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Ang patuloy na pagpatay ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa mga sibilyan ay hindi lamang nakakabahala, ito ay nagpapakita ng marahas at unti-untin

OP-ED | Bukas na Isipan at Sama-samang Pagkilos: Pagtugon sa Krisis ng Pilipinas Sa kasalukuyang kalagayan ng Pilipinas, matindi ang krisis,

Amid the noise of “political victories” and the celebrations over the Mayo Uno 6 acquittal, one truth refuses to go away. The Mayo Uno 6 refers to six youth activists who were recently cleared of all charges from the 2024 Labor Day protest. But while the public celebrated, something darker remained unresolved. Within the youth group at the center of this case, they chose to keep a man accused of serious abuse. They kept a criminal in their ranks, and that fact still haunts th

For former rebels, however, the Third Rectification is not a cure. It is a defensive consolidation, a last-ditch attempt to resuscitate an exhausted strategy by doubling down on doctrine and discipline.

In that room, surrounded by facilitators, counselors, and fellow former rebels, they began to tell their stories

The recruitment of young people from the cities to the mountains is not coincidence—it is command. In every story of a young person who “decides” to join the revolution, we often hear the refrain: “It was my personal choice.” A decision, they say, born of conviction, a moral stand for justice. But the truth is, it is never merely personal. Behind every so-called choice lies the collective hand of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), deliberate, organized, and systema

Written in October 2021, “On Three Viewpoints Concerning the 2022 Elections” was not just an ideological commentary. Certainly not rare but a candid exposition of the CPP’s dual political strategy: the simultaneous pursuit of armed struggle and electoral participation through its legal “patriotic and democratic” organizations. Read carefully, Sison’s own words reveal how the Party sustains this two-pronged approach, and how it protects the tactic by weaponizing the narrative

Reflections of a Former Rebel on a Nation Still Searching for Reconciliation and Healing By Andrea XP de Jesus “Who owns peace?” It’s a question that echoes quietly in the hearts of many Filipinos, from the war-scarred mountains of the countryside to the crowded streets of the capital where politics often drowns out compassion. Every administration, every mayor, every general who takes an oath claims to seek peace. They speak of reconciliation, of unity, of moving forward. Ye

They call themselves progressives. They speak of democracy, liberation, and people’s power. Yet, within their own circles, freedom of thought is the first to vanish. Behind the fiery rhetoric of “national democracy” lies a culture that increasingly resembles a cult, one that thrives on blind loyalty, silences dissent, and preaches sacrifice it refuses to live by.

Cleve Sta. Ana In a recent post titled “Maximum Tolerance: Cases of Police Brutality and Military Abuses in the Philippines,” Anakbayan once

Tinuligsa ng Anakbayan ang pahayag ni Akbayan Rep. Perci Cendaña na nagsabing “magbebenepisyo si impeached Vice President Sara Duterte sa ‘M

Manila – Former rebels advocating peace condemned the violent turn of the September 21 anti-corruption protests in Manila, stressing that th

The 21 September 2025 “Trillion Peso March” is supposed to be an uproar of public outrage over corruption in flood-control projects. It should have been one case of national unity, of citizens, regardless of party affiliation, holding those in power accountable for funds lost to greed as communities keep drowning in waters and fleeing from it. What should have been one simple call for reform, though, soon became hijacked.

Psst, CPP-NPA-NDF, huwag na kayong mahiya. 

Ngayon sa isyu ng korapsyon, ang mga oportunista at class collaborators na CPP-NPA-NDF ay nakakita na naman ng  pagkakataong magmayapag na kunyari sila'y kontra-korapsyon at para sa pagbabago.

Mars, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Renée Co used the House budget hearing on September 8, 2025 to question continued funding for the Barangay De

Nang sumiklab ang malalaking protesta sa Indonesia nitong Agosto 2025, isa sa mga pinakakakaibang tanawin ay hindi lang ang dagsa ng tao o a

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has long characterized the Philippines as a “semi-colonial and semi-feudal” society, a...

For us, corruption is not just a scandal. It is betrayal. It is the poison that fed the insurgency for decades.

At the time, I served as the Political Officer of the NPA Sub-Regional Guerrilla Unit (SRGU) 5, the Sentro de Grabidad of Sub-Regional Committee (SRC) 5 under the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee. My task was to help identify, from among young activists, those who would undergo “revolutionary integration” (RI). RI is a process of immersing student leaders into the daily realities of the poor and marginalized communities within the guerrilla mass base of the New People's A