Jose 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 iii 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 iv 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 v 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 vi 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 vii 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 ix 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. x