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The New People's Army rebellion (often shortened to NPA rebellion) is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist [4] [11] Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
Major splits away from the Communist Party of the Philippines occurred in 1992 and 1996. A month after Marcos was ousted through the broad-based nonviolent People Power Revolution of February 1986, the unit led by Conrado Balweg formed a splinter group known as the Cordillera People's Liberation Army , whose conflict with the Philippine ...
The NPA is one of the key figures in the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines, the longest ongoing conflict in the country. The NPA operates and is based primarily in the Philippine countryside, [3] where the CPP alleges it has established itself in 73 out of the country's 81 provinces, across over 110 guerrilla fronts.
' People's Army Against The Japanese '), better known by the acronym Hukbalahap, was a Filipino communist guerrilla movement formed by the farmers of Central Luzon. They were originally formed to fight the Japanese , but extended their fight into a rebellion against the Philippine government , known as the Hukbalahap rebellion in 1946.
The majority of women were peasants, 15–35 years old, and unmarried. Most women stayed in the villages, offering to help through the collection of supplies, money, and information to aid the guerillas. Women’s prewar experience in peasant movements in Central Luzon made them ideal organizers for the Hukbalahap.
27–29 August – Communist guerrillas conducted two ambushes on units of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) in Pampanga and Subic, Zambales. Six PC members were killed and four wounded. [citation needed] 10 November - CPP chairman Jose Maria Sison is arrested at a roadside checkpoint in San Fernando, La Union. Effective control of the NPA is ...
Communist parties in the Philippines officially claim themselves to be ideologically Marxist-Leninist or Marxist-Leninist-Maoist. The Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas , in its constitution, refers to itself as the "political party of the Filipino working classes based on the principles of scientific Communism and Marxism-Leninism."
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP; Filipino: Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas) is a far-left, Marxist–Leninist–Maoist revolutionary organization and communist party in the Philippines, formed by Jose Maria Sison on 26 December 1968. The CPP has been fighting a guerrilla war against the state since its