National Democracy

2010 Calendar poster, National Democratic Front of the Philippines

National Democracy is a political ideology and movement in the Philippines in similarity with the concept of New Democracy of Mao Zedong Thought. It aims to establish a people's democracy in the Philippines with the Communist Party of the Philippines as its vanguard party and aims to address the root causes of injustice in Filipino society by confronting the three major problems of Imperialism, Bureaucrat capitalism, and feudalism.

12 Point Program of the National Democratic Front

The National Democratic Front of the Philippinese outlines its program in 12 points which addresses the fundamental problems and contradictions in Philippine society.

1. Unite the people for the overthrow of the semicolonial and semifeudal system through a people’s war and for the completion of the national democratic revolution.
2. Establish a People’s Democratic Republic and a democratic coalition government.
3. Build the people‘s army and a people’s defense system.
4. Uphold and promote the people’s democratic rights.
5. Terminate all unequal relations with the United States and other foreign entities.
6. Implement genuine agrarian reform, promote agricultural cooperation, raise rural production and employment through modernization of agriculture and rural industrialization and ensure agricultural sustainability.
7. Break the US – big comprador – landlord dominance over the economy, carry out national industrialization and build an independent and self-reliant economy.
8. Adopt a comprehensive and progressive social policy.
9. Promote a national and progressive people’s culture.
10. Uphold the rights of the Bangsa Moro and the Cordillera peoples and other indigenous peoples to self-determination and democracy.
11. Advance the revolutionary emancipation of women in all spheres.
12. Adopt an active, independent and peaceful foreign policy.

Legal and Illegal National Democratic Organizations

Since the Duterte regime onwards, The Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines have been proclaimed as "terrorist organizations" by the Philippine old state and legal activists have been under attack due to red-tagging attacks and the 2020 "Anti-Terror" Law. For the safety for progressive activists who are not affiliated with the CPP-NPA-NDF, it must be clarified that legal mass organizations are not and should not be directly affiliated or connected with the illegal armed struggle and organizations and that their actions are completely seperate and different from one another.

Legal National Democratic Mass Organizations

The legal National Democratic Mass Organizations engage in local and nationwide elections and engage legally in Philippine government. Some organizations are also common in North America and Europe amongst the Filipino Diaspora. In spite of their legal status, they refuse to condemn and instead fully recognize (but not fully support) the armed struggle of the New People's Army as it shows that imperialism, Bureaucrat capitalism, and feudalism are still the root causes of injustice in their society.

• Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN or New Patriotic Alliance) - Alliance of NDMOs
• Makabayan Bloc - Coalition within House of Representatives
• Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU or May First Movement)- Labor union
• Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Peasant Movement of the Philippines) - Peasant and Farmers' union
• Anakbayan - Militant youth organization
• League of Filipino Students (LFS)
• Gabriela Women's Party - Female empowerment partylist
• Bahaghari Philippines (Rainbow Philippines)-LGBTQIA+ empowerment organization
• Bayan Muna (Nation First) Partylist
• Kabataan Partylist - Youth empowerment partylist
• Anakpawis Partylist (Proletarian Partylist) - Partylist affiliated with KMU
• Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)
• Student Christian Movement Philippines (SCMP)
• Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples' Rights)

Illegal National Democratic Organizations / Members of the NDFP

These organizations actively partake in armed struggle against the Philippine Government or help each other and do not partake in legal government actions (Aside from the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations).

• Communist Party of the Philippines
• New People's Army
• Kabataang Makabayan (KM or Patriotic Youth)
• Revolutionary Council of Trade Unions (RCTU)
• Pambansang Katipunan ng Magbubukid (PKM)
• Moro Resistance and Liberation Organization (MRLO)
• Makabayang Kilusan ng Bagong Kababaihan (MAKIBAKA)
• Christians for National Liberation (CNL)

See also

• Maoism
• New Democracy
• Communist Party of the Philippines
• Jose Maria Sison