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April 21, 2019 Pahayagan ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas ANG Pinapatnubayan ng Marxismo-Leninismo-Maoismo English Edition Vol L No. 8 April 21, 2019 www.philippinerevolution.info EDITORIAL NPA offensives Resist US military result in 31 AFP domination and Chinese casualties TWENTY FOUR soldiers were intrusions killed when the New People's Army (NPA)-Negros ambushed a unit of the 62nd IB in April 1 at vents over the past several weeks reveal the country's dismal Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises state of non-independence and the necessity to struggle for na- Padilla, Negros Oriental. On April tional sovereignty. The country was turned into a virtual play- 9, the NPA bombed the same en- Eground where big power bullies showed off their military and economic emy yunit in Sitio Asaran, might, while the US-Duterte regime displayed slavishness and inability Barangay Buenavista, Himamay- to uphold the country's patrimony and sovereignty. lan City. Seven soldiers were wounded. On the one hand, China em- direct and arrogant display of mil- Compostela Valley. The NPA placed hundreds of fishing vessels itary superiority, 3,500 American ambushed troopers of the 71st IB believed to be carrying armed troops swaggered into the country, in Sitio Bagong Silang, Barangay troops around the Spratly Islands. welcomed by grovelers in the AFP. Teresa, Maco last April 3 at 6:45 They practically took over the fish- They brandished weapons such as a.m. Four soldiers were con- ing grounds and other resources in nuclear warships, jet fighters and firmed killed. Among the areas which form part of the Philip- amphibious assault vehicles in line wounded was the unit's com- pine maritime territory. In addition, with the April 1-12 Balikatan exer- mander 1Lt. Serwin E. Matas. they continue to ravage coral reefs cises. Using the exercises as cover, Prior to this, three elements of in incessant land reclamation oper- the US military turned the country the 66th IB were killed in March ations to build military facilities and into a launchpad to sail its USS 30, 9:30 a.m., in Sityo Dasuran, fortify their military presence. Wasp and fly F-35Bs in the vicinity Barangay Golden Valley in On the other hand, in a more of the Panatag Shoal traumatizing Mabini. After these battles, AFP "Resist...," continued at page 2 "31...," continued at page 3 "Resist...," from page 1 terests, he has betrayed the coun- in civilian ports, and train and have Filipino fishermen. This show of try's patrimony and sovereignty. operational control over AFP units. force aims to strengthen its military Duterte has given up the coun- The Philippines remains bound to foothold in the country, and assert try's maritime territory which is re- unequal military agreements. In its hegemony in the South China cognized even under the UN Con- exchange, the US has extended Sea and the entire Pacific region. vention on the Law of the Seas. He military assistance to Duterte's all- Compared to China, the US has also entered into onerous loan out war supplying it with rifles, ar- mounts bigger and more aggressive agreements and government con- tillery, refurbished helicopters, interventionist military operations tracts under which the country's drones, and other equipment. behind what it calls "freedom of patrimony has been turned into These big power bullies profess navigation operations" and military collateral, in exchange for fat kick- friendship and alliance with the treaties with the Philippines. backs for Duterte and his cronies. Filipino people. In fact, they only in Big power saber-rattling in- On the other hand, with the pursue their own strategic geopol- creases the threat of war in the Pa- collusion of Duterte and the AFP, itical interests. China claims using cific and undermines Philippine US military forces are exercising all- its military might to make other national sovereignty. These form out power. He has allowed the US to countries grow. It merely covets part of the heightening struggle for use the Philippines as base for its the country's mineral resources to military and economic superiority Operation Pacific Eagle-Philippines. feed its industries. It makes large between the big powers. Both sides He has allowed the US to build amounts of loans to export surplus are interested only in advancing secret facilities and stockpile capital and make other countries their competing aims to control weapons within AFP camps, buy its surplus steel. trade routes, sources of raw mater- mount more and The US claims "ironclad com- ial, cheap labor, spheres of invest- more war exer- mitment to defend the Phil- ment, export markets, and military cises, set up radars ippines" against outposts. and conduct drone "Chinese aggres- The self-serving Duterte regime surveillance, sail sion." In fact, it is has acted servile and kowtowed to their warships the US that has both sides. Seeking to