Pahayagan ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas ANG Pinapatnubayan ng Marxismo-Leninismo-Maoismo Vol. L No. 3 February 7, 2019 www.philippinerevolution.info EDITORIAL NPA-NEMR mounts Justice for all victims 6 counter-attacks of the US-Duterte fascist THE NEW PEOPLE'S Army (NPA) in Northeast Mindanao frustrated the fascist troops of the Armed regime Forces of the Philippines (AFP) which have been on a 25-day rampage in Agusan del Sur and he revolutionary forces hold the US-Duterte fascist regime Surigao del Sur. The said operati- fully responsible for the brazen murder of NDFP peace on was the AFP's reaction to two consultant Randy Felix Malayao last January 30. Malayao's successful tactical offensives of Tmurder follows public pronouncements by Duterte himself just a the NPA in the last quarter of month ago endorsing mass killings and ordering his death squads to 2018. The relentless military carry out the liquidation of revolutionary forces and supporters of operations were accompanied by the Party and revolutionary movement. aerial bombing and strafing by the Malayao's murder signals the activists as well as all other oppo- Philippine Air Force. escalation of state terrorism and sition forces. According to Ka Maria Mala- armed suppression against activis- Frustrated over its continuing ya, spokesperson of the National ts who are at the forefront of the failure to defeat the revolutionary Democratic Front of the Philippi- broad united opposition against armed movement, the Duterte re- nes (NDFP)-Northeast Mindanao Duterte's tyranny. Malayao is the gime has vented its fascist ire Region, the NPA mounted six co- first high-profile national perso- against the legal democratic for- unter attacks against 4th ID tro- nality killed by state security for- ces employing assassination squ- ops operating in the communities ces after many years. The killing of ads and flouting laws and legal since the last week of December Malayao may well be the signal- processes to clamp down on mass 2018 up to mid-January. Three of fire for Duterte's death squads to organizations and progressive in- the these counterattacks were carry out similar barefaced acts of stitutions. State agents carry out most notable: murder against mass leaders and "Justice..," continued at page 2 "BHB-NEMR..," continued at page 3 "Justice..." from page 1 ons, surveillance, torture, arbi- the country and those massacred armed suppression against pea- trary arrests, slapping of trumped in Sagay, Lake Sebu and elsew- sants and workers, as well as te- up charges, prolonged detention, here! Justice for workers attacked achers, students, lawyers, journa- forcing people to "surrender," il- for asserting their right to orga- lists and other sectors, especially legalization and closure of com- nize and strike! Justice for the those actively asserting their de- munity schools and other gross hundreds of political prisoners! mocratic rights and interests, and abuses. Justice for the scores of children critical of Duterte's tyranny. Under Oplan Kapayapaan and arbitrarily detained in the guise of It is becoming apparent that the 2018 National Internal Security "state protection!" Justice for Duterte is intent on his declarati- Plan, the rights of several tens of teachers and others unjustly being on to carry out the "Suharto-sty- thousands of people are being put under state surveillance and le" of mass killing where at least trampled upon by Duterte's fascist intimidation! Justice for journa- one million accused of being mem- onslaught. This is on top of the tens lists and lawyers who are being bers and supporters of the Com- of thousands killed by state forces Red-tagged and threatened with munist Party of Indonesia were and state-sponsored death squads harm! Justice for the thousands summarily executed in 1965-66 in Duterte's so-called "drug war" to unjustly killed under Duterte's under the orders of then Gen. Su- control the illegal drug trade, as drug war! Justice for the hundreds harto who would later establish a well as the hundreds of thousands of thousands of victims of Duter- 30-year bloody military dictators- of Moro people whose rights are te's unjust destruction of Marawi hip. being trampled under Duterte's war City! Justice for all women victi- In his drive to establish him- to control the resources of the mized by Duterte's relentless and self a fascist dictator and perpe- Bangsamoro people. unrepentant misogyny! Justice for tuate the bureaucrat capitalist ru- As Duterte intensifies the the religious who are under cons- le of his family and clique, Duterte campaign of killings and all-out tant attack by Duterte's bigotry is increasingly obsessed with crus- suppression, the demand for jus- and instigation to violence! Justi- hing the national democratic for- tice resounds across the country ce for the Filipino people victimi- ces as one of the key elements to and across various democratic zed by Duterte's