HOSTILE REACTION OF ARROYO REGIME
TO MADRIGAL-JALANDONI JOINT STATEMENT
IS UTTERLY MALICIOUS AND DEPLORABLE
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
15 November 2008
Gloria M. Arroyo through her executive secretary Eduardo Ermita has bitterly attacked the joint statement of Senator M. A. Madrigal, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, and Luis Jalandoni, chairperson of the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The attack is utterly malicious and deplorable. more...

SUPPORT COORDINATED ACTIONS TO DEMAND
THE BAIL OUT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT THE BANKERS
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
21 October 2008
Through our International Coordinating Committee and member-organizations in the US, we the International League of Peoples' Struggle convey to all the organizers, participants and the entire American people our firm and militant solidarity with and support for the National Coordinated Actions to Bail Out the People, Not the Bankers! From October 24 to 27. more...

INTERVIEW WITH PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON,
CHAIRPERSON OF INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES' STRUGGLE
By Noel Sales Barcelona
Bulatlat.com
CBCP News Service
I am currently a correspondent of both Bulatlat.com and CBCP News service. I am currently writing about the "emerging" China, with some information gathered earlier through ABC News Desk - Peking senior producer Chito Sta. Romana. more...

PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON THANKS RAMSEY CLARK FOR SUPPORT
AND PROPOSES FURTHER ANTI-IMPERIALIST SOLIDARITY
Press Statement
International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS)
September 9, 2008
Prof. Jose Maria Sison met with former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark in The Hague, The Netherlands on Monday, September 8, 2008 in order to thank him for his moral and legal support when he (Sison) was arrested in Utrecht on August 28, 2007 and detained by Dutch authorities in The Hague national penitentiary up to September 13, 2007. more...

A year after arrest, Sison’s case in the Netherlands still in limbo
By LOUI GALICIA
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
September 6, 2008
It has been one year since the arrest of Jose Maria Sison in Utrecht, Netherlands on Aug. 28, 2007, yet it is still not clear where his case is headed, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau reported. more...

ARROYO REGIME RENDERS IMPOSSIBLE
FORMAL TALKS BETWEEN GRP AND MILF
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
21 August 2008
Contrary to the propaganda issued by the psywar experts of the Arroyo regime, I am not in any position to issue orders to the New People's Army (NPA) to undertake tactical offensives in sympathy with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). My role as NDFP chief political consultant is assisting peace negotiations and not issuing military orders to the NPA. more...

ILPS Decries US Hypocrisy on the Russian-Georgian Conflict,
Demands US Imperialism and NATO to Get Out of Caucasus
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
19 August 2008
The US and its NATO allies have presented a distorted picture of the conflict between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia. And the western media have stridently acted as the purveyor of US imperialist propaganda. The hypocrite George W. Bush has spearheaded the propaganda campaign by misrepresenting Russia as the aggressor and violator of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia in the current Russian-Georgian conflict. more...

US AMBASSADOR KENNEY IS LYING
ABOUT US INVOLVEMENT IN MOA-AD SHAM
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
16 August 2008
US ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney is blatantly lying by claiming that she was merely invited to witness the aborted signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD), that she was ignorant of its content and that the US government had nothing to do with the GRP-MILF peace negotiations nor with the controversial MOA-AD. more...

Communist leader Sison slams US envoy
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Posted date: August 16, 2008
http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view/20080816-155081/Communist-leader-Sison-slams-US-envoy
MANILA -- Communist Party leader Jose Ma. Sison is now accusing United States Ambassador Kristie Kenney of feigning ignorance of a deal expanding the homeland of the Bangsamoro people in the southern Philippines. more...

PRETENSE AT GENEROSITY WITH FULL MALICE
BY US IMPERIALISM AND THE ARROYO REGIME
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
15 August 2008
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has consistently supported the Moro people's right to self-determination. This ranges from the right to regional autonomy in a nonoppressive state to the right to secede from the oppressive state that exists in the Philippines. Even an individual who finds himself or herself oppressed by a state has the right to separate from it. more...

Communist leader lauds freedom fighter Tañada
By TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Breaking News / Nation
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080810-153726/Communist-leader-lauds-freedom-fighter-Tanada
Posted date: August 10, 2008
COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES founder Jose Ma. Sison paid tribute Saturday to Lorenzo Tañada, saying the late senator’s fight for independence and democracy remained even more relevant today. more...

ILPS Condemns the Growing Repression in Iran
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
August 11, 2008
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) condemns the recent executions and the rising tide of repression being carried out by the Islamic regime in Iran against its political opponents, especially the militant progressive movements of workers, peasants, students and youth, women, national minorities, journalists, intellectuals and other sections of society. more...

Joma Sison: Arroyo SONA to repeat 8-year-old lies
GMANews.TV
http://www.gmanews.tv/print/109802
Article posted July 28, 2008 - 03:39 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Jose Ma. Sison, chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF), belittled President Arroyo's State of the Nation Address, saying it would only repeat her annual lies. more...

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES' STRUGGLE
ENDORSES AND SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN TO STOP WAR ON IRAN
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
July 31, 2008
We of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) hereby express our wholehearted endorsement and support for the campaign to stop the war on Iran before it starts. We are in full solidarity with the American people and organized forces that are set to demonstrate in more than 65 cities of the US on Saturday, August 2. We are happy to announce that the ILPS member organizations in the US are joining this historic event. more...

THE LIES OF ARROYO ADD INSULT TO INJURY
BUT THE PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING BACK
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant,
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
July 26, 2008
The fake president Gloria M. Arroyo has such a long record of lying that no one expects her to describe the real state of the nation and indicate the solutions to the problems that have grown terribly worse under her regime. She is ever more determined to lie in a vain attempt to evade responsibility for the extremely aggravated suffering of the Filipino people. But reality cries far louder and clearer than her lies. These add insult to injury. And the outraged people become ever more resolute and relentless in their struggle. more...

U.P. CENTENNIAL CONVERSATIONS
By Roland G. Simbulan
Professor & former Faculty Regent, University of the Philippines System
Jan. 8, 2008
Amid the celebration of the University of the Philippines' 100th year, I am posting this article by Prof. Simbulan to aid us in reviewing the university's role in nurturing a neocolonial and semifedual Philippine society, and to inspire us to continue to struggle for a university that truly serves the interests of the Filipino masses. more...

ILPS: Inspiring Peoples to Fight for a New and Better World
Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison on the International
League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS)
Published on Bulatlat ( http://www.bulatlat.com)
http://www.bulatlat.com/2008/07/ilps-inspiring- peoples-fight-new-and-better-world
BY D. L. MONDELO
Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) is today the most outstanding and largest anti-imperialist and democratic formation of global scale. It has attracted to its fold a great number of member organizations, with individual members running into millions, from the ranks of workers and peasants and the middle social strata in various countries and continents. It has become a rallying point because of its well-known resoluteness, militancy, self-reliance and effective campaigns. more...

INTERVIEW WITH PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON
ON HIS OPPRESSION, PEOPLE'S WAR AND PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
By Roselle Valerio
Editor, Liberation International
June 27, 2008
Thank you for agreeing to this interview. I intend to ask you questions about your legal and political situation, the people's war in the Philippines and the peace negotiations between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).
Part I Interview
Part II Interview
Part III Interview

ILPS STATEMENT ON THE G-8 SUMMIT IN HOKKAIDO
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
1 July 2008
The 34th G-8 summit in Hokkaido, Toyako, Japan from 7 to 9 July 2008 is slated to discuss and reach consensus on issues under the main themes of world economy, environment and climate change, development and Africa and political issues. As their imperialist character dictates, the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia will seek to harmonize their policies in further exploiting and oppressing the proletariat and people of the world. more...

Press Communique on the Third International Assembly
of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS)
By the ILPS International Coordinating Committee
June 21, 2008
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) successfully held its Third International Assembly (TIA) from June 18 to 20, 2008 in Hong Kong. The assembly carried the theme, "Strengthen the peoples' struggle, unite to build a new world against imperialist aggression, state terrorism, plunder and social destruction!" more...

ILPS SUCCESSFULLY HOLDS THIRD INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY
AND ELECTS NEW INTERNATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Issued by the International Network for Philippine Studies
22 June 2008
The International Network of Philippine Studies (INPS) is proud to have sent a delegation to the Third International Assembly (TIA) of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS). This assembly was successfully held in Hong Kong from 18 to 20 June 2008 . It was guided by the theme, "Strengthen the peoples' struggle, unite to build a new world against imperialist aggression, state terrorism, plunder and social destruction!" more...

