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An essay on historical methodology and revolutionary politics, in response to the arguments of impressionism, empiricism, and pragmatism. How do we study history? How can we understand the martial law regime of Marcos, or the barricades of the Diliman Commune,...
On Saturday, May 1 1971, police and military forces in the Philippines, who had been deployed on the roof of Congress buidling as snipers armed with machine guns, opened fire on four thousand protesting workers and students. They mercilessly strafed...
Jose Ma. Sison, founder and ideological leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines, developed his fundamental political ideas -- the program of Stalinism -- during his years as a graduate student at the University of the Philippines. His class...
In the final analysis, Marasigan’s argument amounts to the claim that Joseph Stalin was right, and the CPP is correct in continuing his political legacy.
The foundational text of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), written by Jose Ma. Sison, Philippine Society and Revolution, was first published in serialized form in campus newspapers in the latter half of 1970.