Joma Sison scores Palace for rejecting peace talks
GMANews.TV
Article posted November 16, 2008 - 10:46 AM
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/133825/Joma-Sison-scores-Palace-for-rejecting-peace-talks#
MANILA, Philippines - The Arroyo government's rejection of a joint statement
to resume peace talks betrays its insincerity in the peace process, Communist
Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison said.
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Senator Madrigal, NDFP call for resumption of peace talks
D'JAY LAZARO, GMANews.TV
Article posted November 11, 2008 - 07:27 PM
http://www.gmanews.tv/print/132812
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Maria Ana Madrigal and exiled leaders of the Philippine
communist movement want the government to free political detainees who were
ordered released since 2001 as a confidence-building measure to help pave the
way for the resumption of peace talks.
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STATEMENT OF SENATOR M.A. MADRIGAL
AND NDFP NEGOTIATING PANEL CHAIRPERSON LUIS JALANDONI
Utrecht, The Netherlands
10 November 2008
Senator M.A. Madrigal, chairperson of the Philippine Senate Committee on Peace,
Unification and Reconciliation, met with the Negotiating Panel of the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), headed by chairperson Luis Jalandoni,
in Utrecht, The Netherlands on 9 and 10 November 2008.
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RP, NDF asked: Go back to peace talks
By Ma. Cecilia Rodriguez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20081108-170936
Posted date: November 08, 2008
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20081108-170936/RP-NDF-asked-Go-back-to-peace-talks
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Fresh from a solidarity mission for peace in Europe,
where they met with leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National
Democratic Front (CPP-NDF), religious leaders from all over the country gathered
here Thursday and reiterated their call for the government and the NDF to begin
formal peace negotiations.
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MESSAGE TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
From New York Committee on Human Rights in the Philippines
Re "Terrorist" Blacklist & Case of Prof. Jose Maria Sison
5 November 2008
Dear Amnesty International:
This letter serves two purposes.
The first is to thank you for putting forth a strong statement that urges the
President-elect Barack Obama to place the promotion and respect for human
rights at the center of Washington's agenda. As a local human rights advocacy
group in New York, and with the Philippines still undergoing a human rights
crisis, we hope your statement will be seriously considered and your suggestions
taken up by Obama's administration.
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THE OTHER VIEW
By Elmer A. Ordoñez
The activist scholar speaks
The Manila Times
September 17, 2008
There was a time when the academe was seen as a community of scholars engaged in advancing the frontiers of
knowledge through research and teaching in the sciences and humanities.By nature the academic is not an activist
and is seen (as U.P. professor Crisitino Jamias did in the 50s) as one who is “unleading and unled.”
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Ecumenical group to help facilitate resumption of GRP-NDFP peace talks
CBCP NEWS
MANILA
September 17, 2008
Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) has expressed willingness to
help in facilitating the resumption of the pending peace talks between the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) but said it cannot serve as mediator.
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Addressing root causes of armed conflict is the path to peace -- NDFP and PEPP
PRESS RELEASE
NDFP International Information Office
8 September 2008
In pursuit of their mission as advocates and "bridge builders for peace",
a delegation of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) held a
dialogue with the Negotiating Panel and consultants of the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) last 2 September 2008 in
Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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THE OTHER VIEW
The Manila Times
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/july/26/yehey/opinion/20080726opi2.html
By Elmer A. Ordoñez
“The youth will not fail us”
Saturday, July 26, 2008
This was the message of Satur Ocampo in a memorable paper, “U.P. will
forge through risk-filled neoliberal terrain; so will militant activism
persists: An Outsider’s View of University of the Philippines,” one of
the U.P. Centennial Lectures series in Diliman. The Bayan Muna
congressman spoke about the historic role of the militant youth in the
self-renewal of the national democratic movement—which today “is very
much alive.”
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Baguio writer bares out his latest literary offerings and more
by Mojo Potato
Thursday, July 10, 2008
After spending more than a decade as an information officer at the Philippine
embassy in London, while experiencing first hand the Filipino diaspora, Edgar
Maranan is back in the literary limelight in his homeland to do what he does
best - writing with passion.
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UP will forge through risk-filled
neoliberal terrain; so will militant activism persist
by Satur C. Ocampo
Before we begin, may I invite everyone to stand up for three minutes of silence
in honor of the former students of the University of the Philippines who gave up
their lives in the continuing struggle for national liberation, economic emancipation,
social justice, equitable development and genuine and lasting peace for the Filipino
people.
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE DEFEND SLAMS
FALSE CHARGES AGAINST PROF. SISON IN SURIGAO
Press Statement
July 8, 2008
Every time the New People's Army carries out a tactical offensive against the
military and police in the Philippines, the military and police authorities file with
the prosecutor's office charges of rebellion and common crimes like murder and
robbery against Prof. Jose Maria Sison, chairperson of the International League
of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) and chief political consultant of the National Democratic
Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in peace negotiations with the Government of
the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).
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Fil-Am Activists Demand Sison Removal from U.S. 'Terror' List
BY BULATLAT
Posted 2:25 p.m., July 4, 2008
After South African Leader Nelson Mandela was dropped off from the
United States immigration watchlist of possible terrorists, an activist
group called on the US government to eliminate Prof. Jose Maria Sison
from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list of the U.S.
Department of State.
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE DEFEND CONDEMNS FALSE CHARGE
OF MULTIPLE MURDER AGAINST FILIPINO OPPOSITION LEADERS
Issued by the International Committee DEFEND
July 7, 2008
Since last Friday, the propagandists of the Arroyo regime have been drumming up
in the mass media the news that the so-called Inopacan, Southern Leyte case of
multiple murder has been transferred from the Hilongos, Leyte regional trial court
to the Manila regional trial court and has been raffled off to Branch No. 32.
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US Gov't Should Follow Suit From Mandela by Removing
Sison, CPP, NPA Off Terrorist List As Well
Reference: BAYAN USA Executive Committee
email: info@bayanusa.org
July 3, 2008
The US Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, or BAYAN USA, a national alliance of
Filipino organizations in the United States expresses heartfelt congratulations to South
African freedom-fighter Nelson Mandela over his recent dropping from the a dated US
immigration watchlist of possible terrorists. The US State Department has also dropped
Mandela's organization, the African National Congress (ANC) from the same list after
more than decades of being tagged. This precedes the Foreign Terrorist Organization
(FTO) list developed by the US State Department after September 11, 2001. BAYAN
USA also calls on the US government to follow suit with this momentous victory by
dropping Professor Jose Maria Sison, another freedom-fighter and political refugee
in the Netherlands, as well as his former organizations the Communist Party of the
Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), off the FTO
listing as well.
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ILPS STUDY COMMISSION CONCERN #16
ON MIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE
RESOLUTION ON PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON
WHEREAS, Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, a political scientist, theoretician, teacher,
multi-awarded poet and acknowledged leader of the patriotic and democratic
movement in the Philippines fighting for meaningful national and social
change, chairperson of the ILPS and a recognized political refugee in the
Netherlands;
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MENSENRECHTEN: KRITIEK OP HET NEDERLANDSE MENSENRECHTENBELEID
VN-RAAD VOOR DE MENSENRECHTEN, 8e Sessie, 11 juni 2008
MONDELINGE INTERVENTIE TIJDENS DE
BESPREKING VAN HET RAPPORT VAN DE UPR-WERKGROEP
IN NEDERLAND
door de Internationale Associatie van Democratische Advocaten (IADL)
bij monde van Mr. Edre U. Olalia
Dank u, meneer de voorzitter,
Deze mondelinge interventie tijdens de bespreking van het rapport van de
UPR-Werkgroep in Nederland wordt gedaan uit naam van de Internationale
Associatie van Democratische Advocaten (IADL), in samenwerking met de
Indische Raad in Zuid-Amerika en gesteund door de Coalitie van Inheemse
Volkeren en Naties en door de Filippijnse UPR-Watch. (UPR: Universal Periodic
Review = Universele Periodieke Evaluatie).
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Brochure of the UP Centennial 2008
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NEWS ITEM
Romulo-Donner Deal Gets Support from the Judge
Manifest
Newspaper of the New Communist Party of the Netherlands
June 2008
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IADL AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES
EXPOSE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS
By Coni Ledesma
International Committee DEFEND
12 June 08
We are deeply gratified and happy to learn that the International Association
of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), together with other organizations of human
rights advocates, adopted the common position of exposing the violation
of human rights of Filipinos living in The Netherlands and defending said
Filipinos, during the 8th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
on 11 June 2008.
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Violations of Human Rights of Filipinos in The Netherlands Exposed
11 June 08; 1209pm; Wed
Geneva, June 11, 2008. Attached hereto are the abridged and unabridged versions
of the intervention delivered this morning by Atty Edre U. Olalia, representative of
the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, before the 8th session of the
UN Human Rights Council during the Universal Periodic Review of the human rights
record of The Netherlands.
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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE DEFEND CONDEMNS
CONTINUING OPPRESSION OF PROF. SISON
By International Committee DEFEND
8 June 2008
We, the International Committee DEFEND, hereby condemn the long-running scheme of Philippine
and Dutch government authorities at the highest level to oppress and criminalize Prof. Jose Maria
Sison by subjecting him to false charges of murder against him and to an endless politicallymotivated
criminal investigation.
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Sison mulls next move after losing appeal in Dutch court
By LOUI GALICIA
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
After the District Court in The Hague rejected Jose Maria Sison's appeal to prevent
the request of the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office to continue its investigation
until December, the founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines
next move is expected to be to ask for the end of the investigation, reported
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau.
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(UPDATE) Sison unperturbed by Dutch court order
By Veronica Uy
INQUIRER.net
Posted date: June 06, 2008
MANILA, Philippines -- Self-exiled Filipino communist leader Jose Ma. Sison on
Friday said he was unperturbed by the Dutch court’s order giving prosecutors
the go-ahead to pursue inquiry into his alleged involvement in the killings of
two erstwhile comrades in the Philippine communist movement.
This as Sison and his lawyer Michiel Pestman derided as "more of the same
rubbish" the evidence presented by the prosecutors during the May 20
hearing of his complaint that the inquiry has been unnecessarily prolonged.
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Dutch court orders frozen bank accounts of NDF unblocked
By LOUI GALICIA
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
The District Court in The Hague has ordered the Dutch Public Prosecutor's
Office to unblock the bank accounts of National Democratic Front (NDF)
officers and others that were frozen in September in connection with the
arrest of Jose Maria Sison last year.
