Pahayagan ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas ANG Pinapatnubayan ng Marxismo-Leninismo-Maoismo English edition Vol. XLV No. 3 February 7, 2014 www.philippinerevolution.net Editoryal Unleash a surge of protest to call the US-Aquino regime to account ore than two months after supertyphoon Yolanda's rising face of such widespread devas- seas and howling winds laid waste to the lives and liveli- tation, the ruling regime has Mhoods of millions of people across vast areas of the Visayas, confined itself to providing lim- it is now the people's turn to surge in anger and protest against the ited relief. Aquino regime's criminal negligence and extreme incompetence. Calamity victims are victim- ized twice over by thieves in the On January 25, the collect- from the Aquino regime's neglect bureaucracy who pocket disas- ive footsteps of up to 12,000 must surge towards the national ter and emergency relief funds victims of typhoon Yolanda urban centers. and even aid provided by inter- thundered through Tacloban's The unity of the people of national agencies. main thoroughfare. Like single Eastern Visayas must likewise They are likewise victimized waves gathering to create a be further expanded to include by the lack of rehabilitation pro- powerful ocean tide, the peo- the solidarity of all victims of ty- grams tailor-made for victims of ple's mass movement vigorously phoon Yolanda throughout the disaster. The reactionary re- bared the people's real condi- Visayas, and other calamities of gime belittles the damage that tions and cried for an end to the recent years such as typhoons has befallen the masses' liveli- ruling regime that persists in Pablo, Sendong and Santi, the hoods and the threat of wide- stifling the reality of wide- Bohol earthquake and floods spread hunger. It has not un- spread devastation, poverty caused by the strong monsoon dertaken emergency measures and hunger. rains. such as cancelling or assuming The swell of protest in East- The vast majority of calami- debts owed by farmers from ern Visayas in January provided ty victims come from the toiling banks or loan sharks or provided but a glimpse of the even more masses, with their devastation investment funds to enable powerful surge of action by the stemming from the ruling re- farmers to plant and make the Filipino people against the ruling gime's refusal to use the state's land productive. US-Aquino regime. From Taclo- resources to ensure their safety Worse, the Aquino regime ban and other Visayan cities, the and provide adequate systems has even been invoking the need protests of victims of typhoon and facilities to save people's for rehabilitatin to pour funds, Yolanda and others who have lives and properties. Even in the not to uplift the victims suffered economically, but to benefit the businesses of People's surge its big comprador bourgeois allies. ehimeng Aquino, kontra-kablas! (Aquino regime is anti-poor) The calamity victims' cry This cry resounded from among more than 12,000 residents of for justice must merge with "RLeyte, Samar and Biliran on January 24 and 25 when they the cries of the entire Filipino launched a protest march in Tacloban City's main avenue to hold the Aqui- people for genuine land re- no government accountable for its criminal negligence when supertyphoon form, a just increase in wages Yolanda struck. and lower prices for oil, elec- tricity, water, food, medicine The rally was led by Duluk han vors of typhoon Yolanda. Outside, and other commodities. Even Katawhan (People Surge), an alli- military agents and policemen in as they assail the severely in- ance formed to mobilize Samar, patrol cars surveilled the building. adequate budgets for disaster Leyte and Biliran residents to rise Because the huge rally was a preparedness and mitigation, and fight for justice and the right reflection of the people's intense they strengthen their cries to decent livelihood. anger at the Aquino regime for its against the relentless budget- The protesters demanded that neglect of the victims of the super- ary cuts for education, health the regime provide an emergency typhoon, the people did all they and other social services. fund of `40,000 to each family. could to be able to join the demon- The entire people must They assailed the Aquino regime stration. Before the rally, not a unite to hold Benigno Aquino for putting a stop to relief opera- few farmers sold gingerroot and III accountable for his crimes tions, saying that many victims, other cash crops to raise transport not only in terms of his gross especially in the interior villages fare to Tacloban. In other barrios, neglect of the calamity vic- had yet to receive any relief assist- villagers contributed cash for use tims, but for paving the way ance. They belied Malacañang's as pocket money by those intend- for a handful of landlords, big claims that the victims had already ing to join the rally. Village coun- local and foreign capitalists to resumed their normal lives. cils and local politicians who were exploit the people and cause In the afternoon of January convinced of the justness of the them to suffer. 