Communist Party of the

Philippines
New Peoples Army
National Democratic Front

1.
Communism
in the
Philippines

What is Communism?

Communism - the political and

economic doctrine that aims to
replace privatepropertyand a
profit-basedeconomywith public
ownership and communal control
of at least the major means of
production
and
the
natural
resources of a society.

1924 William Janequette

First Congress of the Oriental
Transportation Workers
- Held in Canton, China
- Five delegates headed by
Domingo Ponce attended the
sessions
Then, Domingo Ponce organized
a secretariat in Manila under the
direction of the Third International

2.
CPP-NPA-NDF

COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES

IDEOLOGY: MARXISM-LENINISMMAO ZEDONG THOUGHT

FORMED: DEC 26, 1968
ESTABLISHED BY: JOSE MARIA
SISON

NEW PEOPLES ARMY

ARMED WING OF THE CPP

FORMED ON: MARCH 26, 1969
FIRST LED BY: BERNABE
BUSCAYNO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1700

AN ACT TO OUTLAW THE

COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE
PHILIPPINES AND SIMILAR
ASSOCIATIONS, PENALIZING
MEMBERSHIP THEREIN, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT

is a coalition
ofprogressivesocial and
economic justice organizations,
agricultural unions, trade
unions,indigenous
rightsgroups,leftist political
parties, and other related groups
in thePhilippines.

REPUPLIC ACT NO. 7636

AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT

NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED, AS AMENDED,
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTISUBVERSION ACT

3.
CPP-NPA-NDF
Rebellion
Current insurgency that
began in 1969.

CPP-NPA-NDF REBELLION

On 21 August 1971, several explosions

occurred during an election campaign rally of
the Liberal Party at Plaza Miranda in the
district of Quiapo, Manila, causing nine
deaths and injuring 95 others.
On 21 September 1972, President Ferdinand
Marcos declared Martial Law, which forced
the NPA to fight for its freedom.
In 1974, the NPA launched its first tactical
operation inCalbiga, Samar, when it
ambushed an army scout patrol and seized a
number of their weapons.

CPP-NPA-NDF REBELLION

Until 2002, NPA received a considerable

amount of aid from outside the Philippines.
However, later developments forced it to rely
on support from other local sources.
In 2001, AFP launched a campaign of
selective extrajudicial killings, in an attempt
to suppress NPA activity.
On 9 August 2002, NPA was designated a
Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) by
theUnited States Department of State.

CPP-NPA-NDF REBELLION

Between 1969 and 2008, more than

43,000insurgencyrelated fatalities were
recorded.

4.
Leaders of
the CPP-NPANDF
Sison, Bucayno,
Jalandoni

JOSE MARIA SISON

Writer and activist

who founded
theCommunist
Party of the
Philippines
and added
elements
ofMaoism to its
philosophy.

BERNABE BUSCAYNO

Also
calledKumander
Dante, is the
founder of
theNew Peoples
Army, the military
wing of the
Communist Party
of the Philippines.

LUIS JALANDONI

Chief negotiator of
theNational
Democratic
Front, the
underground
political center of
the Communist
Party of the
Philippines.

PHILIPPINE
COMMUNISM
PROS AND CONS

2 SIDES OF PHILIPPINE COMMUNISM

PRO:
1. It supports universal
social welfare.
2. It forwards the
emancipation of
womenand ending the
exploitation of women.
3. It aims to redistribute
land to the landless
poor.
4. It wants to initiate a
cultural revolution.

CON:
1. It seeks to overthrow the
Philippine government.
2. It wants to expel U.S.
influence.
3. It promotes a one-party
state.
4. It advocates internationalism
(supporting revolutions in
foreign countries, rather
than international trade and
capitalism).
5. It opposes capitalism and
colonialism.

CURRENT SITUATION

August 22, 2016 - first round of peace talks

between the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines and the CPP-NDF-NPA in Oslo,
Norway.
- indefinite ceasefire
October 2016 second round of peace talks
between the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines and the CPP-NDF-NPA in Oslo,
Norway. - President Duterte reiterated that
he has talked with the leaders of the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front and the MNLFat the
start of his term to put an end to the many
secessionist movements in Mindanao.

THW appoint
some abled
leftist members
as officials in
government
agencies during
Duterte's
administration.