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ASSASSINATION BY HIRED KILLERS FAILED TWICE
(Unofficial translation from the original in Dutch)
Article of Folkert Jensma in NRC.NEXT 30 May 2008, pp. 10-11.
Big photo of Prof. Jose Maria Sison in the NDFP International
Information Office in Utrecht, with painting on the NDFP
in background.
By FOLKERT JENSMA
30 May 2008
The Hague. They stayed in the Amsterdam budget tourist hotel Tourist Inn
at the Spui [downtown Amsterdam], the members of the Filipino 'hit team'
which came to The Netherlands in October 1999 in order to perpetrate a
political murder. Their target was Jose Maria Sison, the rather elder Filipino
Communist leader who has resided in Utrecht as an exile since 1987. Two
men, with several thousand dollars cash and travelers checks. They had landed
in Frankfurt and travelled by train to Amsterdam. There they bought two
prepaid mobile cards and rented a car at Avis.
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Unreliable definitions
David Cronin
April 8, 2008 10:30 AM
Brendan Behan, one of Ireland's most celebrated wags, famously observed
that while someone with a big bomb is a statesman, someone with a small
bomb is a terrorist.
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Raad van Europa: geweten van de rechtsstaat
Tineke Strik
25 januari 2008, 10:02
posted 26 February 2008
Een nieuw jaar, nieuwe kansen. Dit jaar ga ik regelmatig verslag doen van
GroenLinks avonturen in de senaat (op het Binnenhof ook wel aangeduid
met “de overkant”). Een goede aanleiding voor een nieuwe start is, opnieuw,
een uitstapje: sinds deze week ben ik lid van de Parlementaire Assemblee van
de Raad van Europa. Eerst leek het erop dat we Leo Platvoet niet konden
opvolgen, omdat we simpelweg te klein waren geworden. Gelukkig was
PvdA zo galant om een zetel aan ons af te staan. Ik zit in de commissies
migratie en vluchtelingen en de commissie gelijke rechten voor vrouwen
en mannen. De afgelopen dagen ben ik op zoek gegaan naar de andere
negen Groenen, want die zitten hier over meerdere fracties verspreid (uit
Duitsland, Luxemburg, IJsland, Estland, Zwitserland, Oostenrijk en Denemarken).
We zijn voor het eerst in de Raad van Europa geschiedenis bij elkaar gekomen,
en hebben afgesproken dat we een soort werkgroep gaan vormen, die elke
plenaire sessie bij elkaar komt. We kunnen zo ideeën uitwisselen en strategieën
bespreken voor een grotere groenlinks invloed. We merkten op dat dit het
enige gremium is waar groene nationale parlementariërs elkaar ontmoeten;
wie weet kunnen het gebruiken voor uitwisseling over nationale politiek en
over het beïnvloeden van nationale standpunten in de Raad van de Europese
Unie. Nou ja, eerst maar eens beginnen.
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Europe lawmakers call for EU terror list reforms to protect rights
Andrew Gilmore at 6:11 PM ET
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
[JURIST] Members of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee [official website]
have criticized the European Union's terrorism watch list [text, PDF] as unfair and opaque,
saying that the process for adding names to the list should be changed, according to
Wednesday media reports. The comments came during a debate on a November 2007
report [text; JURIST report] by Rapporteur Dick Marty [personal website; JURIST news
archive] that found that the list violates basic human rights by not informing individuals
or groups when they've been added to the blacklist or giving them an opportunity to
respond to allegations against them. EUobserver has more.
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Joint meeting LIBE-DROI on terrorist blacklists
European Parliament
Monday, February 18, 2008
On Monday 18 February in Strasbourg (19.00-20.30), the LIBE and DROI committees
will hold an exchange of views with Mr Dick Marty, Chairman and rapporteur of the
Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe, on "the United Nations Security Council and European Union
blacklists" (PACE resolution: 1597 (2008)). The Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE) considers that the procedures used by the UN Security
Council and the EU to blacklist individuals and groups suspected of having connections
with terrorism violate basic rights and are "completely arbitrary". Its members accordingly
insist that they must be reviewed "to preserve the credibility of the international fight
against terrorism". The purpose of this meeting is to share information on the judicial,
institutional and political perspectives of this important question, also related to the
protection of fundamental rights.
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Communiqué of the International Coordinating Committee
International Coordinating Committee
International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS)
11 February 2008
The International Coordinating Committee (ICC) of the International League
of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) held its annual meeting on 9 February 2008 in
The Netherlands.
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PROLONGED INVESTIGATION OF SISON CASE
IS AN ATTACK ON NDFP AND PEACE PROCESS
By Luis Jalandoni
Chairperson, Negotiating Panel
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
21 January 2008
The Dutch prosecutor Ms. J. S. de Vries claims that the examining judge
Ms. C. M. Derijks has done something grievously wrong by declaring the
"untimely closure of the preliminary investigation" of the false and politically
motivated charge of inciting the murder of the military agents Romulo
Kintanar and Arturo Tabara against Prof. Jose Maria Sison, NDFP Chief
Political Consultant.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
You are invited to a PRESS CONFERENCE to discuss
THE CONTINUING PERSECUTION OF PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON:
IMPLICATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES TO PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
The Prosecution has decided to continue the preliminary investigation
of the case against Prof. Jose Maria Sison up to the middle of 2008 despite
the previous decisions of the District Court of The Hague (13 September
2007) and the Court of Appeal (3 October 2007) that there is no prima
facie evidence against him and that the charge has a political context
biased against him and despite the decision of the Judge Commissioner
(21 November 2007) to close the preliminary investigation.
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La Defensa de José María Sisón es la Defensa de Todos Nosotros
Por Ray O. Light
Desde las Entrañas de la Bestia
Traducción de artículo publicado en ingles
Hace cinco años, el régimen de George Bush del imperialismo de
EE.UU., el terrorista número uno del mundo, colocó a José María
Sisón en su "lista de terroristas." La presidenta filipina Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA), quién funge de títere más fiel de Bush
en el sur asiático, respaldó que lo pusieran en la lista, a pesar de
que las filipinas no contaba con una ley que hiciera tal designación
y que no se habían radicado cargos criminales de clase alguna en
las filipinas o en cualquier otro lugar en contra de Joema Sisón. La
Unión Europea, en una manifestación de su aspecto como socio
del imperialismo de EE.UU. con el cual sostiene una relación de
socio-rival, también colocó a Joema en su lista de terrorista. Debido
a que él residía en Holanda por más de una década como exiliado
político de las filipinas, esta última designación tuvo un impacto
directo sobre las vidas de Joema, su familia, amigos y las organizaciones
del movimiento en las cuales él tiene responsabilidad de liderazgo.
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Rizal and the literature of the Left
By Elmer A. Ordoñez
The Other View
The Manila Times
Saturday, December 29, 2007
JOSE RIZAL’s place in the pantheon of national heroes is a secure
one—despite efforts to “downgrade” him by pitting him against
Andres Bonifacio.
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NDFP Denies CPP and NPA Iinvolvement in Hotel Incident
and Slams GRP Officials for Malicious Statements
By Luis G. Jalandoni
Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel
8 December 2007
We have verified from the National Executive Committee of the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the National Operational Command
of the New People's Army (NPA) that neither the NDFP, the CPP nor the NPA
has anything to do with the planning and implementation of the takeover of
the Manila Hotel Peninsula by the group of Brig. General Danilo Lim and Senator
Antonio Trillanes Iast 29 November.
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Hardline Militarists, Rights Violations, Corruption, Obstacles to Peace Talks – NDFP
By Alexander Martin Remollino
Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 42, November 25-December 1, 2007
"The NDFP remains open to the resumption of formal peace talks... But the
current anti-national and anti-people policies, the gross human rights violations,
the scandals of corruption, do not provide grounds for optimism." - Luis Jalandoni,
chairman, NDFP Negotiating Panel.
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CPP congratulates Sison for Dutch court victories, urges approval of asylum appeal
PRESS RELEASE
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
23 November 2007
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today congratulated CPP founding chair
and National Democratic Front (NDF) senior political consultant Jose Ma. Sison for the
series of victories in his legal defense, culminating in the Dutch Court of Appeal' s order
last Wednesday to terminate the pre-indictment investigation against him in the
absence of "any serious evidence" and "grounds for continuing the investigation"
The court also said that the charges against Sison were tainted with "possible
political context."
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Nederlandse Rechter-Commissaris sluit het Onderzoek naar Prof. Sison
Persverklaring
Internationaal Comité DEFEND
21 november 2007
Utrecht - Het Internationaal Comité DEFEND en al zijn leden en aanhangers zijn verheugd
over het besluit van C.M. Derijks, rechter-commissaris van het Haagse Gerechtshof,
om het gerechtelijk vooronderzoek in de zaak tegen prof. Jose Maria Sison, die door
het Nederlandse Openbaar Ministerie tegen hem was aangespannen, formeel te sluiten.
De rechter-commissaris had eerder opdracht gegeven tot dit onderzoek, gebaseerd op
bewijsmateriaal dat door de aanklager was ingediend.
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Dutch Judge Commissioner Closes the Investigation of Prof. Sison
Press Release
International Committee DEFEND
21 November 2007
Utrecht, The Netherlands – The International Committee DEFEND and all its members
and supporters applaud the decision of C. M. Derijks, the Judge Commissioner of the
Court of The Hague, to formally close the criminal preliminary investigation case of
inciting murder against Prof. Jose Maria Sison filed by the Office of the Prosecution
in The Netherlands. The Judge Commissioner earlier ordered the investigation of
Prof. Sison based on initial evidence presented by the prosecutor.
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Committee-Defend Welcomes Findings
That EU “Terrorist List” Violates Basic Human Rights
of Prof. Jose Maria Sison and Others
International Committee -- DEFEND
13 November 2007
The Netherlands-based International Committee-DEFEND welcomes the official
report of the Council of Europe human rights investigator Mr. Dick Marty declaring
that the European Union’s so-called anti-terror list “violates basic human rights”,
including those of Prof. Jose Maria Sison who has been serially and indefinitely
blacklisted since 28 October 2002 by the Council of the European Union.
