends with Bakri in the sixties when he was
taking his masteral course in business administration in our
alma mater, the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon
City. We met frequently and exchanged ideas about the history,
conditions and future of the Philippines and Indonesia and the
world at large. more...; pdf
file...
Message
to the Solidarity of Peasants Against Exploitation
By Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultatnt
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
November 21, 2003
I am confident that the current congress can show the way for
STOPEX to become a stronger organization of the peasant masses
of the Ilocos region and to raise higher the flag of the
Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) in the region. more...
Foreword
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
A book version of the Kontra-Impe series is a
fitting and meaningful contribution to the celebration of the
birthday of Gat Andres Bonifacio and the founding anniversary of
the Kabataang Makabayan (KM) on November 30. It is certainly in
line with the promotion of alternative education being
undertaken by Institute for Nationalist Studies (INS)
to foster creative and critical thinking among the youth of
today. This is an important part of its national and democratic
program to arouse, organize and mobilize the Filipino youth. more...
Broaden the
Alliance and Mobilize the People
Against the US and Arroyo Puppet Regime
Message of Solidarity to the Grand Reunion
By Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the
Philippines
November 15, 2003
I welcome this occasion as one of renewing and revitalizing the
bonds of patriotic unity, friendship and militant cooperation
among all the activists who rose up to defend and advance
national and democratic rights of the Filipino people. more...
Pagbati sa
Bayan-Negros
Mensahe ng Pakikiisa
Ni Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
ILPS General Consultant
November 14, 2003
May tiwala akong malalagom ninyo ang inyong karanasan,
makikilala ang mga kalakasan at kahinaan at maitatakda ninyo ang
mga tungkulin sa pagpapataas ng antas ng inyong kapasiyahan at
kakayahan para isulong sa inyong rehiyon ang pambansang
demokratikong kilusan laban sa imperyalismong Amerikano at papet
na rehimeng Arroyo. more...
Hail
Gabriela on Ninth Congress
Message of Solidarity
By Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
ILPS General Consultant
October 25, 2003
The escalating assaults on the rights and welfare of Filipino
women challenge you to heighten your resolve, expand your
organizational strength and engage greater and more effective
mobilizations. more...
Message to the Institute
for Nationalist Studies and
the Forum-Cultural Event in Tribute to the Great Mao
September 26, 2003
Let me express my appreciation for the exponents of
revolutionary education and culture in the Institute for
Nationalist Studies and all the participants and special guests
in the current happy occasion. By way of contributing to the
celebration, may I suggest that you reproduce and read the
General Declaration on Mao Zedong Thought of 1993 and the poem,
"The Giant Oak". more...
Mensahe ng Pakikiisa
sa Ika – 4 na Pambansang Kumbensyon ng Ilaw at Buklod ng
Manggagawa – Kilusang Mayo Uno
Ika-14 ng Setyembre, 2003
Maraming salamat din sa pagpapaabot ninyo ng 40 pahina ng
impormatibong babasahin. Napakahusay ito na batayan upang alamin
at unawain ang kasaysayan, kalagayan, mga balak at tungkulin ng
IBM-KMU. Humahanga ako sa mahusay na paghahanda ninyo ng
kombensyon at mataas ang aking pagtitiwala na magiging
matagumpay ito. more...
Message of Solidarity
to the National Peace Conference
September 12, 2003
I am glad to join you in spirit in this National Peace
Conference in order to celebrate your first anniversary as well
as the eleventh anniversary of The Hague Joint Declaration of
1992 which is the framework of peace negotiations between the
GRP and NDFP. I am proud to have participated in the formulation
and writing of this document. more...
Pagbati sa League
of Filipino Students sa
Ika-26 na Anibersaryo
Setyembre 11, 2003
Lagi akong nakikiisa sa LFS sa programa nitong ipaglaban ang mga
pambansa at demokratikong karapatan at interes ng mga mag-aaral
at iugnay ang masa ng mag-aaral sa masa ng mga anakpawis at
sambayanan sa pakikibaka na isakatuparan ang pambansang kalayaan
at demokrasya laban sa imperyalismo, piyudalismo at burukrata
kapitalismo. more...
Message of Solidarity to
Participants of Camp-Out Against
WTO and Imperialist Globalization
September 9, 2003
You are conscientiously fulfilling an important role in the
global mass actions to denounce the WTO and call for its
dissolution as the imperialist countries masquerade as exponents
and factors of fair and free trade and they prepare for the
Fifth Ministerial Meeting in Cancun, Mexico from September 10 to
14. more...