TWO GLARING ERRORS IN THE 5 JUNE 2008 DECISION
OF THE HAGUE DISTRICT COURT ON MY COMPLAINT
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Plaintiff
7 June 2008
I am pleased that the District of Court of The Hague in its 5 June 2008 decision on my complaint against the prolongation of the investigation of the false charges of murder against me and my demand for the end of such investigation has done the following: more...

AFP NEWS REPORT IS INACCURATE AND MISLEADING
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
June 5, 2008
The Agence France Presse issued a news report on June 5, 2008 which states: "A Dutch court (i.e. District Court of The Hague) gave prosecutors the go-ahead Thursday to pursue murder charges against Philippine communist leader, despite an earlier dismissal of the case." This report is inaccurate and misleading. more...

REACTIONARY MOVEMENT REPRESENTED BY DALAI LAMA
IS FINANCED BY US IMPERIALISM AND IS CONDEMNABLE
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
20 April 2008
The movement represented by the Dalai Lama is utterly reactionary. It is for the restoration of a despotic and extremely exploitative theocracy in Tibet. Worse, it is an instrument of US imperialism in its dual policy of containment and engagement against China and the Chinese people. It is condemnable. more...

End the Barbaric US War of Aggression
Against the People of Iraq
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
19 March 2008
The US war of aggression against the people of Iraq enters its fifth year and the US sinks deeper into the quagmire. The cost of this criminal and barbaric war for the Iraqi people according to the Oxford Research Bureau is 1.3 million dead, 2 million displaced inside Iraq and 2.5 million more who are refugees in Syria and Jordan. The Iraqi economy and social infrastructure are in ruins. more...

PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST PROF. SISON BY HONASAN
ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT ARROYO REGIME
By LUIS G. JALANDONI
Chairperson, Negotiating Panel
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
3 March 2008
Gregorio Honasan is reported to have made personal attacks against Professor Jose Maria Sison in interviews with the Philippine Daily Inquirer and DZBB by accusing him of having issued orders from an airconditioned home in The Netherlands for the Filipino people to rise up against the Arroyo regime and by demanding that Prof. Sison should return home to lead the protest mass actions. more...

Arroyo Regime Should Read
the Handwriting on the Wall
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
1 March 2008
I congratulate the people and the broad united front of patriotic, progressive and ecumenical forces for their resounding success in massing 75,000 rallyists in the inter-faith rally at Ayala Makati yesterday, despite the scare tactics and obstructions carried out by the Arroyo regime in a futile attempt to reduce attendance. more...

The Magnitude of the Protest Mass Actions Today
Will Indicate How Close Is the End of the Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
29 February 2008
The magnitude of the protest mass actions today will indicate how close is the end of the Arroyo regime. If the level of 50,000 to 100,000 protest demonstrators is reached at the focal point in the national capital region, then we can hope that in the near future we can reach the level of hundreds of thousands or a million demonstrators that will certainly persuade the bureaucracy and the military to withdraw support from the Arroyo regime. more...

The Broad United Front of Patriotic Forces is Determined
to Mobilize the People Nationwide Against Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
23 February 2008
I am happy to observe that the broad united front of patriotic forces is determined to arouse and mobilize the broad masses of the people in the national capital region as well as on a nationwide scale, including provincial centers and localities, in order to further isolate the Arroyo regime and cause the resignation, impeachment or ouster of the fake president, Gloria M. Arroyo. more...

Prospects for Resumption of Formal Talks
Are Bright if Gloria M. Arroyo Is Ousted
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
16 February 2008
Prospects for the resumption of formal talks in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations are bright if the broad masses of the Filipino masses and the broad united front succeed in ousting Gloria M. Arroyo from the position of president which she has usurped through electoral fraud and kept through brute military force. more...

GMA Is Ripe for Ouster by the Broad Mass Movement
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
15 February 2008
Gloria M. Arroyo, the fake president, is ripe for ouster by the broad mass movement of the Filipino people as a result of her record of moral bankruptcy, subservience to foreign interests, brazen corruption and systematic human rights violations. more...

‘I Turn a Bad Thing into a Good Thing’ – Sison
Published on Bulatlat (http://bulatlat.com)
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 50, January 27-February 2, 2008
NDFP chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison’s listing as a “foreign terrorist” in 2002 brought about the suspension of his benefits and pension, and restrictions on his right to travel. “But I turn a bad thing into a good thing,” he said. more...

INFORMAL EXPLORATORY TALKS CAN LEAD TO FORMAL PEACE TALKS
IF ARROYO REGIME COMPLIES WITH PRIOR GRP-NDFP AGREEMENTS
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
26 January 2008
If it really wants to resume formal peace talks, the Arroyo regime must comply with the prior agreements between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and do away with all the impediments that violate said agreements and prevent peace talks. Informal exploratory talks in Oslo can thus lead to formal peace talks. more...

ARROYO REGIME REFUSES TO HEED CALL
FOR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
24 January 2008
It is lamentable that the Arroyo regime has refused to heed the call of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) for the resumption of formal talks in the peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), without preconditions and in accordance with prior agreements from The Hague Joint Declaration of 1992 to the Oslo Joint Statements of 2004. more...

Three Governments Persist in Persecuting Me
By Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
21 January 2008
In quick response to the announcement of the Dutch prosecutor that the preliminary investigation against me would be extended to the middle of this year, I expressed confidence that the charge would be dropped or if not that I would certainly win the case in court. I cited as basis of confidence the decisions of the District Court of The Hague on 13 September 2007, the Court of Appeal on 3 October 2007 and the examining judge on 21 November 2007. more...

QUICK RESPONSE TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF DUTCH
PROSECUTION OFFICE TO CONTINUE INVESTIGATION
OF FALSE CRIMINAL CHARGE AGAINST ME
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
19 January 2008
The Dutch Public Prosecution Service had the initiative yesterday (18 January) in announcing to the press and the public that it would continue up to the middle of this year to investigate my alleged involvement in the killing of the military agents Romulo Kintanar and Arturo Tabara in 2003 and 2004, respectively. more...

ARROYO REGIME AND ITS MILITARY AND POLICE HENCHMEN
ARE MAKING UP SCARE STORIES TO JUSTIFY VIOLENCE
AND SUPPRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND PRESS FREEDOM
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
19 January 2008
The Arroyo regime and its military and police henchmen are making up scare stories about violent schemes of "destabilization" and "military coup" in order to whip up the psychological atmosphere for the violation of the people's right to speak and assemble and the freedom of the press and in order to justify the use of state violence against the impending legal and peaceful mass protests of the people. more...

ARROYO REGIME IS OBSESSED WITH MILITARY FORCE
AND IGNORES PROPOSALS FOR EXPLORATORY TALKS
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
12 January 2008
Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, spokesperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), debunked recently the false claims of the Arroyo regime and its military henchmen that the reactionary armed forces had destroyed 13 guerrilla fronts in 2007 and reduced the total number of guerrilla fronts to only 87 and the fighters of the New People's Army (NPA) to less than 6000. more...

State of UP Activism During Your Time
by Reyna Tabbada, Bulatlat
Interview with Professor Jose Maria Sison
January 8, 2008
Reyna Tabbada (RT): Describe the atmosphere of activism in UP during your time: what are the major beliefs or ideologies that fuel the student protest movement? How did the different elements of society, from the masses to the well-off families, embrace and/or reject these developments? more...

Expect Worse Economic Conditions in 2008
Fight Back News Service
Prof. Jose Maria Sison, chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, declared today his expectations of worse economic conditions in the Philippines in 2008. His discussion of these bleak prospects followed up his previous expose of the degradation of the Philippine economy by the Arroyo regime in line with the US-dictated policy of “neoliberal” globalization. more...

ILPS Condemns Arrest of People's March Editor Govindan Kutty
Demands his Immediate and Unconditional Release
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
2 January 2008
On December 19, 2007, the editor of People's March Govindan Kutty was arrested and put in jail by the Kerala police. He was subjected to long and harsh interrogation for a whole day. The police later filed false charges against him and in protest against this Kutty has gone on a hunger strike. Because of his age, the hunger strike places his life in danger. more...

Joma Sison belies claim of rosy economy
Breaking News / Nation
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=109852
By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Posted date: January 01, 2008
THE COMMUNIST Party of the Philippines on Tuesday took a swipe at Malacañang's repeated claims of a rosy economy, saying ordinary Filipinos faced more economic and social suffering in 2008. more...

