Table Of ContentJose Ma. Sison
(Amado Guerrero)
Foundation for Resuming
the Philippine Revolution
Selected Writings 1968 to September 1972
International Network for Philippine Studies
The Netherlands
and
Aklat ng Bayan, Inc.
Philippines
Copyright © 2013 by International Network for Philippine Studies (INPS)
Published by
International Network for Philippine Studies (INPS)
and Aklat ng Bayan, Inc.
ISBN 978-1-62847-920-1
Cover design by Janos J.L.L. Sison
Book design by Alvin Firmeza
Contents
Editor’s Note ix
Author’s Preface 1
Rectify Errors and Rebuild the Party 5
I. Mao Zedong Thought Is our Guide
to Self-Criticism and Party Rebuilding 5
II. Summing Up our Experience and Drawing
Revolutionary Lessons 6
III. Brief Historical Review 7
IV. Main Errors and Weaknesses 17
V. Three Main Tasks 41
Program for a People’s Democratic Revolution 59
I. The Basic Condition of the Philippines Today 59
II. Program for a People’s Democratic Revolution 64
III. Our Specific Program 71
IV. Conditions for Revolution Are Excellent 75
Constitution of the Communist Party of the Philippines 79
Preamble 79
ARTICLE I. Name, Flag and Emblem, Anthem and Pledge 80
ARTICLE ll. Membership 81
ARTICLE III. Rights and Duties of Members 82
ARTICLE IV. Principle and Structure of Party Organization 84
ARTICLE V. Central Organization 87
ARTICLE VI. Territorial Organizations of the Party 89
ARTICLE VII. Basic Organization of the Party 89
ARTICLE VIII. Party Groups in Mass Organizations 91
ARTICLE IX. The Party’s Relationship with the New People’s Army 91
ARTICLE X. Party Finances and Resources 93
ARTICLE XI. Amendments and Extraordinary Circumstances 93
Declaration of the New People’s Army 95
The New People’s Army 96
Crimes of the Taruc-Sumulong Clique 98
Historical Roots of the Taruc-Sumulong Clique 103
The Main Tasks of the New People’s Army 113
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Basic Rules of the New People’s Army 119
Preamble 119
I. The New People’s Army and the Communist Party
of the Philippines 122
II. The Tasks of the New People’s Army 123
III. Membership in the New People’s Army 124
IV. Discipline 124
V. Democracy 126
VI. Military Conferences 127
VII. The Military Command System 128
VIII. Formations of the People’s Armed Forces 129
IX. Logistics 131
X. Amendments 132
Message of Condolence on the Death of Comrade Ho Chi Minh 133
Unite on the Basis of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought 135
Our Beloved Party Celebrates its First Anniversary under the Supreme
Guidance of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought 141
Marcos Is a Fascist Puppet of US Imperialism 147
Turn Grief into Revolutionary Courage
and Militant Unity for National Democracy 153
Grasp the Historic Significance of January 26 and 30-31 154
Reply to the Lies of Marcos concerning the Militant Mass Demonstrations 156
Expose the Fascist Puppetry of Marcos and the True State
of the Nation: On the January 26, 1970 Demonstration 161
Unite for the National Democratic Revolution 165
On the January 30-31 Demonstration 169
The Brutality of the Reactionary State 169
The Revolutionary Courage of the Students and Other Demonstrators 170
Subsequent Tactics of the Enemy 171
Evaluation of the January 26 and January 30-31 Demonstrations 174
The February 12 Demonstration 175
Marcos “Nationalists” and Lava Revisionist Renegades 175
The Swindle that Failed 178
The Lessons that We Have Learned 182
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The February 18 Public Meeting 185
New Awakening 185
The Puppets Apologize to their Imperialist Master 186
Fascist Puppet Chieftain Marcos Widens Field of Combat 188
The February 26 Resistance 191
Bankruptcy of the Entire Reactionary State 191
The Lie of Liberal Democracy 193
On the 1971 Constitutional Convention 195
A. An Instrument of National and Class
Oppression and Exploitation 195
B. The Forthcoming Constitutional Convention 198
C. What Is to be Done 202
On the March 3 People’s March 205
The Meaning of the People’s March 206
Enemy Tactics of Deception 207
