New People's Army
New People's Army Bagong Hukbong Bayan | |
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| Abbreviation |
NPA BHB |
| Founders |
Jose Maria Sison Bernabe Buscayno |
| Founded | 29 March 1969 |
| Political orientation |
Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism National democracy |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Website | |
| https://philippinerevolution.nu/ | |
The New People's Army (Filipino: Bagong Hukbong Bayan; abbreviated NPA or BHB) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). They have been waging a
History
Operations and Practices
The first same sex marriage in the Philippines was in 2005 and initiated by the New People's Army. They still commonly do same sex marriage ceremonies in their guerrilla camps in a country, majority conservative and catholic, that denies them such a right.[1]
Accusations and Lies targeting the New People's Army
Revisionists (especially Dengists and Trotskyists), anti-communists, and the Philippine old state have made numerous false accusations against the New People's Army in a way to discredit their protection of the people. These "evidences" have been used to label them as "Terrorists".
False Surrenders and "Child Soldiers"
A popular accusation used by the government is the New People's Army's recruitment of minors. Evidence of this is from accounts from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) showing alleged "NPA" fighters mostly consisting of innocent villagers, including children, surrendering to them. But in fact, most of "surrenders" were staged by the AFP to fasely show the weakening of the NPA and to make the claim.[2][3][4]And, ironically, the AFP has done alot more harm to innocence, especially children, from their constant false arrests.[5][6][7][8]
The New Peoples Army abide by rules of war in accordance with the United Nations and remains a principaled fighting force, protecting all people under their operations. whist there are children that do work for the NPA, there is no evidence that they were ever recruited into soldiers.[9]
Plaza Miranda Bombing (1971)
On August 21, 1971, a grenade was thrown at a Liberal Party rally at Plaza Miranda which killed nine people and injured several. Another accusation levied by the government and Trotskyists like Joseph Scalice is that the NPA was responsible for the attack. An "alleged eyewitness and first hand account" called Victor Corpus, a defector from the NPA and an opportunistic anti-communist traitor, made the myth popular and implied that an NPA agent threw the grenade.[10][11]
Jose Maria Sison has admitted that he was brought to Ferdinand Marcos by his military captors in 1977 to fasely conffess that an NPA brigade and the liberal Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino Jr. were responsible for the attacks, a request he refused even under torture.[12]The CPP has oppossed and condemned the actions of the perpetrators of the attack. [13] It also does not help that Ang Bayan, the CPP party newspaper, wrote a commemorative article condemning the attack.[14] It also does not help that Marcos does not shy away from false flag operations such as "Operation Everlasting".
"No more guerilla fronts"
References
- ↑ Karlos Manlupig (July 18, 2016). "Love is Love in communist movement" Philippine Daily Inquirer
- ↑ Ang Bayan (May 04, 2024). "NDFP condemns the AFP for presenting detained children as NPA "child soldiers"" Philippine Revolution Web Central
- ↑ Hugo Francisco (November 22, 2018)."Forced surrender of civilians, a deceitful and idiotic move of the AFP" National Democratic Front of the Philippines
- ↑ National Democratic Front of the Philippines Information Office (November 24, 2008)."On news reports of alleged use of child soldiers by the NPA"
- ↑ Ang Bayan (November 21, 2024)."UN report whitewashes GRP bloody record against children" National Democratic Front of the Philippines
- ↑ NDFP Special office for the Protection of Children (SOPC) (July 31, 2024)."The AFP’s counterrevolutionary war blatantly uses children as pawns for the surrender of revolutionary forces" National Democratic Front of the Philippines
- ↑ Ang Bayan (March 31, 2024)."59th IB drunken soldier abuses 2 minors" Philippine Revolution Web Central
- ↑ Coni Ledesma (January 13, 2025)."New year, yet AFP’s child killing spree continues in Masbate" Philippine Revolution Web Central
- ↑ NDFP Special office for the Protection of Children (SOPC) (November 2, 2024)."NDFP stands firm on protecting children’s rights amid GRP’s relentless IHL violationss" National Democratic Front of the Philippines
- ↑ Marco Valbuena (February 24, 2021)."Trotskyites regurgitate military lies around Plaza Miranda bombing" Philippine Revolution Web Central
- ↑ Rappler.com (August 21, 2016)."TAtienza claims Marcos not to blame for Plaza Miranda bombing" Rappler
- ↑ Jose Maria Sison (January 26, 2021). "Communist Party and Plaza Miranda" Philippine Revolution Web Central
- ↑ National Democratic Front of the Philippines Information Office (August 19, 2011)"Punish the perpetrators of the Plaza Miranda Bombing of 1971 and other fascist crimes"
- ↑ Ang Bayan (August 24, 1971). "We unite with all patriotic and progressive forces against the tyranny of Marcos terrorism" Philippine Revolution Web Central