NDFP CHIEF POLITICAL CONSULTANT EXPECTS
WORSE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN 2008
Press Release
January 1, 2008
Prof. Jose Maria Sison, chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, declared today his expectations of worse economic conditions in the Philippines in 2008. His discussion of these bleak prospects followed up his previous expose of the degradation of the Philippine economy by the Arroyo regime in line with the US-dictated policy of "neoliberal" globalization. more...

Economic, social woes to stay in '08 - Joma Sison
GMANews.TV
Article posted December 31, 2007 - 10:29 AM
Despite Malacañang's repeated claims of a rosy economy, the ordinary Filipino will still face economic and social sufferings in 2008, Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison said Sunday night. more...

Gloria's claim of economic growth a pack of lies - NDF
By Gerry Baldo and Sherwin C. Olaes
The Daily Tribune
31 December 2007
The National Democratic Front (NDF) yesterday accused President Arroyo of lying to the Filipino people about her alleged role in stirring the country into joining the ranks of developed economies. more...

JOMA SISON SLAMS ARROYO
FOR LYING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC SITUATION
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
31 December 2007
Prof. Jose Maria Sison, chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, slammed Gloria M. Arroyo for lying about the Philippine economic situation by claiming that she is propelling the Philippines to become a "first world country". more...

Arroyo's Bankrupt and Deceptive Economic Policy
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
30 December 2007
Gloria M. Arroyo, the fake president, keeps on babbling that her regime is propelling the Philippines to become a "first world country". She is obviously lying. more...

Sison: 'Cultural activities' to mark CPP 39th anniversary
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=103509
National (as of 12/26/2007 12:45 PM)
The founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines said Wednesday communist guerillas will hold "cultural activities" to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the movement. more...

39th Anniversary : Joma Sison recalls birth of CPP in Alaminos
By Gabriel Cardinoza
Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20071226-108822/Joma_Sison_recalls_birth_of_CPP_in_Alaminos
Posted date: December 26, 2007
ALAMINOS CITY, Philippines--The Communist Party of the Philippines marks its 39th anniversary Wednesday, but few residents of this bustling coastal city in western Pangasinan know that the CPP was born in one of their upland barangay or villages. more...

Why the Arroyo Regime Cannot Destroy
but Causes the Armed Revolution to Advance
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
25 December 2007
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) can best explain why the Arroyo regime cannot destroy but unwittingly causes the armed revolution to advance. But as the CPP founding chairman, NDFP chief political consultant and as a political scientist, I can give some explanation. more...

Why No Ceasefire?
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
22 December 2007
It is understandable why there is no ceasefire between the armed forces of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and those of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) during the Christmas and New Year holidays. more...

ILPS Condemns the Ban on Democratic Organizations
and the Arrest of the Revolutionary Poet Varvara Rao
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
15 December 2007
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle, condemn in the strongest terms the Reddy Government of Andhra Pradesh for banning many democratic and revolutionary organizations together with the Communist Party of India (Maoist), for undertaking brutal repressive actions against the cadres and mass activists of the revolutionary democratic movement and for arresting the revolutionary poet Varvara Rao. more...

ILPS Praises and Supports the Demand
for the Ouster of the Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
1 December 2007
The International League of Peoples' Struggle praises and supports the vigorous protests against the Arroyo regime and the demand for the ouster of this regime aired separately by scores of military officers and civilian sympathizers at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati on Thursday, November 29 and by the thousands of street demonstrators near the presidential palace in Manila on Friday, November 30. more...

ILPS Supports the Strikes of Both the Writers Guild of America (WGA)
and the Stagehands of For-Profit Broadway
Against the Biggest and Greediest Media Behemoths in History
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
22 November 2007
The International League of Peoples' Struggles (ILPS) supports both the strikes of the more than 12,000-strong Writers Guild of America and the stagehands of for-profit Broadway over just compensation issues. more...

ILPS condemns Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule
and supports the just struggle of the people of Pakistan
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
6 November 2007
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) condemns the declaration of emergency rule by Pakistan's military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf and the further entrenchment of barefaced fascist dictatorship against the people of Pakistan. We support the just struggle of the people of Pakistan for national and social liberation against the Musharraf fascist regime and its US imperialist master. more...

AP Interview: Peace talks possible, says exiled Philippine communist leader
The Associated Press
Monday, October 29, 2007
UTRECHT, Netherlands: The door is open for a resumption of peace talks between the Philippine government and communist rebels who have been waging a nearly 40-year insurgency, an exiled former rebel leader said. more...

Removal of Arroyo from Power
Can Be a Significant Step Towards a Just Peace
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
20 October 2007
According to reliable sources in the ruling coalition, the opposition and the legal democratic mass movement in the Philippines, the fake president Gloria M. Arroyo is feeling insecure and isolated and is increasingly afraid of being ousted from power before 2010 by a convergence of several developments, which include the following: more...

'Adviser' Sison calls Justice Ministry a puppet of the Philippines
Bart Zuidervaart
Trouw
Wednesday 10 October 2007
The Filipino opposition leader Sison remains suspect of connection with the murder attack in his birth place, despite his release more...

ILPS Supports the People of Burma
and Condemns the Military Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
28 September 2007
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) supports the people of Burma in their struggle for democracy and condemns the Burmese military regime for violently suppressing the peaceful mass protests. It is the sovereign right of the Burmese people to overthrow the military fascist regime and establish democracy under civilian authority. It is further their right to make sure that imperialist powers do not take advantage of the situation to advance their own selfish and narrow interests. more...

La Ligue Internationale des Luttes des Peuples Appuie
le Peuple Birman et Condamne le Regime Militaire
Jose Maria Sison
Président, Comité international de coordination
Ligue internationale des luttes des peuples
Le 28 septembre 2007
La Ligue internationale des luttes des peuples (International League of Peoples' Struggle, ILPS) soutient la lutte démocratique du peuple de Birmanie et condamne la violente suppression par le régime militaire des actions de masse à caractère pacifique. Le peuple birman possède le droit absolu de renverser le régime militaire fasciste et d'établir un régime démocratique sous autorité civile. De plus, il a le droit de s'assurer que les puissances impérialistes ne profiteront pas de la situation pour faire valoir leurs intérêts étroits et égoïstes. more...

Prof. Sison's Press Statement on His Release from Detention
By Jose Maria Sison
Thursday, 13 September 2007
Friends,
Warmest greetings! I am deeply pleased and thankful that the Rechtbank has decided to release me from detention. You cannot imagine how happy I am. It is extremely painful and humiliating to be subjected to solitary confinement and tough interrogation under overheated lamps. The ordeal is acute because I am innocent of the false and politically-motivated charge leveled against me. more...

US-Arroyo regime drives the people to armed revolution
Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
By Roselle Valerio, Editor
Liberation International
26 August 2007
Roselle Valerio (RV): Gloria M. Arroyo speaks of using her remaining years in the presidential palace to leave an unforgettable legacy. In your view, what is going to be her legacy?
Professor Jose Maria Sison (JMS): Her legacy is one of puppetry to US imperialism, aggravated underdevelopment, corruption, bankruptcy, electoral fraud and gross and systematic human rights violations with impunity. more...

Interview With Prof. Jose Maria Sison
By Enrico Piovesana
PEACE REPORTER
Via Meravigli, 12
20123 Milano, Italia
20 August 2007
Enrico Piovesana (EP): Prof. Sison, could you please tell us briefly about your personal and political history, from your childhood up to becoming an "International terrorist"?
Professor Jose Maria Sison (JMS): I am not a terrorist. I stand for principles and actions that are for the benefit of the people fighting for national liberation, democracy and socialism. I am a Filipino patriot and a proletarian internationalist, not an "international terrorist" by any suggestion. Communists are not terrorists. European governments are wrong for following the Bush line that communists, progressive mass leaders, national liberation movements and anti-imperialist governments are terrorists. The imperialist powers are engaged in fascisation on a global scale. more...

Joma Sison Attacks Anti-Terror Law
By Loui Galicia
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
20 July 2007
Dear Friends,
Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison berated President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the Human Security Act of 2007 which he calls overbearing and oppressive, reported ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau. more...

Opening Statement
At Video Conference with Bayan Leaders & the Press
Bayan National Office
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
18 July 2007
Dear Friends,
I am deeply pleased and honored to be invited to this video conference with the leaders of Bayan and representatives of the mass media. I welcome this opportunity to have an exchange of views with you on major current topics concerning the national and democratic rights and interests of the Filipino people. more...

How to Resume Formal Talks and Have Ceasefire
in the GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
17 July 2007
The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) must address and resolve beforehand certain prejudicial questions raised by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in order to resume the formal talks in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations. In this regard, the GRP must do the following: more...

