A great read and summary of what has happened from the CPP’s ‘Marxism-Leninism-Maoism’ perspective in the general world, the party and the Philippines. My personal notes are below as follows (contains excerpts from the full article, please read the article for further context!)
To maintain their relative comfort, teachers, ordinary government employees, small professionals, public transportation owners, small market vendors or stall owners, freelance or gig workers, call-center agents, and other sectors that make up the petty bourgeoisie, also toil long hours. Amid a severe social crisis, most of them are no longer able to save to own their own homes or accumulate capital, and many rapidly slide into the living conditions of the toiling masses. Millions of young people are no longer able to complete college education due to high tuition and other expenses.
- While I don’t say much about my personal life due to OpSec, me being here, having free time to write indicates I’m what they’d call part of the ‘petty bourgeois’ which I’ve been thinking about since I live in the cities. I’ve been… comfortable and used to people having somewhat rich things, as part of being born in it and my parents having (gov) jobs that pay well. While we’re not rich ourselves, I’ve interacted with rich lib people and it gets me thinking a lot more about what I do, once I’m out of education and think about what jobs and further organizing I can and should do under the current climate…
[…] It is using the pro-US group Akbayan as a civilian war provocateur, promoting Sinophobia or anti-China sentiments, to frame the US as “ally” or “defender” of Philippine sovereignty.
- I have definitely been a bit suspicious of them, the more… ‘right-wing’ of the progressive movement (which is smaller in the first place due to NAP-UPD, NTF-ELCAC, and others), aligning with liberals (of the literal Liberal Party) a LOT of the time, and… generally, a better choice than voting for the hundredth Marcos or Duterte affiliate but still not good and if you’re voting (which doesn’t do much anyway) you might as well vote for the legal parties that participate (like the Bayan Group) if available. If any fellow Filipinos can enlighten me on what and how to talk about the South China Sea issue to people without being thrown flack, and with good evidences, lemme know, I’d love to learn~
Contrary to the agreement between the reactionary government and Moro forces recognizing the autonomy of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, Marcos continues to intervene and impose his authority on internal matters of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, and has repeatedly delayed elections. The peace agreement is now at risk due to Marcos’ failure to fulfill Manila’s obligations despite the surrender of arms by thousands of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The Moro masses continue to complain of rights abuses by fascist AFP forces.
- I wonder if this will cause actual conflict again, I myself am not aware of what the full situation is in the BARMM, but if true, could be interesting to see flare up again…
In the immediate future, a broadest united front must be formed against the Marcos and Duterte, who now represent the most reactionary and fascist factions of the ruling class, in order to completely isolate, fight, and oust the ruling regime.
- You know, I am optimistic, but I am still somewhat iffy on the potential of this basic broadest united front if the libs can’t even target the people responsible for not upholding ‘transparency and accountability’, being Marcos and Duterte.
Overall, great article! It seems that they’re progressing slowly but surely! Of course, in the coming months and years, more conflict will occur because of the general decline of global neoliberal capitalism, but I hope we survive successful and alive~!