tyranny and ter- his tyrannical scheme. There is a sectors. The broad masses de- rorism! rising number of cases of extraju- mand: Justice for Malayao! Justice In the struggle for justice, the dicial killings, massacres, abducti- for peasants being killed across Filipino people must intensify their political mass struggles to widely ANG Contents expose, denounce and resist the Duterte regime's fascist attacks. Editorial: Justice for all the victims of the They must be bold, aggressive and always on the offensive in order to Vol. L No. 3 | February 7, 2019 fascist Duterte regime 1 make the regime answer for every NPA counterattacks in NEMR 1 Ang Bayan is published single act of military and police in Pilipino, Bisaya, Iloko, Malayao murder rouses condemnation 4 abuse of power. They must carry Hiligaynon, Waray and English. Ang Building PDG in Brgy. Sugar 4 out street actions in order to wi- Bayan welcomes contributions in the Duterte's attack against children 6 eld the collective power of the formof articles and news items. #ChildrennotCriminals 7 masses. At the same time, they Readers are encouraged State kills 4 peasants 8 must persist in legal struggles in to send feedback order to assert their rights under State attacks people's NMR 8 and recommendations international humanitarian law as Falling coconut industry 10 for improving our newspaper. well as under the reactionary Prices continue to rise 11 constitution. Church, progressives unite 11 The clamor for justice unites instagram.com/progressiveviews Mendiola massacre commemorated 11 the Filipino people in the face of @prwc_info Sumifru campout defended 12 Duterte's reign of terror. It must Attacks against progressive partylists 12 be echoed in the factories, school fb.com/groups/prwcnewsroomv2 BOL ratified 12 campuses, offices, churches, com- munities and so on. It strengthens [email protected] Luxemburg centenary commemorated 13 and broadens their united front against Duterte's tyranny and Ang Bayan is published forthnightly by the Central Committee fascism. It emboldens them to re- of the Communist Party of the Philippines sist even in the face of murder, 2 February 7 , 2 01 9 ANG BAYAN "Justice.," from page 1 "BHB-NEMR..," from page 1 intimidation and threats. > On December 23, the NPA set (Ka Dindo), 44, was killed, while his At the same time, the broad off explosives against 26th IB son Ka Wingwing suffered grave masses must be roused and mo- troopers operating in Sumulon, Ba- injuries. bilized to transform their social rangay Padiay, Sibagat, Agusan del Both incidents belie military discontent into struggles to ad- Sur. On January 5, the 3rd Special claims that the revolutionary forces vance their economic rights and Forces Battalion (SFB) was haras- have waned in the said area, said the cause of social justice. They sed in the mountains of San Juan, Santiago. must persevere in their demand Bayugan in the same province. Meanwhile, in Negros island, for wage and salary increases, > On January 7, Red fighters two soldiers were killed in separate jobs, land for the tillers, housing also blasted operating troops of the NPA offensives. for the homeless, and so on. The 36th IB in the mountains of Manhu- Two troopers of the 94th IB people must be roused to deno- layan, Barangay Bolhoon, San Mi- were killed in sniping operations by unce the regime for its imposition guel, Surigao del Sur. NPA-Negros against soldiers stati- of onerous taxes and failure to These AFP operations demon- oned in their camp in Barangay control rising prices of food and strate the AFP officers and the Du- Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros other basic commodities. They terte government's disregard for Oriental last January 29 at 2 p.m. must expose the falsity of the re- the safety of their 15 troopers (two Residents celebrated the said of- gime's so-called "welfare pro- soldiers of the 3rd SFB and 13 CAA fensive against the 94th IB which grams," denounce the utter lack men) currently being held as priso- have been conducting "peace and of social services and condemn ners of war (POW) by the NPA, ac- development" operations in the the corruption and plunder of cording to Ka Maria. Their release said barangay. state resources by the few big is being delayed by the said opera- The 94th IB is responsible for bureaucrat capitalists and big tions. the killing and illegal arrest of pea- bourgeois compradors. The POWs were captured on sants last December 27, 2018, and In the face of the Duterte December 19 in an NPA raid on the for the illegal search of homes in at regime's increasingly relentless CAA detachment in Barangay New least six sitios in the said barangay. attacks, the broad mass organi- Tubigon, Sibagat, Agusan del Sur. This caused fear among hundreds zations must fight wisely to elu- The NPA seized 23 firearms in that of residents, forcing them to flee de and frustrate the campaign raid, including an M60 light machi- their homes.