On the Concerted Hostile Reactions
of the Dutch Embassy & Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
14 July 2007
The Dutch embassy in Manila and the officials of the Arroyo regime have concertedly expressed their hostile reaction to the 11 July 2007 judgment of the European Court of First Instance (ECFI) in Case T-47/03, Jose Maria Sison versus the Council of the European Union. They denigrate this judgment by insinuating that it amounts to nothing and has no bearing and effect on the decision of the Council that has retained me in the terrorist blacklist and has continued to impose sanctions on me since 28 June 2007. more...

Judgment of the European Court of First Instance
is a Victory for the Cause of Justice
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
13 July 2007
The judgment of the European Court of First Instance (ECFI) annulling the decision of the Council of the European Union (EU) to put me in the "terrorist" blacklist is a victory for the cause of justice. It is not merely my personal victory. It is a victory for all the people, my panel of lawyers, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) as intervenor and the International Committee--Defend. They have resolutely and vigorously supported me and fought for justice against my persecution. I take this opportunity to thank all of them. more...

Statement on the Final Decision of the Supreme Court
on the False Rebellion Charge Against Batasan 6 and Others
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
11 July 2007
I am pleased to learn that the Supreme Court of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) has made final its decision to dismiss the false charge of rebellion against the Batasan 6, a number of consultants of the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and others by rejecting the motion for reconsideration filed by the Solicitor General. more...

Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison
on the University of the Philippines
By Prof. Roland G. Simbulan
Professor in Development Studies and Public Management
July 9, 2007
Professor Roland G. Simbulan (RGS): What makes a U.P. graduate unique? Or, what is, "Tatak U.P.?"
Professor Jose Maria Sison (JMS): The U.P. graduate is unique by being part of the cream of the educated elite. He or she is among the brightest and most competent in his or her profession. He or she is supposed to be often at least patriotic and liberal-minded in a conservative or progressive way or sometimes a revolutionary activist along the line of the national democratic revolution, especially since the militant mass actions of the 1960s. Tatak UP na pinakamatingkad ay matalino, mahusay, makabayan at progresibo. (Translation: The most outstanding mark of the the UP is: Intelligent, competent, patriotic and progressive.) more...

ILPS Condemns the Unjust Arrest of Binali Soydan
and Demands His Immediate Release
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
8 July 2007
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) condemns in the strongest terms the arrest and detention on 19 June 2007 by the German authorities of Binali Soydan, a refugee persecuted by the fascist Turkish state. Soydan was treacherously arrested while on his way to the German Aliens Police to apply for extension of his residence permit. more...

Anti-terrorism Act is a License for
and Weapon of State Terrorism
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of People's Struggle
6 July 2007
The Anti-Terrorism Act (Act No. 9372 or the Human Security Act of 2007) is part of the global wave of fascist legislation and state terrorism generated by the so-called global war on terror under the Bush regime of the US government. Aside from being a tool of US imperialism, the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) is a repressive tool of the Arroyo regime for intimidating and suppressing the people's democratic movement and the broad range of opposition forces. more...

ILPS Statement on the Global Forum
on Migration and Development
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
July 4, 2007
On July 9, 10 and 11, the first Global Forum on Migration and Development will be held in Brussels, Belgium. The first day will be the Civil Society Dialogue where the agenda of the next two days' meeting will be discussed. Recommendations of the CSD shall then be presented to governments attending the GFMD. more...

NDFP Position on Ceasefire
and Peace Negotiations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
3 July 2007
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) maintains the position that the peace negotiations between itself and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) are ongoing because no side has declared the termination of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG). more...

On the General Amnesty, Peace Negotiations,
Human Security Act and Summit of the Supreme Court
Interview by Pinoy Weeky
With Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
3 July 2007
Pinoy Weekly (PW): Good Day! What is your opinion on the proposed general amnesty of the Arroyo's government for all those labeled as "enemies" of the state?
Jose Maria Sison (JMS): The regime is just pretending to propose the general amnesty to show that it is in a high moral and political position. In truth, the regime is immoral and an enemy of the Filipino people because it is treasonous and a puppet of the imperialists, corrupt and exploitative, cruel, it engages in state terrorism and bloody violations of human rights. more...

Hinggil sa General Amnesty, Peace Negotiations,
Human Security Act at Summit ng Korte Suprema
Panayam ng Pinoy Weekly
Kay Propesor Jose Maria Sison,
Punong Pampulitikang Consultant
ng National Democratic Front of the Philippines
3 Hulyo 2007
Pinoy Weekly (PW): Magandang araw!
Ano pong tingin ninyo sa umano'y panukalang general amnesty ng gobyernong Arroyo sa lahat ng mga tinaguriang "kaaway" ng estado?
Jose Maria Sison (JMS): Kunwaring nagpapanukala ng general amnesty ang rehimen para palitawin na ito ay nasa mataas na posisyong moral at politikal. Sa katotohanan, ang rehimen ay imoral at kaaway ng sambayanang Pilipino dahil sa pagtataksil at pagkapapet sa imperyalista, korap at mapagsamanatala, malupit, nagpapairal ng terorismo ng estado at madugong mapanlabag sa mga karapatang tao. more...

On Admiral Timothy Keating's Threat
to Escalate US Military Intervention
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
28 June 2007
Far worse human rights violations can be expected to follow from the statements of US Pacific Forces commander Admiral Timothy Keating that the US is going to tighten its "anti-terror military cooperation" with the Arroyo regime and is willing to escalate the long-running US military intervention in the Philippines in order to fight the New People's Army (NPA) led by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) upon the request of the Arroyo regime. more...

Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison
on KPFK 90.7 FM today at 5pm
Beneath the Surface
with Michael Slate
KPFK 90.7 FM (Los Angeles)
or www.kpfk.org
June 5, 2007, 5 pm
Tune in today at 5 pm to KPFK 90.7 FM as Michael Slate of "Beneath the Surface" interviews Professor Jose Maria Sison. Sison will discuss his persecution by the US and Philippine governments and most recently by the European Union.
When you think of a revolutionary, who do you envision? Some think of revolutionaries as people who fight for their principles in order to create a more just society. Jose Maria Sison is thought to be one of the most revolutionary thinkers and experts on the Philippines. more...

Opening Statement at Press Conference
on Terrorist-listing and Related Issues
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
31 May 2007
NDF Information Bureau, Utrecht,The Netherlands
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Let me first thank all of you for attending this press conference, those who are online in other countries and the Committee to Defend Filipino Progressives in Europe for organizing it. more...

The Stage is Set by the Arroyo Regime
for Intensified Civil Strife in the Philippines
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
26 May 2007
The Arroyo regime has set the stage for intensified civil strife in the Philippines by having used the most outrageous ways of vote buying, fraud and mass intimidation to frustrate the will of the electorate, dominate the "election" of local executive officials and the congressmen and secure the fake president from impeachment. The delayed Comelec count in the senatorial and party list elections has allowed the operatives of the regime to engage in further cheating at various levels and in various ways. more...

Happy About the Release of Satur Ocampo
But Still Indignant Over the False Charges
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
5 April 2007
I am happy about the release of Satur Ocampo from detention, temporary as it may be at the moment. In this regard, I congratulate him for his courage and tenacity and his lawyers led by Atty. Romeo Capulong for their high legal competence and successful defense which should be beneficial to the co-accused who are equally falsely charged. more...

Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Finds Arroyo and Bush
Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
26 March 2007
As chairperson of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), I wish to congratulate the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT), the initiators, the distinguished jurors from various countries, the prosecutors, the plaintiffs and coordinators for their resounding success in the trial of the case of the Filipino people against the Arroyo regime and its imperialist accomplices from the five-day PPT proceedings from 21 to 25 March 2007 in The Hague, The Netherlands. more...

False Charges of Murder and Robbery
Are Mere Propaganda Rubbish from Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
12 March 2007
So long as the Arroyo regime remains in power, there will be a constant flow of false charges of murder and robbery against me, whenever the New People's Army inflicts death casualties and seizes arms and other military equipment in tactical offensives against the military and police forces in the Philippines. more...

National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales
is Desperately Hatching Plots and False Charges
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
10 March 2007
National security adviser Norberto Gonzales is absolutely wrong and malicious in claiming that I have hatched a plot for sniper teams of the New People's Army to hit Gloria M. Arroyo, himself and Senator Jinggoy Estrada. It is Gonzales himself who is hatching the plots and false charges against me. more...

Charge of Multiple Murder in Leyte is a Patent Lie
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
9 March 2007
Time and again I have denied the repeated false charge by the military that I am responsible for murders in Leyte from 1984 to 1986. more...