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The Role of Church Leaders in Moving the Peace Process Forward
Church Leaders Workshop on Peace
Tagaytay City, Philippines
November 7, 2007
Paper Presented by:
Edre U. Olalia
Legal Consultant
NDFP-Nominated Section in the Joint Secretariat
GRP-NDFP Joint Monitoring Committee
Your Excellencies, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel
Chairperson Luis G. Jalandoni, I would like to thank Bishop Iñiguez, Fr. Beckers, the
Ecumenical Bishops Forum (EBF) and the Norwegian Ecumenical Peace Platform (NEPP),
and other organizers for the kind invitation to give a presentation on the role of church
leaders in moving the peace process forward. Much as Mr. Jalandoni would very much
like to be here in person, the pending trumped-up legal case against him filed in Leyte
and the prevailing hostile conditions in the country prevents him from coming today.
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Jose Maria Sison Freed
Dutch Attack on Political Refugee Shows Danger of "Terror Lists"
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Monday, November 05, 2007
Progressive Filipinos and their allies are celebrating the severe blow dealt to the
Dutch government's campaign of harassment against Jose Maria Sison. On
September 11, the court in The Hague ordered the release of Sison, who had
been held for two weeks on trumped-up charges of having ordered the killing
of two counter-insurgency agents in the Philippines.
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Dutch Lawyer
Confident Sison will Win Politically-Motivated Murder Charge
by D. L. Mondelo
Bulatlat
Published on Bulatlat (http://www.bulatlat.com)
Vol. VII, No. 38, October 29-November 3, 2007
Michiel Pestman of the well-known and controversial law firm Bohler Franken
Wijngaarden Koppe Law Office based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
referring to the case against Jose Maria Sison, said, "This case is the most
political trial I've handled. This cannot be seen out of the political context
in the Philippines." But he added that he is confident that they would win
the case because the evidence is weak.
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Cartoon
Stop the Persecution of Prof. Jose Maria Sison
by Albert Laconsay
President of the Filipino Migrant
Workers Union in Hongkong
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Madrigal jump-starts peace talks with the communists
By Loui Galicia
ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Sen. Maria Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal is returning to the Philippines on
Monday, armed with the blessing and trust of the National Democratic
Front Panel for her to begin work on the resumption of the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and NDFP's peace negotiations,
reported ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau.
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Defense of Jose Maria Sison is Defense of Us All
By Ray O. Light
From the Belly of the Beast
Article for North Star Compass
Five years ago, the George W. Bush regime of U.S. imperialism, the world's
number #1 terrorist, placed Jose Maria Sison on its "terrorist list." Philippine
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA), Bush's most loyal puppet in
Southeast Asia, wholeheartedly concurred with this listing, despite the fact
that the Philippines had no law covering such a designation and that Joema
Sison had no criminal charges of any kind pending in the Philippines or
anywhere else. The European Union, emphasizing the partnership aspect
of its imperialist partnership-rivalry relationship with U.S. imperialism, also
placed Joema on its terrorist list. Since he had been living in the Netherlands
for more than a decade as a political exile from the Philippines, this last
designation had a direct impact on the lives of Joema, his family and friends
as well as on the movement organizations in which he has leading responsibility.
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Jamby, NDF call for resumption of peace talks
ABS-CBN, (2nd UPDATE) 14 October 2007 (as of 3:58 AM)
Sen. Maria Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal on Saturday said that after meeting
with representatives of the National Democratic Front in the Netherlands
they have agreed to call for the resumption of formal peace talks
between the Philippine government and NDF.
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Jamby, NDF call for resumption of peace talks
National, 13 October 2007 (as of 5:11 PM)
Sen. Maria Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal on Saturday said that after meeting
with representatives of the National Democratic Front in the Netherlands
they have agreed to call for the resumption of formal peace talks between
the Philippine government and NDF.
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Jamby meets with NDF leaders, pushes resumption of talks
Article posted October 13, 2007 - 04:19 PM
Opposition Senator Maria Ana Consuelo "Jamby" Madrigal met with
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) leaders in The
Netherlands over the weekend in a bid to resume stalled peace talks
with the government.
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Sison: Actions vs NDFP Panelists Could Destroy Peace Talks
By Alexander Martin Remollino
Bulatlat
Vol. VII, No. 35, October 7-13, 2007
Even as he is still elated over his latest victory in the Dutch courts, National Democratic
Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant and International League of
Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) chairman Jose Maria Sison is calling on all supporters of the
peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)
and the NDFP to protest what he described as the "unjust actions" by the U.S.,
Philippine and Dutch governments.
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Updated Chronology of the Persecution
of Prof. Jose Maria Sison
by the Philippine, US and Dutch Governments
Issued by the International DEFEND Committee
05 October 2007
This chronology of the persecution of Prof. Jose Maria Sison by the Philippine,
US and Dutch governments originally extended to 18 August 2007. It is now
updated as to include the arbitrary arrest and detention of Prof. Sison from 28
August 2007 onwards by the Dutch government in collaboration with the Philippine
and US governments. It also covers the seizures of publications, documents,
computers, digital files, bank statements and other properties in raids conducted
by the Dutch government on the office of the Stichting NDF Informatie Bureau
and the home of the panelists, consultants and staffers of the Negotiating Panel
of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
more...
Beltran calls for resumption of formal peace talks,
sacking of Norberto Gonzales
Anakpawis Party-List
From the Office of Rep. Crispin Beltran
He can be contacted via his cellphone number 092.7871.1080,
Ina Alleco R. Silverio, chief of staff, 0919.506.5269
Maureen Hermitanio ,media liaison officer 931.6615
News Release October 4, 2007
As Dutch Appeals court throws out charges vs JMS, Beltran calls for
resumption of formal peace talks between Arroyo govt, NDFP and sacking
of Norberto Gonzales
more...
Dutch Appeals Court judgement, "decisive vindication" of Sison
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)
October 5, 2007
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today praised the Dutch Court of
Appeals' dismissal of an appeal by Dutch prosecutors to reverse an earlier ruling
by The Hague District Court last September 13 releasing CPP founding chairperson
Jose Ma. Sison from prison.
more...
Resist the persecution of Comrade Jose Ma. Sison!
Executive Committee
Central Committee
Communist Party of the Philippines
October 02, 2007
The US, Dutch and Philippine governments are reactionary monsters
ganging up on Comrade Jose Ma. Sison, founding chairman of the Communist
Party of the Philippines. They are vicious and adamant in their efforts
to destroy a revolutionary icon who continue to serve as a teacher and
beacon for fellow revolutionaries, patriots, democrats and anti-imperialist
fighters in the Philippines and around the world.
more...
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison - a great patriot and internationalist...
October 02, 2007
Let us all gather to know him better as a youth activist, a professor, a poet and a writer.
more...
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NDFP-IIO
26 September 2007
(Utrecht, 26 September) A member of the Hong Kong
Legislative Council met with Prof. Jose Maria Sison
in Utrecht yesterday and vowed to drum up more support
for him in Hong Kong in his fight against the trumped-up
murder case and political persecution he is facing in
the Netherlands.
more...
NLG Denounces Arrest of Jose Maria Sison
Founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines
CONTACT: National Lawyers Guild
Vanessa K. Lucas, (919) 828-1456, vankatlucas@hotmail.com
Merrilyn Onisko, monisko@yahoo.com
Marjorie Cohn, NLG president, marjorie@tjsl.edu
5 September 2007
WASHINGTON - September 5 - On August 28, Jose Maria Sison, founder of the
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), was arrested in The Netherlands by
the Dutch police allegedly for two executions enacted by the New People's
Army half a globe away. Sison's arrest also served as a pretext to raid his
colleagues' homes and the office of the National Democratic Front (NDF).
more...
Filipino Revolutionary, Cleared of EU "Terrorist" Charge,
Arrested in Holland
The Case of Jose Maria Sison
By Gary Leupp
4 September 2007
On the morning of August 28, Dutch plainclothes police raided the home of
exiled Filipino revolutionary leader Jose Maria Sison in Utrecht, the Netherlands,
arrested him and charged him with ordering the murder of two persons in the
Philippines in 2003. According to his wife, they broke down the front door without
bothering to ring or knock, bruising her arm as they prevented her from making
a phone call. They carted away computers, documents, CDs, and other files,
remaining until the evening while she was instructed to sit in a corner. Eight
other locations were simultaneously raided.
more...
Professor Sison's arrest, ransacking of NDF International Information Office
and houses of Filipino Refugees spell death for the peace negotiations
Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson
NDFP Monitoring Committee
August 29, 2007
On behalf the NDFP-Monitoring Committee, we condemn in
the strongest terms the arrest of Prof. Jose Maria Sison,
Chief Political Consultant of the NDFP Negotiating Panel,
and the raids and ransacking of the NDF International
Information Office and the houses of Filipino refugees by
the Dutch police on the basis of trumped-up charges by the
Philippine government.
more...
De Nederlands-Filippijnse Solidariteitsbeweging veroordeelt
ten zeerste de arrestatie en vervolging wegens moord van
Jose Maria Sison
Nederlands-Filipijnse Solidariteitsbeweging
30 August 2007
Het Openbaar Ministerie is op papier weliswaar onafhankelijk
en de Nederlandse regering zal zeggen, dat ze niet kan zeggen
wie wel en wie niet vervolgd mag worden, maar voor ieder die
de zaak volgt, zal het duidelijk zijn dat zij er van alles
mee te maken heeft en in deze haar ware gezicht toont. Zij
danst net als de marionettenregering van Mrs. Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo in Manilla naar de pijpen van Washington.
Dit is geen strafproces meer maar een politiek proces. En
het principe van de scheiding der machten gebruikt zij om
haar schande te bedekken. Want het lijdt geen twijfel dat
de regering Arroyo er van alles aan gedaan heeft de Nederlandse
regering te laten zoeken naar een maas in de wet om Sison op
te pakken wegens moorden begaan in de Filippijnen.
more...
Sison's Wife Recounts Raid
Written by Julieta de Lima
Thursday, 06 September 2007 (from www.zumel.com)
I am Julieta de Lima and Prof. Jose Maria Sison is my husband.
Together we reside at Rooseveltlaan 778 in Utrecht.
In the morning of 28 August at around 8:45, my husband left
for a 9:30 appointment at the Overvecht police station. A
person who identified himself as Mr. Vogel had arranged the
appointment through a telephone call to my husband on Friday,
24 August. The caller said he was seeking an appointment because
of new developments on a case which my husband lodged with the
police in 2001.
more...
