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CPP NPA NDF lightning rally protest
The Philippines 
December 26, 2020December 26, 2020

A reminder that CPP membership isn’t illegal anymore

Posted By: Louie Encabo 221 Views 0 Comment anti-subversion law, communist party of the philippines, featured, new people's army, red tagging, rodrigo duterte

December 26 marks the founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), an underground revolutionary organisation that has now existed for 52

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Andres Bonifacio Rodrigo Duterte red-tagging Philippines Katipunan Magdalo
The Philippines 
November 30, 2020December 1, 2020

If Andres Bonifacio was alive today, the Duterte regime would red-tag him

Posted By: Louie Encabo 372 Views 0 Comment andres bonifacio, featured, katipunan, magdalo, new people's army, red tagging, rodrigo duterte

On the 30th of November, we celebrate the life and legacy of the Filipino revolutionary hero, Andres Bonifacio. A founding member of the Philippine

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General Parlade red tagging League of Filipino Parents
The Philippines 
November 27, 2020November 28, 2020

Red-tagging is the Duterte regime’s way of suppressing dissent

Posted By: Louie Encabo 233 Views 2 Comments antonio parlade, featured, makabayan bloc, new people's army, NTF-ELCAC, red tagging, rodrigo duterte, sarah elago

Red-tagging has been a constant feature of the Duterte administration. Student activists, environmentalists, lawyers, trade unionists, and even elected members of Congress have been

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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and fake NPA surrenderees
The Philippines 
December 29, 2019

Can we really trust the Armed Forces of the Philippines?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 732 Views 1 Comment AFP propaganda, armed forces of the philippines, delfin lorenzana, featured, new people's army

The top brass of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been left red-faced after being forced to admit that they had doctored

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NPA in Ayungong, Negros Oriental
The Philippines 
July 24, 2019

What really happened to the four slain police officers in Negros Oriental?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 373 Views 1 Comment featured, Memorandum Order no. 32, new people's army, oplan sauron

The once peaceful province of Negros Oriental has become the de facto killing fields of the Philippines in the past few years, with the

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The Philippines 
January 20, 2019January 20, 2019

Duterte’s paranoid hold on power has plunged the Philippines into an era of “McCarthyism”

Posted By: Louie Encabo 501 Views 1 Comment act teachers party-list, featured, makabayan bloc, new people's army, red tagging, rodrigo duterte

At the height of the Cold War, prominent figures in U.S. politics took advantage of the paranoia everyday Americans had towards the perceived threat

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The Philippines 
January 10, 2019January 10, 2019

The Military’s “NPA Surrenderees” campaign is not adding up

Posted By: Louie Encabo 655 Views 0 Comment delfin lorenzana, featured, new people's army, rodrigo duterte

Pushed by President Duterte’s obsessive campaign to rid of the New People’s Army, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has waged war not

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The Philippines 
December 28, 2018December 28, 2018

Fifty years of the CPP: Why does the “People’s War” still persist?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 547 Views 2 Comments communist party of the philippines, featured, ferdinand marcos, new people's army, rodrigo duterte

While millions of Filipinos celebrated the birth of their saviour Jesus of Nazareth this week, in the hinterlands of the provinces thousands of their

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The Philippines 
March 29, 2018April 2, 2018

Activism is Not Terrorism

Posted By: Louie Encabo 697 Views 1 Comment activism in the philippines, featured, Louie Encabo, myles albasin, new people's army, rodrigo duterte, student activism, terrorism

If you had been travelling during the 28th and 29th you would have noticed the heightened security measures in airports, seaports and checkpoints on

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The Philippines 
April 28, 2017

Ten Years On, Where is Jonas Burgos?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 424 Views 0 Comment armed forces of the philippines, desaparecidos, disappearances, Jonas Burgos, new people's army

Modesty may have been the motif of his upbringing, but the life Jonas Burgos lived was anything but simple. 

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