Anti-terror Law Will Further Unleash State Terrorism
Against the People, Revolutionary Forces and Broad Legal Opposition
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
7 March 2007
If the targets were only Al Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah, the laws on murder, kidnapping, arson, robbery and the like in the criminal code of the Philippine reactionary government would have sufficed. But the real objective of the Arroyo regime in enacting the Anti-Terror Law is to use it for carrying out martial rule without having to proclaim it and without having to comply with the requirements set by the 1987 constitution. more...

Armed Forces Should Stop Extrajudicial Killings
and Not Deflect Public Attention from These
by Maligning My Christmas Party Pictures With Ara Mina
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
3 March 2007
It was perfectly alright for me to have kodakan (picture-taking), yugyugan (dancing) and kantahan (singing) with the Filipina movie and singing star Ara Mina, Janno Gibbs and migrant workers during a Christmas party. It was the biggest festivity of the Filipino community in The Netherlands. I was invited as a special guest. more...

Alston Press Statement and Melo Commission Report
Hold Arroyo Regime and Military
Accountable for Extrajudicial Killings
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
23 February 2007
The press statement of the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Prof. Philip Alston and the report of the Melo commission put forward important findings and conclusions that hold the Arroyo regime and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) accountable for extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations from 2001 to the present. more...

Anti-terror Act Further Emboldens Forces of State Terrorism
and Further Drives the People to Armed Revolution
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
21 February 2007
Even without the Anti-Terror Act, euphemistically called the Human Security Act of 2007, the US-directed Arroyo regime has unleashed the counterrevolutionary military and police forces on the people and spurred them to commit all kinds of barbarities, including the massacre and massive displacement of people in the countryside and the extrajudicial killing, abduction and torture of so many unarmed legal activists. These atrocities are all in line with the Bush global war of terror and its Philippine puppet version called Oplan Bantay Laya I and II. more...

Demand Release of Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran,
Condemn Unjust Imprisonment by Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
21 February 2007
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle, hereby express our wholehearted solidarity with and support for the eminent labor leader and legislator Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran who was the first chairperson of the ILPS International Coordinating Committee and is now the honorary chairperson of the ILPS. more...

Panayam kay Prop. Jose Maria Sison ng Pinoy Weekly
Hinggil sa Komisyong Melo at Halalan sa 2007
Pinoy Weekly
Pebrero 4, 2007
PINOY WEEKLY (PW): Prop. Sison, Magandang araw! Muli nais po namin kayong hingan ng ilang pagtingin/komento sa ilang maiinit na isyu sa ating bayan:
Ano pong masasabi ninyo sa ipinalabas na bahagyang ulat ng Komisyong Melo hinggil sa pamamaslang sa mga aktibista at kritiko ng pamahalaang Arroyo? Bakit si Palparan lamang ang inerekomendang kasuhan ng Komisyon at hindi na nagbigay paliwanag kung may kinalaman ba sa mga pagpatay si Pangulong Arroyo? more...

Interview With Singer Joma Sison
By Volt Contreras
Philippine Daily Inquirer
February 1, 2007
Volt Contreras (VC): Magandang araw po mula sa Manila, Ka Joma.
I'm a reporter for the Philippine Daily Inquirer on assignment to do a light feature on your songs being posted on the 'YouTube' website. I'm referring to 'Bella Ciao' and 'Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa.' more...

Brief Statement to Bayan-USA
at Its Second Congress
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
January 14-15, 2007
On behalf of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I wish to convey warmest greetings of solidarity to BAYAN-USA on the occasion of its Second Congress. We congratulate you for all your achievements. And we wish your Congress the utmost success in paving the way for greater achievements until the Third Congress, more...

Arroyo Regime Violates National Sovereignty
by Surrendering Convicted Rapist to the US
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
31 December 2006
The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is bad enough as an affront to Philippine national sovereignty and territorial integrity. No self-respecting country surrenders its jurisdiction over crimes that transpire within its boundaries. All patriotic Filipinos demand the junking of the VFA. more...

Bush is the Biggest War Criminal
in Comparison to Saddam in the Period of 2003-2006
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
31 December 2006
US president George W. Bush is clearly the biggest war criminal and most monstrous perpetrator of crimes against humanity in comparison to Iraq President Saddam Hussein in the period of 2003 to the end of 2006. more...

Clarification About News Reports
on my Opinion Regarding Ceasefire
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
NDFP Negotiating Panel
December 23, 2006
Since yesterday, news reports in the Philippines and abroad have made me appear that I am a "communist rebel leader" speaking on behalf of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) about the unilateral declaration of "ceasefire" by Gloria M. Arroyo for four days to mark Christmas and the New Year. more...

Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales
is an Irresponsible and Unjust Man
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
21 December 2006
Justice secretary Raul Gonzales has publicly expressed suspicion of the New People's Army for the killing of Rep. Luis Bersamin, Jr. even as he admits that he has no evidence whatsoever to present. He also drags in my name for the purpose of innuendo by accusing me of declaring the all-out war policy which his boss Gloria M. Arroyo has declared and which the Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security is directing so coldbloodedly. more...

Panayam Kay Prop. Jose Maria Sison
Ng Pinoy Weekly
11 Disyembre 2006
Prof Joma,
Magandang araw!
Mabilis ang pihit ng sitwasyong pampulitika sa bansa dahil sa isyu ng Cha-Cha. Niratsada ng Kamara ang Con-Ass; hindi naman pinalampas ng taumbayan ang kanilang pakana. Natakot sa ngitngit ng mga mamamayan ang Malakanyang kaya biglang urong sa pagsusulong ng pagpapalit ng konstitusyon. more...

Democratic-Republican Bipartisan Consensus
Aims to Frustrate the Will of US Electorate
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
9 December 2006
The report of the Iraq Study Group clearly tries to arrive at and promote a Democratic-Republican bipartisan consensus in order to satisfy the US monopoly bourgeoisie, especially the military industrial complex and the oil giants, and to frustrate the will of the US electorate which repudiated the Bush policy of aggression and occupation of Iraq in the 2006 US mid-term elections. more...

Arroyo Regime's Charter-Change Scheme
is Immoral and Treasonous
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
8 December 2006
The Arroyo regime is immoral and treasonous for ramming through the scheme to revise the 1987 charter through a sham constituent assembly of congressmen, excluding the Senate. The fake president Gloria M. Arroyo and Speaker Jose de Venecia deserve the condemnation and opprobrium of the outraged Filipino people. more...

Panayam kay Propesor Jose Maria Sison
Kaugnay ng Ika-20 Anibersaryo ng Courage
Ni Angelo L. Tesorero
Pinoy Weekly
Disyembre 4, 2006
Pinoy Weekly (PW): Prof. Sison, Magandang araw! Idaraos ng COURAGE ang kongreso nila simula ngayong Disyembre 4-6, kasabay ng kanilang ika-20 anibersaryo. Gayundin, idineklara ng pamahalaang Arroyo na 'National Government Employees Week' sa susunod na linggo. Kaugnay nito nais naming hingin ang inyong opinyon hinggil sa ilang mga katanungan. more...

Similar Situation and Prospects of Arroyo and Bush
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
NDFP Negotiating Panel
11 November 2006
In my press statement yesterday as Chairperson of the International League of Peoples' Struggle, I described the status and prospects of George W. Bush after losing control over the US House of Representatives and Senate in the US mid-term elections. For committing grave crimes, including the war of aggression on the basis of lies, so many cases of corruption and the assault on civil and political rights, he is liable to be impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate. more...

US Electorate Deals a Serious Blow on Bush Regime
as Democrats Take Over US Congress From Republicans
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
10 November 2006
The US electorate has held the Bush regime responsible for its disastrous policies and actions and has dealt it a serious political blow by giving to the Democratic Party control over the House of Representatives and the Senate. Bush is not just a lameduck president for being on the last two years of his second term. He is likely to be a dead duck if the Democrats follow the American people's expectations that Bush and Cheney .be impeached and convicted for their high crimes. more...

Call for Support for the International Day of Action
Against US Intervention in the Philippines
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
10 November 2006
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) calls on all its participating organizations and all its progressive allies to join and support the International Day of Action Against US Intervention in the Philippines on November 21, 2006 initiated by BAYAN-Philippines, a participating organization of the ILPS. more...

ILPS Condemns as Acts of Aggression and Terrorism
the Latest Israeli Atrocities in the Gaza Strip
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
9 November 2006
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) condemns in the strongest terms the massive Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip that has killed and wounded many civilians and wreaked widespread destruction on the homes, mosques and other civilian infrastructure. To maintain its cruel occupation of Palestine, Israel is engaged in further acts of aggression and terrorism against the Palestinian people . more...