Dutch Government Liable for Violating Sison’s Rights as
Legitimate Political Refugee in The Netherlands
International Association of Peoples’ Lawyers
6 September 2007
The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) believes
that the Dutch government can be held liable for violating the rights
of Prof. Jose Maria Sison, the founding chair of the Communist Party
of the Philippines (CPP), if there were truth to reports that the chief
political consultant of the Peace Negotiating Panel of the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is being subjected to
maltreatment and other forms of extreme psychological pressures by
Dutch authorities when he was arrested recently and detained up to
now.
more...
On the Unjust Arrest, Continuing Detention and Torture
of Prof. Jose Maria Sison
A Case of Dutch Imperialist Intervention and Repression and an Affront
to the Right of the Filipino People to Self-Determination
International League of Peoples’ Struggle - Hong Kong
1 September 2007
On the morning of August 28, Filipino political refugee Prof.
Jose Maria Sison was unjustly arrested by the Dutch Police on
trumped-up charges. Simultaneously, raids and ransackings were
conducted on several houses of Filipinos in the Netherlands
including the NDF International Information Office.
more...
Ramsey Clark Says Free Jose Maria Sison!
Former US Attorney General Offers to Help Arrested Philippine Leader
Reference: Steven Raga
NY Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
email: nychrp @ yahoo.com
August 31, 2007
New York--- Former US Attorney General and world-renown international
human rights lawyer Ramsey Clark expressed disapproval and deep
concern over the recent arrest of Philippine leader Jose Maria
Sison, a political refugee currently detained in the Hague,
Netherlands. He also called on the Dutch government to immediately
release Sison, whom he describes as "a gentle person... and inspiring
leader."
more...
“Prof. Jose Maria Sison is No Criminal!” NDFP-Monitoring
Committee Assails Conspiracy of Persecution
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Monitoring Committee
30 August 2007
“Prof. Jose Maria Sison is not a criminal. He is a patriot and an exceptional
freedom fighter of the Filipino working class and people!”
This was declared by Fidel V. Agcaoili, chairman of the NDFP-Monitoring
Committee, in response to the Arroyo government’s stepped-up vilification
campaign against Prof. Jose Maria Sison on top of his unjust arrest and
detention in The Netherlands.
more...
Free Jose Maria Sison!
The International Committee Defend condemns in the strongest terms
the unjust arrest this morning, August 27, of Filipino political
exile Prof. Jose Maria Sison, by the Dutch Police, on trumped-up
charges, and the simultaneous police raids in Utrecht on several
houses of Filipinos, including the NDF International Information
Office. The arrest of Professor Sison came after the Philippine
Supreme Court dismissed several politically-motivated cases filed
against him and several others. The case filed against him by the
Dutch police are similarly politically-motivated and must be
dismissed immediately.
more...
Doronila does a duet with Bocobo with
the song "Lying about Plaza Miranda"
http://tonyo.blogspot.com
24 August 2007
Inquirer columnist Amando Doronila's Aug. 24, 2007 column piece entitled " Politics
of Violence" contains a most unfair accusation against the Communist Party of the
Philippines.
more...
The truth about the Plaza Miranda bombing
http://tonyo.blogspot.com/2007/08/truth-about-plaza-miranda-bombing.html
Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the likes of Dean Jorge Bocobo continue to
spread the bloody intrigue that it was the Communist Party of the Philippines that
bombed Plaza Miranda on August 21, 1971.
more...
Chronology of the Persecution of Prof. Jose Maria Sison
by the Philippine, US and Dutch Governments
Issued by the International DEFEND Committee
18 August 2007
Since his release from military detention and the nullification of subversion and rebellion
charges against him in 1986 after the fall of the Marcos fascist dictatorship, Prof. Jose
Maria Sison has been subjected to a series of false and politically motivated charges in
1988, 1991, 2003 and 2006. One after the other, these charges have been dismissed
and nullified by Philippine courts in 1992, 1994 and 2007. Thus, they have been proven
as malicious and pure fabrications of the Philippine military, police and intelligence authorities.
more...
Sulyap Sa Kalayaan
A Glimpse of Freedom
From: International Action Center
Subject: A Glimpse of Freedom - Sulyap Sa Kalayaan
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:19:52 -0400
An Interactive Forum on Political Repression in the Philippines
with Professor Jose Maria Sison and Invited Speaker Philippine
Congressman Crispin "Ka Bel' Beltran
(via skype video-conferencing)
more...
Overseas Filipinos and Canadians celebrate the delisting
of Professor Jose Maria Sison from European Union's list
of foreign terrorists: Challenges Canada to do the same
17 July 2007
As peace- and freedom-loving overseas Filipinos and Canadians, we meet the news of
the annulment of Professor Jose Maria Sison's inclusion on the European Union's list of
foreign terrorists with great joy.
more...
A Neutral Foreign Venue for Formal Peace Talks
Wisely Agreed Upon by GRP and NDFP
By LUIS G. JALANDONI
Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel
20 July 2007
Rep. Antonio Cuenco may be well-meaning. But he shows his lack of knowledge
of the GRP-NDFP peace agreements when he proposes that Prof. Jose Maria
Sison go to the Philippines for peace talks and that the peace talks be held there.
more...
Dubious and dishonorable
By Dr. Carol Pagaduan-Araullo
In her column, Streetwise
Business World, 20-21 July 2007
One does not have to look very far to see how "terrorist""-labeling under the
aegis of the US-led war on terror"" has been used for dubious and dishonorable
political ends that have little to do with combating the scourge of real terrorism.
The case of Filipino revolutionary and exile, Prof. Jose Maria Sison, who recently
won a landmark decision of the European Court of First Instance (ECFI) annulling
the decision of the Council of the European Union to put him in the "terrorist" list
for more than four years, deserves serious study.
more...
Scope and Implications of the Supreme Court Decision
In the "Batasan Six" and Mass Leaders' Certiorari Petitions
(G.R. Nos. 172070-72; G.R. Nos. 172074-76 and G.R. No. 175013)
Romeo T. Capulong
Lead Counsel for "Batasan Six"
Prefatory
In two criminal indictments (informations) separately filed in the Regional
Trial Court of Makati City, the Department of Justice of the Government
of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) charged with rebellion the following
Filipino leaders who compose the whole spectrum of ideological and political
forces opposed to the government of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo:
more...
NDFP Deplores the Use of the Council of the Eureopean Union
for Persecuting Prof. Sison
and Sabotaging Peace Negotiations
By Luis G. Jalandoni
Chairperson, Negotiating Panel
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
16 July 2007
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) deplores the
fact that the Council of the European Union has persecuted Prof. Jose
Maria Sison for more than four years by serially blacklisting as "terrorists"
the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People's Army (NPA)
and the NDFP chief political consultant Prof. Jose Maria Sison.
more...
Council of the European Union Should Stop
Persecuting Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Issued by International DEFEND Committee
15 July 2007
For more than four years already, the Council of the European Union has been
ruthlessly persecuting Prof. Jose Maria Sison by serially and indefinitely including
him on the "terrorist" blacklist and subjecting him to harsh sanctions which are
not at all temporary restrictive measures but are in fact prolonged punitive
measures in violation of his human rights and fundamental freedoms.
more...
CPP founder Sison elated at delisting from EU terror list
By Norman Bordadora
INQUIRER.net Inquirer
Posted date: July 12, 2007
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=76286
MANILA, Philippines - Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Ma. Sison,
who is chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF), expressed elation
over a European court's decision annulling his inclusion on the European Union's (EU) list
of foreign terrorists.
more...
Save UP College of Arts and Letters (UP CAL)
faculty members from poverty!
Sunday, July 8, 2007
The University of the Philippines College of Arts and Letters (CAL) was founded
in 1983 after the UP College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) was reorganized.
Previously, UP CAL was an integral component of the UP College of Philosophy ,
Science and Letters (1910). On 30 June 1911, the College was renamed the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The CAS offered the humanities, social
sciences and natural sciences as fields of specialization. On 30 September 1976,
the Reorganization Plan of the College of Arts and Sciences resulted in the
creation of three divisions, namely: the Division of Humanities, the Division of
Science, and the Division of Social Sciences and Philosophy. The Division of
Humanities consisted of five Departments : the Department of Humanities
(now Art Studies), the Department of English and Comparative Literature,
the Department of Spanish (now European Languages), the Department of
Filipino and Philippine Literature and the Department of Speech Communication
and Theatre Arts. These departments are now connected with UP CAL.
more...
Macapagal-Arroyo State Terrorism
and US Domination of the Philippines
An interview with Senator Jamby Madrigal
E. San Juan, Jr. (with an interview by Dr. Rainer Werning)
Saturday, 07 July 2007
"Huwag po nating payagan na bumalik tayo sa kadiliman at takot na dinala ng martial
law. Panahon na upang tumindig at lumaban." (Let us not allow ourselves to return
to the darkness and terror of [President Ferdinand Marcos'] martial law [1972-86].
It is time to stand up and fight.) - Senator Jamby Madrigal, "Martial Law in the Guise
of Anti-Terrorism Bill," Joint Statement with Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Legend
Restaurant, Oct 9, 2006
more...
Situation of migrant workers in Europe
Estrella del Pais
25 May 2007
This article was published first @ :: thecaravan.org
Please find below the speech of Estrella del Pais of Migrante Europe held on May 25, 2007
at the conference "In Solidarity against deportation, exclusion and exploitation" during the
stop of the CARAVAN-Tour 2007 in Düsseldorf.
more...
Generals bare plot to kill militant activists
By Christian V. Esguerra
Inquirer
Posted in the Inquirer website http://www.inq7.net
June 17, 2007
MANILA -- Accused coup plotter-turned-senator Antonio Trillanes IV is not alone
in his plan to resurrect the "Hello Garci" controversy and take the Arroyo
administration to task for the unabated extrajudicial killings.
more...
Defend the Rights of Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Prof. Jose Maria Sison is a Revolutionary Thinker, Teacher,
Writer, Peace Consultant, Human Rights Advocate and Activist.
But the US, the Arroyo regime and other collaborating
governments unjustly demonize him as a "terrorist" and
violate his democratic rights in order to silence and
isolate him.
You can do a number of things to help him fight for his
fundamental rights against the powerful forces that
persecute and constantly threaten his life and honor.
more...