Pahayag ng
Pakikiisa sa Ika-18 Anibersaryo ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng
Pilipinas
25 Hulyo 2003
Ipagdiwang natin ang natamong mga tagumpay ng KMP sa nakaraang
labingwalong taon. Nagsisilbing tuntungan ang mga ito para sa
ibayong mga pagsisikap sa hinaharap, at nakakapagbigay ng
kumpiyansa at inspirasyon para sa ibayong pagsulong. Sa
pamamagitan ng pagbabalik-tanaw at tumpak na paglalagom sa
nakaraang praktika, higit ninyong napahihigpit ang paggagap sa
mga tungkulin at mga taktika sa ligal na demokratikong
pakikibaka na masang magbubukid at sa papel at ugnayan nito sa
kabuuang pakikibaka para sa pambansang demokrasya. more...
Mensahe ng
Pakikiisa sa San Miguel
Brewery Workers' Cooperative
Credit Union, Inc.
Hunyo 29, 2003
Nakikiisa ako sa inyo sa lahat ng prinsipyo at pagsisikap ng
kooperatiba para paglingkuran ang mga kasapi at mga pamilya
nila. Kung gayon, sa diwa kalahok ako sa maligayang pagtitipon
ng daan-daang kasapi at kamag-anak mula sa ibat ibang planta ng
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) sa Kamaynilaan, Timog Katagalugan,
Gitnang Luson at lalawigan ng Pangasinan. more...
Statement of
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
19 June 2003
It is my strong desire to be with you in Thessaloniki in order
to participate in activities for denouncing the "neoliberal
globalization" of unbridled imperialist plunder and the
"new world disorder" of imperialist wars of aggression
and state terrorism and for seeking ways for the broad masses of
the people to achieve national and social liberation. more...
Message of
Solidarity to LFS on
Its 14th National Congress
May 20, 2003
Your congress is an occasion for further consolidation in
preparation for the expansion of the LFS at the national and
chapter levels. You must assess and evaluate your present
strength. You must consider the worsening crisis of the domestic
ruling system and world capitalist system as favourable
conditions for further strengthening the LFS. You must clarify
your tasks and understand the methods for carrying them out. more...
Tribute to Prof. Armando J.
Malay
From Jose Maria Sison and family
16 May 2003
Julie, our children and I express our sincere condolences to the
family of Prof. Armando Malay. We share the grief of his
relatives, friends, former students and colleagues in the fields
of education, journalism and human rights advocacy as well as in
the mass movement for true national independence and democracy. more...
Message of
Solidarity to the Conference Jointly Organized by KMU and ILPS
May 6, 2003
You will be discussing imperialism or monopoly capitalism,
"free market" globalization, wars of aggression and
state terrorism, how these oppress and exploit the working class
and the entire people and what are the tasks of the trade union
movement in the anti-imperialist movement for national and
social liberation. more...
The
Importance of Circles in the Study of Marxism
May 5, 2003
I am pleased to extend my revolutionary greetings to the
students and other youth who are now gathered to celebrate the
birth anniversary of the great teacher Karl Marx this May 5. more...
Halaga ng mga
Sirkulo sa Pag-aaral ng Marxismo
5 May 2003
Ipinapaabot ko ang malugod na rebolusyonaryong pagbati sa mga
estudyante at iba pang kabataan na nakatipon ngayon para
ipagdiwang ang araw ng kapanganakan ng dakilang guro na si Karl
Marx sa Mayo 5. more...
A Salute to Comrade Eden
Marcellana and Comrade Eddie Gumanoy, Martyrs and Heroes of the
People
By Juliet de Lima and Jose Maria Sison
April 25, 2003
We would like to extend our heartfelt condolence to the spouses,
children, parents, siblings and other relatives, as well as the
colleagues in the struggle as well as all the friends of Comrade
Eden Marcellana and Comrade Eddie Gumanoy. more...
Pagpugay Kina
Ka Eden Marcellana at Ka Eddie Gumanoy, Kapwa Martir at Bayani
ng Sambayanan
Nina Julieta de Lima at Jose Maria Sison
25 Abril 2003
Nais naming magpaaboot ng taus-pusong pakikidalamhati sa mga
kabiyak sa puso, mga anak, mga magulang, mga kapatid at iba pang
kamag-anakan gayundin sa mga kasamahan sa pagkilos at lahat ng
kaibigan nina Ka Eden Marcellana at Ka Eddie Gumanoy. more...
Message of
Solidarity to Kilusang Mayo Uno 8th National Congress
28 March 2003
On the occasion of the 8th National Congress of
Kilusang Mayo Uno, I wish to convey warmest greetings of
solidarity to the national leadership, national trade union
federations, regional and provincial chapters and alliances of
urban poor associations and jeepney drivers form different parts
of the country. more...