Broaden the Revolutionary Front 209
On the March 17 Poor People’s March 211
The March 211
The People’s Court 212
Once More Fascist Violence 214
The Prairie Fire 215
Greetings of the Military Commission to the Red Commanders and Fighters
of the New People’s Army 217
Long Live Leninism! 221
1970 May Day Statement 227
Preliminary Report on Northern Luzon 229
The Ilocos 231
The Mountain Provinces 236
Cagayan Valley and Batanes 246
Conclusion 252
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Political Report to the Second Plenum of the First Central Committee of the
Communist Party of the Philippines 255
I. From the Sixties to the Seventies 255
II. The World Proletarian Revolution 257
III. The True State of the Nation 261
IV. The Rapid Growth of the Party 281
V. Tasks of the Party 288
A. Build the Party! 288
B. Build the New People’s Army! 294
C. Build the United Front! 296
All Blows against US Imperialism and its Running Dogs Are Fine 299
The Paris Commune Inspires our Party 303
I. Smash the Bourgeois State Machine 304
II. Build a Marxist-Leninist Party 306
III. Rely on the Revolutionary Masses 308
Organizational Guide and Outline of Reports 313
Foreword 313
Guide to Self-Analysis for Candidate Members 314
Clarification of the Tasks of the Party Branch Leadership 316
Guide for Building Organs of Political Power 317
Guide for the Revolutionary Mass Organizations 326
Preliminary Report of the Party Group in a Squad
of the New People’s Army for the Secretariat of the Party
and Political Department of the New People’s Army 329
Preliminary Report of the Local Party Branch 331
Preliminary Report of the Party Group in the Mass
Organization to the Party Secretariat 332
Clarification of the Tasks of the Squad and Leadership
of the Squad of the New People’s Army 333
Guide for Preparing the Report of the Armed Propaganda Unit 336
We Unite with All Patriotic and Progressive
Forces against the Tyranny of Marcos Terrorism 343
On the Partial Lifting of the Writ Suspension 347
On the Restoration of the Legitimate Rights
of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations 349
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Philippine Economy Worsens in the Wake
of the Worldwide Crisis of US Imperialism 351
Persevere in Legal Mass Struggle,
Accumulate Strength in the Underground 359
Workers’ Movement Advances 363
Anti-Communist Campaign of the US-Marcos
Clique Brings About its further Isolation 365
Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Chauvinist United
Front Gains Ground in Mindanao 369
Summing up our Experience after Three Years 375
Introduction 375
The Propagation of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought 375
The Organizational Growth of the Communist Party of the Philippines 382
Perseverance on the Road of Armed Revolution for People’s Democracy 388
Building the Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Feudal United Front 398
Revolutionary Guide to Land Reform 411
Chapter I. The Main Content of the People’s Democratic Revolution 411
Chapter II. The Land Reform Program 411
Chapter III. Rent Reduction and Elimination of Usury 411
Chapter IV. Free Distribution of Land 414
Chapter V. The Peasant Association as a Cooperative Association 416
Chapter VI. Better Wage and Living Conditions
of Farm Workers in Capitalist Farms 418
Chapter VII. The Poor Settlers and National Minorities in Frontier Areas 419
Chapter VIII. Implementation of the Land Reform Program 420
Chapter IX. Agricultural Taxes 421
Chapter X. Class Status in the Countryside 422
Chapter XI. Supplementary Rules and Regulations 423
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Editor’s Note
The title of this book, Foundation for Resuming the Philippine Revolution,
alludes to the continuation of the unfinished Philippine revolution
started by Andres Bonifacio in 1896 and further to the relaunching
of the armed struggle by the old merger party of the Communist and
Socialist parties but defeated by the reactionary Philippine state in the
1950-54 period.