Impact of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
on the Communist Party of the Philippines
Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison,
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
By Fernando del Mundo
Chief of Investigative Team
For a Special Report in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 9, 2006
1. What is the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall on the Communist Party of the Philippines?
Answer: The 1989 fall of the Berlin wall signalled the disintegration of the Soviet Union and all the revisionist regimes in the Soviet bloc. It has vindicated the antirevisionist position of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). At its reestablishment in 1968, the CPP adopted the fundamental line of upholding Marxism-Leninism and opposing the modern revisionism that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) had been spreading since Khrushchov came to power in 1956. more...

Sison: People's War Continues
Inquirer
Posted date: November 09, 2006
Following are excerpts from the e-mailed replies by Jose Maria Sison, founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines based in Utretch, the Netherlands, to questions sent by the Inquirer. more...

Proceedings and Death Verdict Against Saddam Hussein
by a Puppet Court are Illegal, Unfair and Invalid
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
6 November 2006
The proceedings and death verdict against Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq, by a court of the puppet government under the US Occupation in Iraq are illegal, unfair and invalid. more...

ILPS Welcomes and Supports
Second Session on the Philippines
in the US and Canada
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
30 October 2006
We, the International League of Peoples" Struggle (ILPS), welcome and support the convening of the Second Session on the Philippines under the auspices of the Permanent People's Tribunal (PPT) of the Rome-based Lelio Basso International Foundation for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples. more...

ILPS Supports the October 28 Antiwar Actions
in the US and Canada
By Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
26 October 2006
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) joins the ANSWER Coalition in calling for an end to the US war of occupation in Iraq and in condemning US war threats against North Korea. In this regard, ILPS has called on its participating organizations in the US and Canada to support and join the mobilizations being organized by the ANSWER Coalition on October 28, 2006. more...

Free Colombian Revolutionary Leader Ricardo Palmera!
US Imperialism, Hands Off Colombia!
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
22 October 2006
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) joins the freedom-loving people of Colombia and other progressive forces throughout the world in condemning the abduction and illegal trial in the United States of Ricardo Palmera, a leader of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), and in demanding his immediate release. The ILPS demands that the US respect the national sovereignty of the people of Colombia and dismantle Plan Colombia. more...

US Military Commissions Act of 2006 is a Fascist Law
That the People of the World Must Condemn and Oppose
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
21 October 2006
The International League of People's Struggle vigorously condemns and opposes the US Military Commissions Act of 2006 as a fascist law that flouts and violates the universally accepted principles and conventions on human rights and international humanitarian law. more...

Call for International Day of Action on Nov. 16
Against Trade Union Repression
and Political Killings in the Philippines
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
20 October 2006
The International League of People's Struggle (ILPS) calls on its participating organizations and on all progressive forces throughout the world to join and support the International Day of Action Against Trade Union Repression and Political Killings in the Philippines on November 16, 2006. This event is aimed at condemning the intensified attacks being carried out by the government of Gloria Arroyo against the Filipino workers and expressing solidarity and support to the struggle of the workers and the rest of the Filipino people for self-determination, democracy, social justice and development. more...

UNSC Resolution 1718 Provides US Imperialism
the License to Provoke And Attack DPRK at Anytime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
16 October 2006
UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution No. 1718 condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and imposing sanctions on it for carrying out an underground nuclear bomb test does not stipulate any explicit permission to the US and its cohorts to launch an immediate military attack on the DPRK but lays down the basis and opens the way for further sanctions and even aggressive military action. more...

Korean People and DPRK Have the Right
to Defend Their National Independence
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
14 October 2006
The Korean people and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have all the right to defend their national sovereignty and independence, to develop the means to protect themselves, to pursue economic development and seek the peaceful reunification of Korea against the hostile policy of US imperialism and its rabid followers. more...

Arroyo Regime Pushes Anti-terrorism Bill
to Escalate State Terrorism and Install Fascism
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
13 October 2006
Under the Bush administration, the US has used 9/11 to whip up war hysteria, feed the US military-industrial complex with fat contracts, adopt repressive laws like the USA PATRIOT Act and the Military Commissions Act 2006, unleash wars of aggression in Afghanistan and Iraq and promote state terrorism and fascism on a global scale, all in the name of a permanent and preemptive "war on terror", which is in fact an imperialist war of terror. more...

Interview with Professor Jose Ma. Sison
About Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines
By Masaru Takagi
Manila Bureau Chief
Nippon Hoso Kyosai (NHK)
E-mail interview prior to videocam interview
October 6, 2006
Masaru Takagi (MT): In several statements, the National Democratic Front has repeatedly named President Arroyo as behind the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. What led NDF to arrive at such conclusion? What will the Arroyo government gain or achieve to gain from these?
Professor Jose Maria Sison (JMS): The National Democratic of the Philippines (NDFP) has come to the conclusion that she is behind the extrajudicial killings and other human rights violations on the basis of the facts, including the following: more...

ILPS Condemns Brutal Attacks by Turkish Regime
and Supports the Struggle of Turkish People
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
30 September 2006
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) is in firm solidarity with the people of Turkey and strongly condemns the recent brutal attacks and bombing by the Turkish regime against them for daring to stand up for their rights and to oppose the sending of soldiers to Lebanon. Such attacks will not deter the militant people of Turkey and Kurdistan from opposing imperialist and Zionist aggression in the Middle East. more...

Panayam kay Prop. Jose Maria Sison Hinggil kay GMA at Thaksin
Ni Angel L. Tesorero
Pinoy Weekly
22 September 2006
Angel L. Tesorero (ALT): Prof. Sison, magandang araw! Ginulantang ang mundo ng matagumpay na paglulunsad ng kudeta ng militar ng Thailand habang nasa UN ang kanilang punong ministro na si Thaksin. Halos kasabay ng panawagang patalsikin sa puwesto si Thaksin ang pagpapatalsik din kay Pangulong Arroyo. Gusto ho namin kayong hingan ng pagtingin/analisis sa nangyari sa Thailand at iugnay ito sa sitwasyon sa ating bansa. May papel po kaya ang US sa nangyari sa Thailand?
Prop. Jose Maria Sison (JMS): Parehong sukdulang arogante, korap, mapagsamantala, malupit at sinungaling sina GMA at Thaksin. Parehong hiwalay na hiwalay sila sa mga mamamayan. Gusto silang ibagsak ng mga mamamayan. Mas may relative autonomy mula sa US ang Hari at mga military officers ng Thailand kaysa sa mga military officers ng reaksiyonaryong gobyerno ng Pilipinas. Kung nagkasundo ang Hari at military officers na ibagsak ang Prime Minister at gobyerno niya, tiyak na matutuloy ang pagbagsak at hindi na kailangan ang pakikialam ng US. more...

Arroyo Cannot be Expected to Comply with Memorandum of Amnesty International
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
16 September 2006
Driven by self-interest and malice, Gloria M. Arroyo cannot be expected to comply with the memorandum of the Amnesty International for ensuring that the Melo commission is transparent, its investigation is independently conducted and leads to accountability and justice for the victims, in accordance with international standards and principles of inquiry for independent commissions on human rights violations. more...

US Terrorism is Far Bigger and Worse Than Al Qaida Terrorism in 9/11
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
10 September 2006
Five years have passed since 9/11. But the US has failed to get Osama bin Laden and destroy Al Qaida. It took less time for the Allies to defeat the Axis powers headed by Nazi Germany in World War II. However, the US has used 9/11 to carry out propaganda campaigns aimed at scaring and deceiving the American and other peoples of the world. It has enacted repressive laws, stepped up military production, unleashed wars of aggression and promoted state terrorism on a global scale. more...

Arroyo Regime Refuses to Heed European Calls for Resumption of GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
8 September 2006
In the last three months, several European governments, human rights organizations and religious institutions have approached the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and urged the resumption of the formal talks in the peace negotiations between the NDFP and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). more...

I Was in Solitary Confinement in 1984
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
6 September 2006
By fabricating stories like the one about the so-called Leyte mass grave, the Arroyo regime and its military and police minions demonstrate their extreme desperation at trying to draw attention away from their culpability for the extrajudicial killing of 745 unarmed people, the abduction of more than 180 others and other gross human rights violations since 2001. more...

Call for Global Day of Action Against Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines on September 21, 2006
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
22 August 2006
On September 21, 2006, the Filipino people will remember the imposition of martial law and a fascist dictatorship on them by Marcos upon the instigation of the US in 1972. They will commemorate their suffering and sacrifices and honor the revolutionary martyrs and heroes. They will celebrate the victory ultimately won in the struggle against the US-directed fascist regime. more...