Dapithapon at Umaga ng Matagalang Pakikibaka
(Alay kay Jose Maria Sison)
ni Oliver Carlos
14 June 2007
Sa dapithapon ng buhay
may mga pagal na katawan
na nais na sanang magpahinga…
Makaamot man lang ng katiwayasan
ng isipang ginigiyagis ng pangamba
ng takot na malugmok sa kasukalan
doon sa dawag ng gubat na inaring ina
at nagkanlong sa mga tulad nila
na may di-pagagaping diwa…
Sa dawag ng gubat na di kailanman
nagkait ng kanlungan at aruga
sa mahabang taon ng pagdurusa..
sa mapait nilang pagkawalay
sanhi ng pakikibaka..
more...
New Yorkers Call to Defend Joma Sison
Tribute Raises Awareness on Blacklisted Filipino Political Refugee's Rights
New York
10 June 2007
New York (June 10, 2007) -- Filipino and American progressives and local anti-war activists,
gathered in Manhattan's Revolution Books yesterday to pay tribute to Jose Maria Sison, an
exiled Filipino revolutionary currently in the Netherlands.
more...
NDFP Verifies That Prof. Sison is NDFP Chief Political Consultant
and Belies GRP Claim That He Is CPP Chairman and NPA Head
By Luis G. Jalandoni
Chairperson, Negotiating Panel
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
4 June 2007
The National Council of the National Democrat Front of the Philippines hereby
verifies that Prof. Jose Maria Sison is the NDFP chief political consultant and
belies the claim of the Manila government that he is chairman of the Communist
Party of the Philippines (CPP) and head of the New People's Army (NPA).
more...
Professor Sison Slams Council of European Union
for Rights Violations in 'Terrorist' Listing
Committee DEFEND
1 June 2007
[Utrecht, 1 June] In a press conference Thursday at the international
office of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, Professor Jose
Maria Sison slammed the US, Dutch and Manila authorities for having
collaborated to persecute him since 1988.
more...
English translation of the letter of Pastor (Dominee) HANS VISSER
DIACONAL CENTER PAULUS CHURCH
Mailing address: Hang 7, 3011 GG ROTTERDAM Tel 010 - 466 67 22
Visiting address: Mauritsweg 20, Rotterdam Email: info@stichtingksa.nl
Rotterdam, 29 May 2007
To whom it may concern:
Dear ladies and gentlemen,
The Council of the European Union will decide in June whether to keep
Mr. Jose Maria Sison on the terrorist list of the European Union or not.
On 23 April, the European Union gave an explanation for putting Jose
Maria Sison on the aforesaid list, on the basis of which the Council has
the intention of keeping Sison on that list. Sison wonders: "Why does
the Council of the European Union write a letter where it blatantly repeats
false allegations which have been answered comprehensively before the
European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg?"
more...
click here to view Dutch version of Dominee Hans Visser's message in pdf file
Appeal to Remove Prof. Jose Maria Sison
from the EU List of 'Terrorists'!!!
Committee DEFEND
23 May 2007
For many years already, the Council of the European Union has blacklisted
Prof. Jose Maria Sison as a "terrorist". The Amnesty International has pointed
out that his rights have been violated, including the right to the presumption
of innocence, due process, defense and security from slander and attacks
against his moral and physical integrity. And yet to this day, even the Dutch
authorities which requested his blacklisting by the Council of the European
Union acknowledge that there is no basis to investigate him for any act of
terrorism or any other criminal act.
more...
PAMANA NG PANAHON
Legacy of a Generation, A Tribute to Jose Maria Sison
Join us for a book reading of......
Philippine Society and Revolution
(2006 fifth edition)
by Amado Guerrero
and
Jose Maria Sison:
At Home In the World
by Jose Maria Sison & Ninotchka Rosca
As the Philippines continues to hit the international radar as the Second Front to the
so-called US War on Terror and with numerous international human rights watchdogs
denouncing the intensified counter-insurgency tactics and human rights crisis under
the US- Arroyo regime, the broadening anti-US interventionist movement in the Asia
Pacific region also continues to build.
more...
NDFP Human Rights Committee Slams Arroyo Regime, AFP and PNP
for Dastardly Dirty Tricks Against Panay Legal Activists
and NDFP Chief Political Consultant Prof. Jose Maria Sison
By Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
3 May 2007
In every part of the Philippines, the kidnap and death squads of the Arroyo regime,
the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police engage in extrajudicial
killings, abductions, torture and other violations of the human rights of progressive legal
activists. Then, the officers and spokesmen of the AFP and PNP accuse the New People's
Army (NPA) of committing the crimes through local and national mass media.
more...
Communiqué of the 4th Meeting of the 2nd ICC
7 April 2007
The International Coordinating Committee (ICC) of the International League
of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) held its 4th meeting since the Second International
Assembly on March 28-29, 2007 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
more...
The Arroyo Regime Has Scuttled the Peace Talks
By Luis G. Jalandoni
Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel
31 March 2007
Avoiding answering the question whether the Arroyo regime agrees with
the report of United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston that the military
is principally responsible for political killings, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto
Romulo makes the false statement that the regime has a standing invitation
to the National Democratic Front of the Philippines for peace talks.
more...
The Three False Charges of Rebellion
Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison in Negros
Are the Handiwork of IALAG
By Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
14 March 2007
The three false charges of rebellion in Negros against Prof. Jose
Maria Sison, Chief Political Consultant of the NDFP Negotiating Panel,
are the handiwork of the Interagency Legal Action Group (IALAG)
of National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales. The charges are
part of the 1,500 false charges that IALAG has been ordered to
manufacture against Prof. Sison before the May 2007 elections.
more...
Much Ado About the Ara Mina Thing
Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal
National Spokesperson
Communist Party of the Philippines
4 March 2007
The Armed Forces of the Philippines has sunk so low in an effort at counterrevolutionary
propaganda as it tried to make a big fuss about photos downloaded from Ka Joema Sison's
own website showing him and Philippine actress Ara Mina, Jano Gibbs and other guests
in a Christmas concert-party attended by the Filipino community in The Netherlands. Ka
Joema and other NDFP leaders based in The Netherlands were invited as special guests
in the affair and took time off their work for the rare opportunity to integrate with fellow
Filipinos during the party and participate in the affair. Philippine ambassador Romeo Arguelles
and other embassy officials were also present at the occasion.
more...
Sison: 'Photos were taken at RP community Xmas party'
INQUIRER.net
Posted date: March 03, 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- It was a Christmas party of the Filipino community in The
Netherlands, not the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
more...
Arroyo Regime Has No Intention
of Ending Extrajudicial Killings
By Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
25 February 2006
The concerted negative reactions of the de facto president Gloria M. Arroyo,
executive secretary Eduardo Ermita, justice secretary Raul Gonzalez, and Armed
Forces of the Philippines chief of staff General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. to the
Alston statement and Melo commission report show that the Arroyo regime has
no intention of ending the extrajudicial killings by special teams or death squads
of the military.
more...
Popular Dutch TV Program RTL Boulevard
Features Case of Prof. Jose Maria Sison
By International DEFEND Committee
13 February 2007
Reported Conviction of Prof. Sison for Rebellion
is a Canard, a Pure Invention of Military Psywar
By Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
12 February 2006
Maj. Gen. Jose T. Barbieto, area command chief of the Army's Northeastern and Northern
Mindanao Fourth Infantry (Diamond) Division, is reported by some Manila newspapers as
having announced that Prof. Jose Maria Sison, together with three women, is convicted
for rebellion and sentenced to 12 to 14 years of imprisonment by the Davao city regional
trial court.
more...
National Security Adviser Gonzales
is a Patent Liar and Puerile Intriguer
By Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
11 February 2006
Once more National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales has exposed himself
as a patent liar and a puerile intriguer by accusing the New People's Army (NPA)
of planning to assassinate former President Joseph Estrada.
more...
From now on, you are a terrorist
How come you are on the terrorist list? And how come you are there? Six points.
English Translation of "Vanaf nu bent u 'terrorist'"
Front Page Article in NRC Handelsblad
by Joop Meijnen
NRC
February 01, 2007
Imagine this. One day you find out that you can't use your ATM-card in the
supermarket because it is blocked. Later you are also told that you are no
longer entitled to your welfare allowance and that you have to vacate your
rented house. You have no idea what is happening.
more...
De Uitspraak van het Europese Hof van Justitie in de Zaak Sison
Brengt Ons Terug naar de Middeleeuwse Inquisitie en het Fascisme
Door het Internationaal comité DEFEND
1 februari 2007
Het internationaal comité DEFEND spreekt hierbij zijn verontwaardiging uit over de
uitspraak van het Europese Hof van Justitie inzake de eis van Prof. Jose Maria Sison
tot toegang tot de geheime documenten op basis waarvan de Raad van de Europese
Unie hem op de zogenaamde terroristen lijst heeft gezet en aan zware sancties
onderworpen.
more...
Judgment of European Court of Justice on Sison Appeal
is Reminiscient of Medieval Inquisition and Fascist Times
By International DEFEND Committee
February 1, 2007
We, the International DEFEND Committee, hereby criticize and condemn the
judgment by the European Court of Justice dismissing the appeal of Prof. Jose
Maria Sison for access to the secret documents used by the Council of the
European Union in putting him in the so-called terrorist list and imposing on
him punitive sanctions.
more...
Jose Ma. Sison on YouTube, too
By Volt Contreras
Inquirer
Posted date: February 01, 2007
MANILA -- It looks like even founder Jose Ma. ''Joma'' Sison has to catch
up with the digital revolution if he wants to pursue his ideological one.
Among hardcore Reds he may be idolized, but nowadays he also needs to
be pixelized.
more...
Vanaf nu bent u 'terrorist'
Hoe kom je op een terreurlijst? En hoe kom je ervanaf? Zes punten
Op een dag kon José Maria Sison (68) niet meer pinnen. De activist uit Nederland was plotseling een 'terrorist'.
Door Joop Meijnen
NRC
February 01, 2007
Utrecht, 1 febr. Stel, op een dag merk je dat je niet meer kunt pinnen bij de supermarkt.
Even later blijk je ook geen bijstand meer te krijgen en je huurwoning uit te moeten. Je
hebt geen idee wat er aan de hand is.
more...