24, thousands gathered at the Yolanda victims' objectives like- The surge of protest in Eastern Visayas State University wise provided assistance. Eastern Visayas must signal (EVSU), where delegations crowd- In a desperate attempt to sti- the start of giant storms of ed all three floors. At around 6 fle the people's mass action, the people's protests that will put p.m., People Surge began a vigil- military spread rumors that the an end to this baleful regime. memorial for the victims and survi- rally would be "infiltrated" by NPA Red fighters. The rumors also served as pretext to deploy hordes ANG Contents of military troops in Tacloban. On Editoryal: Unleash a surge of protest 1 the eve of the rally, malicious ru- Vol XLV No. 3 February 7, 2014 People’s surge 2 mors were also spread about an The anti-people “no-build zone policy” 3 alleged NPA attack on a bus. De- Ang Bayan is published in Pilipino, Yolanda victims gather in guerrilla zone 3 spite such intimidation, the people Bisaya, Iloko, Hiligaynon, Waray and forged ahead to join the rally. Res- English editions. Building organs of political power 3 It is available for downloading at NPA attacks energy plant 4 idents of Basey, Samar who could the Philippine Revolution Web Central not get past the military and police located at: NPA punishes mining firm in Cagayan 5 checkpoints at the San Juanico NPA attacks Sumifru 5 www.philippinerevolution.org. Bridge which connects Samar to People’s militia training in Cagayan Valley 6 Leyte island rode pump boats in- Ang Bayan welcomes contributions PNP victimizes civilians in Sorsogon 6 in the form of articles and news. stead just so they could join the Readers are likewise enjoined to send Mining dons sanctimonious garb 7 mass action. in their comments and suggestions for AFP turns school into barracks 8 the betterment of our publication. You When they reached Tacloban, can reach us by email at: CAB and the Moro struggle 9 the victims marched along Imelda Oust the landlord president 10 Avenue up to the Legislative Build- [email protected] San Roque in QC demolished anew 10 ing amid reverberating cries of "Aquino is anti-poor!", "Justice Ang Bayan is published fortnightly by the Central Committee for the victims!", and "No-Build of the Communist Party of the Philippines Zone Policy is anti-poor!" ~ 2 ANG BAYAN February 7, 2014 Lessons from SMR and New People's Army in the Building organs region agreed that the task of building and consolidating the of political power mass base must be stepped up to advance the three compo- nents of people's war (armed he consolidation of the mass base has been a thoroughgoing struggle, agrarian revolution endeavor alongside the advance of armed struggle in Southern and base building) in a balanced Mindanao Region (SMR). Since 2013, barrio revolutionary com- T way. To achieve this, the mass mittees have been established in quick succession in the various organizations in the developing guerrilla bases being developed in the region. guerrilla bases must be invigor- ated to the point where they are Before the year ended, a gion's higher targets for OPP able to function on their own. It number of municipal revolution- building in 2014 and must like- was a way to bring out the lead- ary committees (MRC) had also wise be shared with other terri- ership capabilities of mass lead- been formed. The lessons on tories. ers who would be leading the how to fully comply with the req- soon to be established BRC and uisites for building organs of po- Sharp application MRC. The comrades identified litical power (OPP) are impor- of the mass line the key issue that would mobi- tant in order to attain the re- Last year, the entire Party lize the mass organizations and Junk the anti-poor Yolanda victims "no-build zone policy" gather rban poor residents victimized by typhoon Yolanda have demand- in guerrilla zone Ued that the Aquino government junk its "no-build zone policy" which prohibits people from building houses near coastal areas. The ore than 200 villagers victims said the policy would benefit only the big comprador bourgeoi- Mand two New People's sie and businessmen. Army platoons assembled in a remote sub-village in Sam- In Tacloban City, the policy wants to move them to over- ar on the night of February 1. will cover an area of more than priced bunkhouses that are too Their assembly's theme 400 hectares, including areas 40 cramped for a family of five to was "Victims of Yolanda, meters from the coast during ten members.