GMA is Mastermind of Nationwide Slaughter of Legal Activists
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
19 August 2006
Philippine-based and international human rights organizations and fact-finding missions have gone to the scenes of the crimes of extrajudicial killings and abductions of legal activists. They have examined all available evidence and the testimonies of surviving victims and other witnesses among the close relatives, neighbors, friends and colleagues of the victims in the mass organizations, churches and professional associations. more...

On the Occasion of the August 12 Demonstrations in the US
Statement on the Israeli-US War of Aggression Against the Lebanese and Palestinian People
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
12 August 2006
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), strongly condemn the ongoing barbaric attacks of the Israeli military on the people of Lebanon and Palestine. Under the pretext of rescuing Israeli soldiers captured by Hamas and Hezbollah, the Zionist Israeli government has unleashed wave upon wave of air, naval and ground attacks on the civilian populations of Lebanon and Palestine. These unbridled acts of international terrorism are emboldened and supported by US imperialism. more...

Bagman of the Ruling Couple is Faking Persecution by NPA
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
27 July 2006
Everyone knows that former undersecretary of agriculture Jocelyn "Jocjoc" Bolante is running away from the findings of the Philippine Senate that he is the key operator in the malversation of the so-called fertilizer fund amounting to 2.8 billion pesos and the rechanneling of these for vote-buying in the 2004 presidential elections and for the personal enrichment of Gloria M. Arroyo and Mike Arroyo. more...

On the Collapse of WTO Talks
Issued by the Office of the Chairperson
Through the General Secretariat,
International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS)
26 July 2006
The collapse of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks on the so-called Doha Development Agenda is a welcome development for the people of the world. It means that the imperialist powers have been stymied, even if only momentarily, from imposing its expansive agenda of further opening up neocolonial markets. It also exposes the emptiness of the WTO's development rhetoric: the likes of the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are in the end only concerned about protecting and promoting their respective monopoly advantages, supports and superprofits. The US in particular has once again shown its arrogant and unilateralist streak. more...

Statement on Israel's War of Aggression Against Palestine and Lebanon
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
24 July 2006
We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), hereby strongly condemn Israel and the United States for the recent barbaric attacks of the Israeli army on Palestine and Lebanon. Under the pretext of rescuing Israeli soldiers taken captives by Hamas and Hizbollah, the Zionist Israel government has intensified its wars of aggression in Lebanon and Palestine. These unbridled acts of international terrorism against the civilian populations are emboldened and supported by US imperialism. more...

Arroyo Regime is Trying to Terrorize the People and Justify Assaults on Unarmed Demonstrators
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
23 July 2006
By recycling the old lie that I instead of Marcos masterminded the 1971 Plaza Miranda and by repeatedly claiming for so many days already that the New People's Army (NPA) is poised to infiltrate and attack anti-Arroyo rallies, the Arroyo regime and its military and police minions are trying to terrorize the people and frighten them from joining the demonstrations on the day that Gloria M. Arroyo delivers another mendacious state-of-the-nation address (SONA). more...

Preconditioning the Resumption of Formal Talks with Capitulation is Completely Absurd
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
9 July 2006
It is completely absurd for Gloria M. Arroyo and her subalterns to precondition the resumption of formal talks in GRP-NDFP peace negotiations with the capitulation of the NDFP under the guise of a permanent or prolonged ceasefire that is not based on any agreement on social, economic and political reforms satisfactory to the people and the revolutionary forces. more...

Arroyo Unleashes Her Fiercest Attack Dogs Against Senator Madrigal and the NDFP
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
4 July 2006
It is a good thing that a prominent peace advocate like Senator Jamby Madrigal has visited the NDFP Negotiating Panel and the NDFP chief political consultant in order to explore the possibility of resuming the formal talks in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations before and after Gloria M. Arroyo exits from Malacanang palace. more...

Why and How the AFP and PNP are Losing the War
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
1 July 2006
Oplan Bantay Laya is now on its fifth year since its formal launching in early 2002. It has utterly failed to accomplish its declared objective of destroying the New People's Army (NPA). It has only served to fan the flames of the armed revolution by subjecting the people to brutal campaigns of suppression in guerrilla fronts and unleashing extrajudicial killings and abductions against the legal opponents of the Arroyo regime. more...

NDFP Must Converse With Opposition Forces Concerning Peace Negotiations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
30 June 2006
The Arroyo regime has repeatedly made the categorical declaration that it has shut the door to the resumption of formal talks in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations and is only interested in carrying out its all-out war policy and pursuing surrender talks with local groups which they expect in vain to draw away from the centralized leadership of the armed revolutionary movement. more...

Arroyo Regime Tries but Fails to Gloss Over its Extrajudicial Killings of Political Opponents
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
29 June 2006
By using the ploy of abolishing the death penalty for the worst common criminals, the Arroyo regime tries but fails to gloss over its extrajudicial killings of hundreds of political opponents. The whole world knows Oplan Bantay Laya is a national campaign plan to attack the people in suspected guerrilla fronts and those who oppose the regime in the legal political arena. more...

Oplan Bantay Laya is Already a Proven Failure Arroyo Regime is Bluffing About Its Capabilities
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
20 June 2006
The Arroyo regime is making it appear that it is unleashing all-out war against the revolutionary forces and the people only in recent days. But in fact, Oplan Bantay Laya, aimed at the destruction of the revolutionary movement, has been launched since early 2002. It is under the direction of Gloria M. Arroyo and her Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security. more...

Fake President is Exhibiting Signs of Extreme Hysteria
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
17 June 2006
Gloria M. Arroyo, the fake president, is apparently under the strain of her political isolation and is exhibiting extreme signs of hysteria by proclaiming that she can destroy the revolutionary movement in the next one or two years by simply providing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) with more funds and arms. more...

Reported Murder Charges Have No Factual and Legal Basis, Are Poitically Motivated and Meant to Deceive the People
By Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
16 June 2006
Several times every year, Philippine reactionary authorities make the propaganda that they are filing charges of rebellion and the common crime of murder against me. But always the allegations are invalid and ineffective because they lack factual and legal basis and because the Philippine authorities have no jurisdiction over my person. more...

Method in the Madness of the Arroyo Regime
By Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
21 May 2006
There is method in the Arroyo regime's madness of making me appear as responsible for all the alleged acts of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People's Army (NPA) and for what are actually the most fantastic intrigues that the regime itself concoct such as the lies that I have ordered the accomplished killing of the hundreds of patriotic and progressive activists in the legal arena and the prospective killing of the fake president Arroyo, her top subalterns and opposition leaders. more...

Arroyo Regime is Culpable for Extrajudicial Killings and is Preparing for Bloodbath at the National Level
By Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
17 May 2006
The hundreds of victims of extrajudicial executions and forced disappearances since 2001 are well-known critics and opponents of the Arroyo regime at the municipal, provincial and regional levels. They have been brutally attacked with impunity by the armed minions of the regime. more...

Unconstitutional Aspects of 1017 are Knocked Down but Persecution of its Victims Like Batasan 6 Continues
By Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
4 May 2006
Proclamation 1017 was based on the big lie that the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People's Army had forged an alliance with anti-Arroyo sections of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the purpose of carrying out a coup d'etat on February 24. more...

Arroyo Fakes the Commutation of All Death Sentences to Gloss Over 556 Extrajudicial Killings Under Her Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
19 April 2006
Gloria M. Arroyo should stop faking that she can nullify the death penalty law all by herself and make a wholesale commutation of the death sentences of more than 1000 inmates who have been convicted of murder and other heinous common crimes. more...

ILPS Supports the French Workers and Youth Against New Capitalist Attack on Labor
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
4 April 2006
For more than a month now, French workers, students, professionals and ordinary people in France, have poured into the streets to protest the new law that allows capitalists to fire young workers without giving any reason. The new law pushed by Prime Minister Villepin, First Employment Contract (CPE), allows employers to end job contracts for under-26s at any time during a two-year trial period without having to offer an explanation or give prior warning. more...

ILPS Extends its Solidarity with the People of the US Against the Criminalization of Immigrants and Intensification of the US War of Terror
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
April 3, 2006
The International League of People's Struggles (ILPS) extends its firm solidarity with the people of the US, especially the millions of immigrants and their supporters who have taken to the streets in order to oppose the "Border Protection, Homeland Security, and Illegal Immigration Act, also known as HR4437. We salute and congratulate you for your resounding success in mobilizing yourselves and standing up for human rights against the criminalization of immigrants and the intensification of the US war of terror against the oppressed nationalities of the Americas and in other parts of the world. more...