Gonzales Should Stop Repeating Lies
Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison
By Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
26 January 2006
National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales is clearly telling a lie when he accuses Professor
Jose Maria Sison, chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines,
of being responsible for the deaths of Colonel Rodolfo Aguinaldo and the two intelligence
and security consultants of the Arroyo regime, Romulo Kintanar and Arturo Tabara.
more...
Communique
of the
First ILPS East Asia and Oceania Consultative Conference
11 December 2006
The First ILPS East Asia and Oceania Consultative Conference was held
in Cebu, Philippines on December 11, 2006, with 144 participants from
11 countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas. There were 86 delegates
from 57 ILPS member organizations in East Asia and Oceania, 43 observers
from 37 prospective ILPS member organizations from 8 countries in the
region and current member organizations in other global regions, and 15
guests from 8 ILPS organizations from other regions and from non-ILPS
organizations. Among the participants were five ILPS-ICC members, of which
three are members of the ILPS International Coordinating Group (ILPS-ICG)
and two are alternate ICC members.
more...
New Year's Greetings from Professor
Jose Maria Sison
31 December 2006
Dear Friends,
Warmest greetings of Solidarity!
Best wishes for a happy and successful 2007!
Onward with the people's anti-imperialist and democratic struggle!
Jose Maria Sison
(Joma)
more...
NDFP Human Rights Committee Defends Prof. Sison
From False Charge by Philippine National Police
By Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
29 November 2006
The Human Rights Committee of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
(NDFP) hereby denies that NDFP chief political consultant Professor Jose Maria Sison,
who resides in the Netherlands, has anything to do with the reported killing of
barangay captain (village council chairperson) Rodrigo Abejuela in far away Barangay
Malibas, in Palanas, Masbate.
more...
Prof. Sison Was in Maximum Security Detention
and Solitary Confinement in 1980-1986
By Fidel Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
16 November 2006
The Gloria Macapagal Arroyo regime is once again spinning lies against Professor Jose Maria Sison
in its desperate attempt to recover from the very recent triple whammy it received from the
Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce, Japanese Senator Misuho Fukushima and officials of US
retail giants for the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines.
more...
Ateneo De Manila High School
Class Section 1-G of 1952
Philippine Daily Inquirer
12 November 2006
Most of us finished grade school (up to 1952) in Padre Faura in Ermita, holding classes in quonset huts
and in the high-ceilinged rooms of partly destroyed concrete buildings of the old Ateneo.
more...
NDFP Human Rights Committee Denounces Rebellion Charge
Against Prof. Jose Maria Sison as Mere Psywar and Nuisance
By Fidel Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
4 November 2006
On behalf of the Human Rights Committee of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP),
I hereby denounce as mere psywar and nuisance the rebellion charge reportedly filed by the Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group against NDFP chief political consultant Prof. Jose Maria Sison before
the Silay City Prosecutor's Office.
more...
Resolution on the Peace Negotiations between
the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and
the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP),
The JASIG, the CARHRIHL, and the Joint Monitoring Committee
International Association of People's Lawyers
16 October 2006
Whereas, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have engaged in formal negotiations since
1992 to resolve the roots of the armed conflict in the Philippines;
more...
An Update on Sison`s case in the European Court
on Human Rights in Strasbourg
Submitted by
Dundar Gurses of the Netherlands
(As part of the Country Reports to the IAPL 3rd Congress,
We all know about the terrorist listing of Prof. Jose Maria Sison.
At this point, there are three procedures pending:
more...
Sison the Poet Sings His Poetry
Poetry in Songs: Jose Ma. Sison Sings His Poems
Produced by the Euro-Philippine Inter-Cultural Solidarity
2006
by Alexander Martin Remollino
Bulatlat
While the album Poetry in Songs is not Jose Maria Sison's "first shot" at having an album, this
is the first album where he sings his own poems - set to music by himself together with Levy
Abad Jr., Danny Fabella, Jos Linnebak, Tony Palis, Empiel Palima, Chickoy Pura, and Aldeem
Yanez - with musical accompaniment by classical pianist Ariel Caces and arrangement by Josefino
Chino Toledo.
more...
Defend Committee Castigates National Security Adviser Gonzales
for Making False Accusation Against Prof. Jose Marie Sison
By Ruth de Leon
International Coordinator
International DEFEND Committee
22 September 2006
On behalf of the International DEFEND Committee and upon authorization by Prof. Jose Maria Sison,
I am issuing this press statement in reply to the latest false accusation of national security adviser
against Prof. Sison. This statement also serves as denial by Prof. Sison of the same false accusation.
more...
Propagandists
of Arroyo Regime are Shameless Liars Like Their Boss GMA
By Fidel V. Agcaoili
Chairman, Human Rights Committee
16 September 2006
For several months already, the propagandists of the Arroyo regime both at the level of the cabinet members
(particularly those in Cabinet Oversight Committee on International Security) and the top officers of the military
and police have been exposing themselves as shameless liars.
more...
For Release in September
more...
Black Propaganda Intensifies Against Sison
on Time for Arroyo's Junket to Europe and Cuba
By Ruth de Leon
Coordinator of International DEFEND Committee
9 September 2006
We, the International DEFEND Committee, expose and condemn the systematic and intensified campaign of
black propaganda against Prof. Jose Maria Sison, chief political consultant of the Negotiating Panel of the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and chairperson of the International League of Peoples' Struggle.
more...
International Defend Committee Defends
Sison and Condemns Arroyo Regime for Fakery
By Committee to Defend Filipino Progressives in Europe
03 September 2006
The International DEFEND Committee, which is dedicated to the defense of Filipinos abroad whose civil and political
liberties are violated, is hereby standing up and speaking up in defense of Prof. Jose Maria Sison against the false
accusation of unconfirmed AFP chief of staff General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. that he ordered the killing and mass
burial of 300 people somewhere in southern Leyte province in the eighties.
more...
NDFP Condemns Arroyo Regime and General Esperon for Inventing
Lies Against Jalandoni and Sison
By Fidel Agcaoili
Chairperson, Human Rights Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
2 September 2006
On behalf of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), I condemn in the strongest terms
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. for inventing lies and
making false accusations against the NDFP negotiating panel chairperson Luis Jalandoni and chief political
consultant Prof. Jose Maria Sison.
more...
Charges against Joma, Satur and Jalandoni are absurd
Ka Roger
September 02, 2006
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today dismissed as "absolutely without basis and completely absurd"
the plan of the military to file multiple murder charges against National Democratic Front Senior Political Consultant
Jose Ma. Sison, NDF Peace Panel Chairperson Luis Jalandoni and Bayan Muna Congressman Satur Ocampo for the
alleged 1980s killing of more than 100 "murder victims" supposedly dug up from a "mass grave" in Southern Leyte.
more...
"Mass graves" in Leyte a massive hoax by the AFP
Fr. Santiago "Sanny" Salas
Spokesperson in Eastern Visayas
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
September 02, 2006
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas accuses the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Arroyo regime of recycling
an old psywar routine in the so-called discovery of "mass graves" in Inopacan, Leyte of allegedly 300 summarily-executed victims
of the revolutionary movement. This massive hoax desperately aims to cover up the murder by the Arroyo regime of more than
700 activists and civilians to date, by demonizing the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army as inherently
evil and inhumane. By resorting to such a wornout psywar scheme to stigmatize the CPP and the NPA, this regime that has
become an international pariah because of its political killings thereby seeks to justify and intensify its all-out war, especially the
bloodbath of activists and civilians who are virtually sentenced to death as communists and revolutionary sympathizers.
more...
International Conference on the Struggle of the People
of Nepal For Democracy and Human Rights
Memo Circular
To: Participating Organizations of the ILPS
From: Chairperson
Date: 07 August 2006
Subject: International Conference on the Struggle of the People of Nepal For Democracy and Human Rights
In recent months, Nepal has been the focus of international interest because of the great mass movement that has
confronted the autocratic monarchy and forced it to restore the parliament. In this regard, the Communist Party of
Nepal (Maoist), which has been leading the people's revolutionary armed struggle since 1996, has declared a ceasefire
and forged an alliance with the Seven Parties' Alliance for the purpose of ending the autocratic monarchy and
establishing a democratic republic.
more...
Sison inclusion in EU terror list may violate rights -- AI
By Nonoy Espina
INQ7.net
Last updated 01:36pm (Mla time) 08/05/2006
THE inclusion of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Ma. Sison in the list of terrorists of the
European Union (EU) could violate the exiled rebel leader's elementary basic rights Amnesty International (AI)
said.
more...
Amnesty International Defends the Basic Rights of Prof. Jose Maria Sison in "Terrorist" Blacklist Case
Issued by Committee DEFEND
5 August 2006
Through its European Office, Amnesty International (AI) issued recently its response to the European Commission Green Paper
on the presumption of innocence, COM (2006) 174 final.
more...
NDFP Negotiating Panel Arrives in Oslo for Consultations with Norwegian Government
4 July 2006
The Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, led by Chairperson Luis Jalandoni, has arrived in
Oslo, Norway for consultations with officials of the foreign ministry of the Norwegian government from July 3 to 6.
more...
Bayan: Charges on Sison, Politically-Driven
By Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN)
16 June 2006
Leftist group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said that the plan of the government to file murder
charges against Jose Maria Sison is part of the ongoing vilification campaign against the Left.
more...
Prof. Sison Exposes Before European Court of First
Instance the Injustice Done to Him by Dutch and European Authorities
By the International DEFEND Committee
3 June 2006
In the hearing of Case No. 47/03, Jose Maria Sison versus the Council of the European Union, before the European Court of
First Instance on May 30, 2006 in Luxembourg, the judges elicited important admissions from the counsel of the Dutch government
as intervener on the side of the Council.
more...
International Defend Committee Denounces Dutch Government
for Relentlessly Persecuting Prof. Jose Maria Sison
by Committee DEFEND
23 May 2006
We, the International DEFEND Committee, vigorously denounce the Dutch government for relentlessly
persecuting Prof. Jose Maria Sison and inflicting on him mental anguish and inhuman and degrading
treatment in violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Refugee Convention.
more...