further his across Philippine long held the coun- bureaucrat capitalist and fascist in- seas and dock them try in its clutches. The US maintains military dominance ANG Contents in the country to defend its own ul- tranational interests, not Philippine Editorial: Resist US military domination sovereignty. Vol L No. 8 | April 21, 2019 and Chinese intrusions 1 US imperialism is not a friend, AFP suffers 31 casualties 1 rather an enemy. It has long sub- Ang Bayan is published Standoff in Philippine seas 3 jugated the country through a cen- in Pilipino, Bisaya, Iloko, US and China, out now! 4 tury of colonialism and neocoloni- Hiligaynon, Waray and English. Ang On the Chico dam project 4 alism, employing armed aggression Bayan welcomes contributions in the The Igorots' struggle 5 and suppression. It has imposed formof articles and news items. Undercharging vegetables 5 trade agreements and economic Readers are encouraged Fascist propaganda 6 policies which force dependence on to send feedback Rampaging state terrorism 6 imports, debt and foreign invest- Brownouts in Metro Manila 7 and recommendations ments. Big American corporations State kills Manobo leader 7 for improving our newspaper. have plundered and devoured the AFP's fake encounters 8 country's forests and natural re- AFP misencounters 8 sources, grabbed vast agricultural instagram.com/progressiveviews Increasing wealth and exploitation 9 Bloated bureaucrats 10 tracts, exploited cheap labor, and @prwc_info Drug syndicates 10 siphoned super profits. It has Justice for Negros 14 10 stunted the economy, prevented it fb.com/groups/prwcnewsroomv2 The people's calvary 11 from industrializing and kept it as [email protected] Other protests 11 an exporter of cheap raw materials Foxconn dismissals 11 and semimanufactures. Relative to the US imperialists, Ang Bayan is published forthnightly by the Central Committee which have long plundered and of the Communist Party of the Philippines devastated the Philippines, China is 2 April 2 1 , 2 01 9 ANG BAYAN a late-comer, scraping the bot- STAND-OFF IN PHILLIPINE SOVEREIGN SEAS tom of the country's wealth. China: From January to March, ough) three times during the same The country remains under 275 Chineses fishing vessels suspec- period. In January, USS Hopper US imperialist domination. The ted as Chinese Coast guard launched so-called freedom of nav- ruling state in the Philippines is surveillance ships were spotted near igation operations near the island. a client-state of the US, with the Pag-asa Island (international name: In April, US Airforce A-10 Warthog US-trained and -indoctrinated Thitu Island). Some reports sad that patrolled the area. The USS Wasp Philippine military serving as its these ships carried Chinese paramil- had the biggest presence, with its strongest pillar. Duterte is its itaries named “Little Blue Men.” 10 F-35Bs, believed to be the most current chieftain. Armed with Pag-asa Island is the biggest is- advanced US fighter planes, four US-supplied weapons, the fascist land in the Spratly Group of Islands Ospreys and two attack helicopters. regime employs and directs state which is located 285 nautical miles It has a 1,000 crew and carries violence against the Filipino from Palawan. 1,600 Marines for its amphibious people and all their patriotic and US: US war vessels were spot- vehicles. Before Filipino fishermen democratic forces. ted near Panatag Shoal (Scarbor- divulged its presence in the area on These forces, including the April 9, it secretly carried out Communist Party of the Philip- plane and helicopter pines, stand firmly and militantly flights and landings for the cause of national and near the shoal. social liberation. They demand The USS Wasp is foremost an end to US imperial- part of the 35th ist domination and condemn the Balikatan exer- subservience of the Philippine cises which was government. They clamor for the launched last abrogation of US-RP military April 1-12. (For treaties and US military inter- additional de- ventionism and seek to free the tails, read re- country from its economic and lated article in political clutches. Ang Bayan, April As patriots, they also con- 7, 2019.) demn China's bullying, military Panatag Shoal presence and occupation of or Bajo de Masinloc is Philippine maritime territory in 35-40 nautical miles the South China Sea and de- from Masinloc, Zambales. spoiliation of sea resources and denounce the failure of the Duterte regime to carry out the "31...,' from page 1 necessary diplomatic and polit- units relentlessly shelled and out in April 15, at 11:20 a.m. while ical steps to assert the country's bombed the area. the soldiers were inspecting a road rights. They oppose as well the Masbate. Two police personnel project under PAMANA. onerous loans and anomalous were sanctioned in separate partis- overpriced infrastructure con- an operations by the NPA in IN ORIENTAL MINDORO, the NPA tracts with China.
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