Arroyo Regime Kills GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
18 March 2006
Gloria M. Arroyo has the illusion that she can retain political power by drumming up anti-communist hysteria and using brute force against the broad masses of the people and the broad united front of patriotic, progressive and other anti-Arroyo forces. Thus, she has declared all-out war against the Filipino people and the revolutionary forces, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People's Army (NPA) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). more...

Three Biggest Lies of Arroyo Regime Against me in Imaginary Military-Communist Coup Attempt
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
March 13, 2006
Gloria M. Arroyo and her loyalist retinue of bureaucratic and military psywar operatives continue to spin stories about an military-communist coup conspiracy and coup attempt supposedly foiled on February 24. They are desperately doing so to justify the usurpation of martial law powers through Proclamation 1071 and the continuing curtailment of civil and political rights despite the formal lifting of said proclamation. more...

Uphold the Militant Tradition of International Women's Day
Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International Coordinating Committee
March 8, 2006
In solidarity and with utmost joy, the International League of People's Struggle joins today the celebration of women in general and their revolutionary struggle for emancipation and liberation from imperialism, feudalism and patriarchalism. We remember and honor millions of women who trailblazed and paved the path for women's liberation movement. more...

Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison
by Glenda Gloria,
Managing Editor, Newsbreak Magazine
March 6, 2006
Just a few follow-up questions to your statement on the communist-military tieup. We are doing the full story on what transpired on Feb.21-24. I'd appreciate if you could share with me your insights.
1.) My sources within the rebel military movement insist that the RAM elders held "initial talks" with the members of the CPP central committee principally on the issue of how to bring about a better political system post-GMA. Inevitably, how to go there-- ousting GMA first -- was discussed. Without delving on tactical details, would such talks be against the CPP strategy or tactics? Is the CPP completely averse to any alliance, tactical or otherwise, with what it deems to be probably "progressive" members of the Armed Forces (of course, I'd rather not call Gringo progressive) but I have no better term for the junior officers? more...

Debunking the Big Lie of Arroyo About Military-Communist Coup Plot
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
5 March 2006
As in Edsa 1 and Edsa 2, the officers and units of the military and police of the reactionary government can withdraw support from the Arroyo regime and yet do not carry out a coup d'etat because they do not grab power for themselves and they do not violate the principle of civilian supremacy. They can play such a patriotic role which is needed and welcomed by the anti-Arroyo broad united front and the broad masses of the people. more...

Reign of Terror Continues Despite Lifting of Proclamation 1017
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
4 March 2006
Gloria M. Arroyo has lifted Proclamation No. 1017 in an obvious bid to render moot and academic the complaints filed before the Supreme Court of the Philippine reactionary government against her regime's curtailment of democratic rights and use of martial law powers without complying with such constitutional requirements as reporting to Congress and seeking its approval. more...

Composition of List of People Targeted for Arrest Exposes the Falsity of the Coup Allegation and the Vile Objective of the Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
28 February 2006
I have read the excellent report of Sheila Coronel, titled "Government crackdown intensifies, appearing in the February 27, 2006 issue of Inside PCIJ (Philippine Center of Investigative Journalism). The findings of the report can help to expose the falsity of the coup allegation and the vile objective of the Arroyo regime. more...

Charge of Coup Conspiracy and Claim of Coup Attempt are Psywar for Fascist Dictatorship and State Terrorism
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
28 February 2006
It is a well-established and well-known fact that the broad united front of opposition parties, mass organizations and groups of retired and active military and police officers seek to oust the illegitimate, corrupt, brutal and treasonous Arroyo regime in a legal and peaceful way by mobilizing the broad masses to exercise their sovereign will and democratic rights and by encouraging the military and police forces to side with the people and withdraw support from the regime, as in Edsa 1 and Edsa 2. more...

Solving Some Problems in the Broad United Front and Mass Movement to Oust the Arroyo Regime
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
27 February 2006
It is interesting to consider some problems in the broad united front and mass movement to oust the Arroyo regime and try to solve them. These problems are already well known to the public. It has become commonplace for people to ask questions revolving around the main question of why the ouster of the Arroyo cannot be accomplished quickly in a legal and nonviolent way. more...

Proclamation 1017 is a Tyrannical Act of Desperation, Incites the People to Intensify Oust-Arroyo Movement
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
25 February 2006
Gloria M. Arroyo has issued Proclamation 1017 to combine a declaration of a state of emergency and invocation of commander-in-chief authority to call the troops to suppress rebellion. By this proclamation, she claims to have the power to prohibit peaceful assemblies, revoke rally permits issued ministerially by local mayors, order warrantless arrests, suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, and so on. more...

ILPS Call for Global Days of Action Against the Criminal and Brutal US Occupation of Iraq
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
18 February 2006
The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) joins all anti-war and anti-imperialist forces throughout the world in calling for March 18-20, 2006 to be Global Days of Action on the occasion of the third anniversary of the US-led war of aggression against the people of Iraq. more...

Was the Left Left Behind at EDSA I ?
Question from Juan Sarmiento Jr.,
Editor, Talk of the Town,
Philippine Daily Inquirer
17 February 2006
It is factually wrong and unhistorical to air brush from the so-called Edsa I the two reality levels of what is loosely called Left: the protracted people's war led by the Communist Party of the Philippines (you may call it the underground Left) and the legal patriotic and progressive forces (the legal Left) of the national democratic movement best represented by BAYAN. more...

Why the GMA-De Venecia Cha-Cha Scheme is Rotten and Harmful to the People
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
15 February 2006
This resolution seeks to whip up an anti-communist hysteria, concurrently with the anti-terrorist hysteria, in order to justify the offensives of the class dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and imperialism against the proletariat and people of the world and in order to reinforce the political and legal infrastructure for fascism and wars of aggression under the pretext of defending human rights. more...

On the Anti-communist Resolution of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples" Struggle
30 January 2006
This resolution seeks to whip up an anti-communist hysteria, concurrently with the anti-terrorist hysteria, in order to justify the offensives of the class dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and imperialism against the proletariat and people of the world and in order to reinforce the political and legal infrastructure for fascism and wars of aggression under the pretext of defending human rights. more...

Interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison on the Challenges to the Arroyo Regime
by Angel L. Tesorero
Pinoy Weekly (Filipino Weekly)
January 25, 2006
1) In our last interview, you said that "If GMA (Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) were to last until 2006, ousting her would be bloody. Some anti-GMA factions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) share your view. Recently, Presidential Chief of Staff Mike Defensor said that the Arroyo administration would confront fire with fire the armed threat (from rebel soldiers) against the government. What do you think of this?
JMS: The violence will come from GMA and her top subalterns in the chain of command of the AFP and PNP. Those at the top are her collaborators in electoral cheating, corruption, puppetry to the US imperialists and violating human rights. The anti-GMA officers and members of the military and police seek to accomplish a withdrawal of support from the GMA regime. But GMA, Mike Defensor and those in the top command proclaim a "fire against fire" policy against them. This leaves the anti-GMA officers and members of the military and police with no choice but to seek the swift arrest of GMA and her rabid collaborators. more...

GRP Justice Secretary Overreaches From Padre Faura and Exposes to the World his Ignorance of the Law
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle
20 December 2005
I was informed that the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) International Office here in the Netherlands had found out that an improperly addressed envelope (postmarked Philippines December 5, 2005) had been perfunctorily slid into its mail slot on December 20, 2005. more...

Ermita and Gonzalez are Engaged in a Crazy Game of Psywar
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
10 December 2005
There are indications that the special operatives of the Arroyo regime themselves are responsible for the shooting of some windows of the LTA building owned by Mike Arroyo and the explosion of apparently "bawang" firecrackers under three cars in different locations in Manila as well as the bomb scare texted to the US and other embassies timed with the visit of US super-spy John Negroponte. more...

Vicious Attacks on my Person Cannot Stop the People's Resistance
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
9 December 2005
For several months already, various minions of Gloria M. Arroyo, including some cabinet members and generals, have been subjecting me to vicious attacks. I have not answered any of these for three reasons. First, competent people have answered them. Second, the attacks are so patently malicious that they are unbelievable and self-defeating. Third, I have more important things to do. more...

Against U.S. Monopoly Control of Information and Communications Technology
(Statement on the World Summit on Information Society)
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson, International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle
16 November 2005
The arrogance and drive for profit of the United States and other monopolists of information and communications technology (ICT) are well exposed in the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS). The impositions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and World Intellectual Property Organizations render inutile any high-sounding rhetoric about freedom and equity in the WSIS Declaration of Principles. more...