THE OTHER VIEW
By ELMER A. ORDOÑEZ
Two nationalist books were launched recently: Bayan at Lipunan: Ang Kritisismo ni Bienvenido Lumbera edited by
Rosario Torres Yu and published by the University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, and the fifth edition of Philippine
Society and Revolution by Amado Guerrero issued by Aklat ng Bayan. Lumbera is a Ramon Magsaysay awardee for literature;
Amado Guerrero is Jose Maria Sison, founder of the reestablished Communist Party of the Philippines (1968) and now
Utrecht-based chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF) in the on-and-off peace negotiation with
the Philippine government. Torres-Yu is a UP professor and authority on Amado Hernandez’s literary works.
more...
A Review of Jose Maria Sison's "At Home in the World"
By GARY LEUPP
Counterpunch
Weekend Edition
June 10 / 12, 2005
Buy This Book!
posted 3 Feb 2006
Just last week, Gen. Jovito Palparan, of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) told the "Defense" Committee of the House of
Representatives of the Philippines: "The enemy is everywhere in Samar Island." By "enemy" he meant the Maoist guerrillas of the
New People's Army (NPA). Fifty to sixty percent of the population of Samar sympathize with the NPA, added Palparan, explaining
army killings of civilians on this island jutting out of the archipelago between Luzon and Leyte. He might understate NPA support.
Mao Zedong famously stated that the relations between the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the masses of people should be
like the relationship "between fish and water." The Filipino communists seek to replicate the Chinese experience, by establishing
limited control over liberated zones that transform peasant life in ways that broaden support for the revolution and allow the guerrillas
to operate among the people as easily as fish swim in the sea. The ultimate goal is to combine urban insurrection and the surrounding
of the cities by the peasant-based army to accomplish the seizure of power and begin building socialism. Gen. Palparan, known locally
as "the butcher of Mindoro," must find the Maoists' successes on Samar deeply frustrating.
more...
Sison extradition, a US-Malacañang scheme--CPP
Press Release
Information Bureau
Communist Party of the Philippines
13 January 2006
The Communist Party of the Phlippines today charged that alleged plans by the Dutch government to extradite National Democratic Front Chief
Political Consultant Jose Ma. "Ka Joema" Sison to the Philippines is a "dirty US-Malacañang scheme" intended to deprive Sison of his status as a
political refugee and make him an open target of either the "US terrorists and the fascist Arroyo regime's death squads."
more...
Norway won't abide with terror lists vs RP rebs
first posted in http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
By Jaime Espina
6 January 2006
BACOLOD CITY - The Norwegian government said that it would no longer recognize the list of terrorist organizations drawn up by
the European Union (EU) and other countries like the United States against groups in the Philippines and abide only by the list
published by the United Nations.
more...
Presente!: Bisuna vda de Ipong! Jose Ma. Sison!
By Ninotchka Rosca
3 December 2005
Good evening. My thanks to the organizers of this event for giving us space and time to speak about the
Philippines - a very small country with an enormous population, which the current government under Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo has been dealing with in two ways. First, the Philippine government is trying to export as
many Filipinos as fast as possible to as many places as possible on earth. This year, the number of people
exported from the archipelago has reached 800,000, 74% of them women. The joke is that were the planet
more...
The Other View
A revolutionary’s poems as art songs
By Elmer A. Ordonez
Filipino musical artists have rendered the poems of Jose Maria Sison as art songs which, by definition, are "serious musical compositions
generally performed by a classical singer and a pianist."
more...
Prof. Sison is Exposed to Threat of U.S. Kidnapping but He is Legally well Protected by European Convention
By Ruth de Leon
International Coordinator, Committee DEFEND
16 December 2005
It is true that Professor Jose Maria Sison is exposed to the threat of US kidnapping in Europe and is being subjected to persecution by
the Dutch government, including mental torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.
more...
Possible Kidnapping of Prof. Jose Maria Sison is Politically Disastrous to the US
Committee DEFEND
16 December 2005
Despite threats of kidnapping by the United States, Filipino political exile Professor Jose Maria Sison is legally well protected by the
European Convention on Human Rights and the Refugee Convention.
more...
NDFP Denounces EU "Terrorist Listing" of the CPP, NPA and NDFP Chief Political Consultant
National Executive Committee
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
3 December 2005
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) denounces in the strongest terms the continued unjust and malicious
listing of the New People's Army (NPA) and the NDFP Chief Political Consultant as well as the recent inclusion of the Communist
Party of the Philippines (CPP) in the so-called terrorist blacklist of the Council of the European Union (EU).
more...
The Storm of Our Youth
Remembrances and Lessons of the First Quarter Storm of 1970 in the Philippines
By Bonifacio P. Ilagan
Chair, First Quarter Storm Movement
Paper delivered on the occasion of the Filipino Youth and Student Conference (Ipagpatuloy: Living the Storm/ First Quarter Storm Campaign)
organized by the Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/ Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance
Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
November 25-27, 2005
I HAVE BEEN asked to talk about a political Storm in the Philippines that happened 35 years ago. I was in that Storm. I was 19. It was a time to
be bold and daring for a cause that became my generation's badge of courage. Like most of the youth activists of the time, the experience was
all I needed to affirm for life a dictum: To rebel is justified!
more...
The Women of the First Quarter Storm of 1970: Women "Fully Engaged in the Making of History
by Judy M. Taguiwalo
Department of Women and Development Studies
College of Social Work and Community Development
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City
Philippines
Presentation to the Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance Conference "Filipino-Canadian Youth Looking at the Past for the Future"
November 24-26, 2005
Vancouver, British Colombia
Canada
History matters. My generation gained inspiration from the study and rereading of Philippine history and the struggle and sacrifices of
the heroes and heroines of the 1896 Philippine Revolution and the Philippine American war not as an academic undertaking but as
part of the efforts of continuing the unfinished tasks of asserting national sovereignty and genuine democracy.
more...
The Filipino Youth and the Struggle for National Freedom and Democracy: What is to be Done?
"Filipino-Canadian Youth Looking at the Past for the Future,"
By Cherry B. Clemente
Vancouver, BC, Canada. November 21-27, 2005.
I would like to thank the Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino-Canadian
Youth Alliance for inviting me to speak today on a topic that is most
important to me and to every Filipino youth in and out of the homefront.
You have been effective organizers and gracious hosts of this event. We
praise and salute you for having this political and social event of a
lifetime. Thank you very much. more...
'Ipagpatuloy - Living the Storm'
Conference recognizes Filipino youth's crucial role in societal change
By Ted Alcuitas
27 November 2005
Vancouver, B.C. - Delegates to an international Filipino youth conference in Vancouver held last weekend
concluded Filipino youth play a crucial role in changing society.
In his keynote address from the Netherlands where he has been living in exile since the early 90's, Prof.
Jose Maria Sison said "It is of great significance and far-reaching consequence for the Filipino youth in Canada
to link up with the youth in the motherland." Sison is the founding chairman of Kabataang Makabayan and
Emeritus Chairperson of the First Quarter Storm (FQS) Movement.
more...
Indonesia: The Forgotten Genocide
Invitation From the 1965 Commemoration Committee
18 December 2005
The 1965 Commemoration Committee - Netherlands invites you to a forum
on the massacres perpetrated by the Suharto military dictatorship from 1965
onwards. Despite the so-called restoration of democracy after the fall of Suharto
in May 1998, the victims and their families continue to be denied justice.
The perpetrators of the massacres have not been punished. The civil rights
of many of the surviving victims and their families remain curtailed and have
yet to be fully restored. It is the aim of the 1965 Commemoration Committee
to generate international solidarity for the Indonesian people in their quest
for justice and restitution. more...
New CD album of Songs from the Poems of Jose Maria Sison
Played in various popular styles
By young Filipino singers and musicians
Produced by Kodao Productions in Manila.
Please order from the International Information Office in Utrecht.
more...
Statement of Prof. Jose Maria Sison Before the Raad van State on 23 August 2005
Your Honors:
To this day, I am grateful that this court made a decision in my favor
in 1995, to the following effect:
1. That I am a recognized political refugee under Article 1 A of the
Refugee Convention and that the claims of the Dutch government
against me under Article 1 F are baseless.
2. That I am under the absolute protection of the European Convention
on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (EVRM).
more...
Of Bladed Poems: Songs from the Poems of Jose Maria Sison
The written word of our time is beginning to fail the poets while the human voice soars to take us back to primordial times
as an instrument for reaching out to the public
more...
"Overt Acts" Seen in Joma's
Statements vs. GMA -- Gonzalez
Die-hard palace defender Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalesz yesterday claimed he is seeing "red" figuratively
once more as a leftist leader gave his statement via Internet over their stand on President Arroyo's governance.
more...
Communique on the Results of the Dialogue Between the Mission of the House of Representatives Special
Committee on Peace and the National Democratic Front Negotiating Panel
Utrecht, The Netherlands
27 June 2005
I. The Mission of the Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (SCPRU) of the House of Representatives
of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (hereinafter called the Peace Mission) and the Negotiating Panel of the
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (hereinafter called the NDFP Panel) held a dialogue from 23 to 25 June 2005 to
explore the resumption of formal talks in the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations.
more...
Europe-based Filipino Classical Artists to Hold Concert in
Amsterdam, 25 June
Lovers of music in the Netherlands can look forward to an evening of European, Broadway and Filipino classical songs
when soprano Rica de Lima Nepomuceno performs with virtuoso pianists Aries Caces and Irma Reyes Galias in a concert
recital at the Oud-Katholieke Kerk in Amsterdam on Saturday, 25 June from 1900 to 2100 h
more...
Public Forum: the Anti-terrorist Hysteria and Its Effect
on Human Rights
DOC Theater
Stadhouderskade 89
1073 AV
Amsterdam
21 mei 2005
14-18 uur
Toegang: € 5,00
Invited Speakers: Rep. Teddy Casino; Atty Jan Fermon; MP Marijke Vos; Dominee Hans Visser
more...
Openbaar Forum: De Anti-terroristische Hysterie en het Effect
Daarvan op de Mensenrechten
DOC Theater
Stadhouderskade 89
1073 AV
Amsterdam
21 mei 2005
14-18 uur
Toegang: € 5,00
Sprekers: Volksvertegenwoordiger Teddy Casino; Mr. Jan Fermon; Volksvertegenwoordigster Marijke Vos;
Dominee Hans Visser
more...