The book contains the most important writings of Jose Maria Sison
from the period of the reestablishment of the Communist Party of the
Philippines (CPP) in 1968 to the eve of the Marcos declaration of martial
law in 1972. Included are the basic founding documents of the CPP and
the New People’s Army (NPA) and the articles and statements issued by
Amado Guerrero, nom de guerre of Jose Maria Sison, in his capacity as
Chairman of the CPP Central Committee.
Rectify Errors and Rebuild the Party reviews the history of the old
merger party and calls for building the Party anew. The Program for a
People’s Democratic Revolution and Constitution of the CPP started
in earnest the Party rebuilding in 1968. The Declaration and the Basic
Rules of the NPA launched the people’s war in 1969.
Besides being Party Chairman during the period of 1968-72, Amado
Guerrero was also editor-in-chief of the Central Committee publica-
tion, Ang Bayan, and Chairman of the Military Commission. In all
these capacities, he penned the major documents emanating from
these central organs. These went through collective discussion and
approval by the organs concerned. The documents as well as his arti-
cles and statements that appeared in Ang Bayan reflect the inspiration
of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, the international and
domestic circumstances, the start of the revolutionary struggle and its
development from year to year.
Excluded from the book are articles, messages and statements in Si-
son’s own name of which most were published in the second and later
editions of Struggle for National Democracy; and in some periodicals and
popular magazines. Also excluded is the major foundational book, Phil-
ippine Society and Revolution, for reasons stated in the preface; and so are
more writings because we could either not find, or not avail of, them.
The International Network for Philippine Studies has prepared a
series of five books for publication. The series consists of the selected
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writings of Jose Maria Sison as Chairman of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of the Philippines, from 1968 to his capture
in November 1977; when he was in military detention by the Marcos
fascist dictatorship from 1977 to March 1986; and after his release from
prison from 1986 to 1990.
To follow Foundation for Resuming the Philippine Revolution (1968-72)
are: Defeating Revisionism, Reformism and Opportunism (1969-1972); Building
Strength through Struggle (1972-1977); Detention and Defiance against Dictator-
ship (1977-1986); and Continuing Struggle for National and Social Liberation
(1986 to 1990). This series is related to the earlier four volumes of the
author’s selected writings from 1991 to 2009 published by Aklat ng
Bayan in 2009.
Defeating Revisionism, Reformism and Opportunism includes writings in the
course of combating modern revisionism, opportunism and reformism
in line with Marxism-Leninism and with the CPP founding document,
Rectify Errors and Rebuild the Party. The book shows the crucial im-
portance of the struggle against modern revisionism, reformism and
opportunism (then centered in the Soviet Union and represented locally
by the Lavaites) in strengthening the Party’s ideological and political
foundations.
Building Strength through Struggle compiles the documents of the CPP, the
NPA and the National Democratic Front that the author drafted from
the time of Marcos’ martial law declaration in 1972 to Sison’s capture
on November 10, 1977. The rest are articles and statements he wrote
commenting on and analyzing major developments in the Philippines
and abroad.
Detention and Defiance against Dictatorship consists of the writings of
the author while in detention, for the most part in solitary confinement
from 1977 to 1986. It expresses his defiance against the Marcos fascist
dictatorship and his optimism that the revolutionary forces and the
people by fighting fiercely for freedom and justice would eventually
overthrow Marcos.
Continuing Struggle for National and Social Liberation includes his public
speeches, university lectures, articles and interviews while he was still
in the Philippines until the end of August 1986, and subsequently while
he was abroad touring countries in Oceania, Southeast Asia, Northeast
Asia, South Asia and Europe to the time in October 1988 that he sought
political asylum in The Netherlands and onward until 1990.
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