Mensahe ng
Pakikipagkaisa sa Espesyal na Kumbensyon ng OLALIA-KMU
23 Pebrero 2003
Angkop at napapanahon ang napili ninyong tema, Ibayong palakasin
at patatagin ang pagkakaisa ng manggagawa laban sa
teroristang atake. Labanan ang teroristang atake ng rehimeng US-GMA
sa sahod, trabaho at karapatan ng manggagawa! more...
Message to
Hong Kong DEFEND
22 February 2003
You come here in the spirit of solidarity. This is the same
spirit that brought the HK DEFEND together six months ago. This
is also the very same spirit that has given the HK DEFEND the
determination to stand up for what is right and just. more...
Message to BAYAN-NCR
February 7, 2003
I wish to thank you for being so militant in the campaign to
defend my democratic rights against the attempts of the US and
Manila puppet government to criminalize and penalize me as a
"terrorist" without due process. more...
Message of
solidarity to the Greek Social Forum
31 January 2003
I extend my most sincere and militant greetings of solidarity to
the Greek Social Forum and I wish you utmost success in your
constitutive meeting on January 31- February 1. more...
Intensify
the Mass Movement Against the Terrorsim of the US
23 January 2003
We continue to rejoice over the resounding success of the
January 18 protest mass actions (called by ANSWER, NION and
other American organizations) against the impending US war of
aggression against Iraq. The US cannot trifle with the 500,000
people converging on Washington DC and 200,000 on San Francisco
and the hundreds of thousands likewise protesting in scores of
US cities. more...
Message to the
FQS Activists in Northern Luzon
7 December 2002
I am deeply pleased to know that the veteran activists of the
First Quarter Storm in Northern Luzon are holding their second
reunion. I wish I could personally join you. more...
Ang Terorismo ng Monopolyong Kapitalismo sa
Sambayanang Pilipino at Mamamayan ng Daigdig
Mensahe sa Ikatlong Kongreso ng Migrante International
Disyembre 2002
Isang taas-kamaong pagpupugay ang nais kong
ipaabot sa kasapian at pamunuan ng Migrante International. Sa
okasyon ng inyong Ikatlong Kongreso, hangad ko ang inyong
tagumpay sa patuloy na pagsusulong ng inyong gawain sa hanay ng
ating mga kababayan sa labas ng Pilipinas at sa hanay ng
kanilang mga pamilya sa loob ng bayan. more...
Mensahe ng
Pakikiisa sa ika-8
Kongreso ng United Filipinos in Hong Kong
7 Nobyembre 2002
Maalab na pakikiisa ang nais kong ipaabot sa aking mga kababayan
sa United Filipinos in Hong Kong sa oksayon ng inyong ika-8
Kongreso. more...
Message
of Gratitude to the Hongkong DEFEND Committee
7 November 2002
I am very grateful to you for having organized the Hongkong
DEFEND Committee. The formation of this committee demonstrates
once more the solidarity of Filipinos and their friends for a
good cause. more...
Solidarity
Message to the ILPS Women's Conference
Against Imperialist War and Plunder
1 November 2002
As General Consultant of the International League of Peoples’
Struggle (ILPS), I congratulate Grassroots Women and Gabriela
Philippines for their successful efforts in convening
"Towards our Liberation: an International Women’s
Conference Against Imperialist War and Plunder" under the
auspices of the ILPS. more...
FALSE
RESTORATION OF BENEFITS
Letter of Prof. Jose Maria Sison to his Lawyer
11 October 2002
I write to you this letter in connection with the 9 October 2002
letter of Mr Drs C. E. van der Linden, head of the Sociale Zaken
& Werkgelegenheid, on behalf of the Mayor and Councilors of
Utrecht. This document is supposed to deal with the question of
restoring benefits to me. more...
Message
of Solidarity on the 2nd National Congress of
National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates-Youth
19 September 2002
I am exceedingly glad that you are holding the Second National
Congress of the National Network of Agrarian Reform
Advocates-Youth Sector. I am in solidarity with your patriotic
and progressive aims and purposes. more...
Kalatas
ng Pakikiisa sa Ika-2 Pambansang Kongreso ng Kabataan ng
National Network of Agrarian Reform Advocates (NNARA-YOUTH)
19 ng Setyembre 2002
Lubos kong ikinagagalak ang inyong pagdaraos ng Ikalawang
Pambansang Kongreso ng National Network of Agrarian Reform
Advocates-Youth Sector. Nakikiisa ako sa inyong mga makabayan at
progresibong adhikain at layunin. more...
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