Rewriting History: Walden
and His Somersaults
By Felix Rivera
New York City, N.Y. , USA
May 4, 2005
Walden Bello's column, "Wolfowitz and the Philippines: a historical footnote," in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on April 30, 2005
wasn't quite complete or accurate. He failed to mention that the U.S. NSSD (National Security Study Directive) on continued U.S.
support for Marcos was "leaked" to him by an American "informant" of his, and he not only put all his eggs in that basket, but
purveyed it to the Philippine revolutionary movement leadership at the time as gospel truth, thus incurring some responsibility for
their erroneous analysis and policy. more...
We Refuse to be Silenced
book launching of "Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World, Portrait of a Revolutionary"
By Ninotchka Rosca
Rosca was a political prisoner under the Marcos regime in the Philippines. She was forced into exile when threatened with a
second arrest. Rosca has participated in numerous world forums and conferences for human rights. She serves on the board
of the Survivors Committee, a network of former political prisoners and human rights activists. She has also been in leadership
positions with Amnesty International and the PEN American Center.
more...
Experience a Very Special Evening of Opera Arias,
Musical Theater Numbers and Kundimans
Rica Nepomuceno, soprano
Aries Caces, pianist
Irma Galias, pianist
25 June 2005
Oud Katoliek Kerk
Ruydaelstraat 39
1071 AA Amsterdam
European-Philippine Intercultural Solidarity
For more details, please contact:
Ruth de Leon
+31 30 2368722
+31 6 24655648
more...
Songs of Love and Struggle from Andres Bonifacio to Jose Maria Sison
CD Album of Philippine Folk Songs, Patriotic Songs, and Poems of Jose Maria Sison
Rica Nepomuceno, soprano
Aries Caces, pianist
Music by Danny Fabella and Levy Abad, Jr
Arranged and Edited by Josefino Chino Toledo
more...
Walden Bello Questioned and Denounced in New York for
Red-baiting Anti-imperialist Filipino Organizations
Based on the report of Berna of New York City, BAYAN-USA
This is a report on our experience during the recent Walden Bello visit
to NYC this past Thursday, March 16, 2005 for a launch party /forum
on his new book "Dilemmas of Domination: The Unmaking of the American
Empire." more...
Bello exposed in Vancouver, Canada
19 March 2005
Yes indeed, as Mr. Walden Bello predicted, a number of interesting things did happen in
Vancouver, Canada. And they appear to have happened to him!
One interesting thing, we're sure for Mr. Bello, was that the what he called,
"faceless groups allegedly representing the Filipino community" made their faces
and protests known at the doorsteps and inside Mr. Bello's Public Forum held
this weekend. more...
The Terror War Targets Maoist
Exiles
By Gary Leupp
Associate Professor, Department of History, Tufts University
Coordinator, Asian Studies Program
November 18, 2002
As soon as the Bush administration announced its
"war on terrorism" last September, I thought I had
some idea of what was coming. On the one hand, the U.S. government
had never lucidly defined "terrorism," that most hopelessly
vague of "isms." (It hadn't tried to, really, perhaps
because to do so with the sort of rigor one might attempt in
an ethics seminar, in a college or seminary, would raise uncomfortable
questions about U.S. military history, from the Trail of Tears
death march of 1838 to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, to the Phoenix
Program in Vietnam, to the School of the Americas curriculum;
and the record of U.S. association with the Contras of Nicaragua,
the Mujahadeen of Afghanistan, Angola's UNITA, the Kosovo Liberation
Army, etc.). more...
Letter from
Dave Pugh of New York City
March 10, 2005
Walden Bello's charges get a hearing internationally because of his status as a prominent
anti-globalization activist and author. Among other things, his latest book advocates "balancing
the US superpower by global civil society." This is nothing new. For years Bello has been a
vocal advocate of organizing "civil society" to reform the WTO by relying on pressure from
NGOs and social-democratic parties (such as Lula's Worker's Party in Brazil). In order to pursue
this strategy, Bello has opposed efforts to build anti-imperialist organizations and struggle that
can actually break the stranglehold of the World Bank, WTO and other neo-liberal institutions
on the exploited, poor nations of the "Third World." As a result, Bello and Focus on the Global
South, which he directs, are funded by Western foundations and other elite sources.
more...
ILPS Call to Action for
March 19 & 20 Global Protests Against the US Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairperson
International League of Peoples' Struggle
March 1, 2005
It is clear that the US and British imperialists are war criminals. Under the barbaric doctrine of preemptive
war, they have attacked a country by lying and falsely claiming that it poses an imminent threat to them,
that it has weapons of mass destruction and has links with the Al Qaeda. In the process, they have
slaughtered more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians and have imposed on the entire Iraqi people intolerable
conditions, consequent to the massive destruction of the social infrastructure, industries and other means
of employment and livelihood.more...
The Walden Bello - CPP Controversy with Introduction
by David Pugh
Below is the first part of the email circulated by Steve Ault to these lists about the "Bello-CPP controversy."
In the interest of fairness and clarity, I've attached detailed letters by Walden Bello and Jose Maria Sison in
which they state their positions. I've also included a contextual introduction.
more...
Book review: Philippine revolutionary speaks to the world
by Deirdre Griswold
This book appears at a time when the class struggle in the Philippines and resistance to relentless U.S. efforts to reimpose
colonial rule are escalating.
more...
A Warrior Has No Biography
By Ninotchka Rosca
(text basis of remarks at the book launch of JMS: At Home in The World, Feb. 12, 2005, Toronto, Canada)
My gratitude to the Philippine Women's Center of Ontario and allied organizations for putting together this event.
My thanks as well to all of you who took the time to be here. February is not our favorite month in the northeast,
what with the cold, rain and generally abject weather conditions. So I know that your presence here today is an
expression of support for the subject and co-author of this book, Prof. Jose Ma. Sison.
more...
Attack
on ILPS Chairperson Serves US Imperialism
Dear Participating Organizations of ILPS,
Warm greetings of solidarity!
We are requesting you to give your support for Prof. Jose Maria Sison,
ILPS Chairperson, by sending to us a brief note of approval to the attached
statement entitled, "Attack
on ILPS Chairperson Serves US Imperialism"
See http://www.ilps-news.com/central-info-bureau/statements/attack-on-ilps-chairperson/signatories/
for the latest signatories or to sign on-line.
BOOK LAUNCH: A Revolutionary
Is Not A Terrorist
Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World - A Portrait of a Revolutionary
Peace Lounge, 7th floor, OISE
Saturday, February 12, 2 - 4 PM
Toronto, Canada
more...
Imperialist-engineered
attack on Prof. Jose Maria Sison is an attack against the ILPS and the
cause of all peoples’ movement against imperialism, war and plunder worldwide!
By Arman Riazi
General Secretary, ILPS
7 February 2005
Dear friends, participating organisations of the ILPS, all democratic
and anti-imperialist organisations and grassroots peoples movements, this
is an urgent call to action in support of the person of our Chairman Prof.
Jose Maria Sison and the condemnation of the sinister imperialist-backed
plots against the cause of national and social liberation in general.
more...
Open letter from BC
Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
February 3, 2005
We call on democratic and anti-imperialist people to demand the withdraw
of Walden Bello from Stopwar.ca's speaker list. The important question
is, who is a terrorist? Walden Bello concurs with the declaration by the
US, Holland, the European Union, the Philippines and (more strangely)
that communist organizations and leaders such as Jose Maria Sison and
the Communist Party of the Philippines are terrorists. And he is supporting
the demand that Sison be deported from Holland, where he has been living
in forced exile since 1986, back to the Philippines to face punishment.
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Migrante response to Focus
on the Global South
By Migrante International Executive Committee
February 2, 2005
As an alliance of people’s organizations composed of overseas Filipinos
and their families, Migrante International slams Focus on the Global South’s
recent attacks on Migrante and other progressive organizations. more...
Why is Walden so frightened?
By Bagani Dong-ilay
1 February 2005
Why is Walden so frightened
Of a mere diagram
He calls a “hit list”
Which leaves him sleepless.
It drives him to a frenzy,
And attacks the Philippine Communist Party,
On its 36th anniversary
Celebrating its victories. more...
GABRIELA
Network Statement Re. Attacks on Prof. Jose Maria Sison, ILPS Chairman
1 February 2005
GABRIELA Network, a Philippine-US women’s solidarity mass organization,
views with sadness the continuing attacks on and vilification of Professor
Jose Ma. Sison, chairman of the International League of Peoples Struggles.
more...
Walden
Bello's Intrigues Serves Imperialist Agenda of State Terror Against People's
Organizations Struggling for Land, Jobs and Self-determination
BAYAN-USA STATEMENT
February 1, 2005
A recent statement by Walden Bello and Focus on the Global South attempts
to generate public concern about their Executive Director's safety. This
worry stems from an article published in the Ang Bayan, the official publication
of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) which Bello claims to
be a "hit-list". In their own statement, Global South lists
seven prominent people's organizations as connected to the CPP. Among
them are KMP, KMU, Migrante, and CPA-organizations representing thousands
of Filipino peasants, workers, and indigenous people-- members of BAYAN-Philippines,
which represents the Filipino people's broadest and largest organized
struggle for national sovereignty and genuine democracy in the Philippines.
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An Open Letter
to Mr. Ric “Frankenstein” Reyes
January 31, 2005
Mr. Ric Reyes,
As your former comrades who were with you during the First Quarter Storm
(FQS) and the later years that became a revolutionary storm overthrowing
Marcos and later Joseph Estrada, we have to respond to your malicious
lies and attacks against the revolutionary movement and the its leaders
like Prof. Jose Maria Sison who is now the subject of your innuendoes
and red-baiting. more...
Defend Prof. Jose Maria Sison, the
KMP and the National Democratic Movement from the Attacks of Pseudo-Progressives
and Running Dogs of US-Imperialism
Press Release
January 31, 2004
Philippine Peasant Support Network (Pesante)
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles – The Philippine Peasant Support Network (PESANTE)-USA vehemently
condemns the persistent attacks by pseudo-progressive operators against
the national-democratic movement, particularly the Peasant Movement of
the Philippines (KMP) and leaders of the progressive movement in the Philippines,
most especially Prof. Jose Maria Sison, the current Chairperson of the
International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS). more...
KMP Letter in Response to Focus
on Global South
January 27, 2005
Dear friends,
Greetings of international solidarity!
We in the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) write this letter to
respond to the appeal of the Focus on the Global South entitled Assassination
and violence have no role in civil society (a statement of concern).
It is our position NOT to interfere nor be part of the ongoing matter
between Walden Bello and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
more...