War, Imperialism and Resistance From Below
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chairman, Center for Social Studies
Utrecht, Netherlands
24 April 2004
Dear Colleagues,
Good afternoon!
Let me thank the Global Studies Association for inviting me to speak on the occasion of its Third Annual Conference. It is an honor to speak before a distinguished assembly of scholars.
For someone like me who is banned from entering the US, it is gratifying to be able to speak on an occasion like this. more...

Questions for Professor Jose Maria Sison after his presentation at the Third Annual Global Studies Association Conference, Brandeis University, Boston, MA, USA
24 April 2004
There have been discussions in academic circles about multilateralism in relation to U.S interventionism.  In your talk you have focused on U.S. imperialism as the dominant force. What is your critique about the notion of multilateralism within the context of neo-liberal globalization and how would you situate U.S. imperialism in it?  more...

Mga Tunguhin at Hinaharap ng Kilusang Unyon sa Harap ng Hamon ng Global at Nasyonal na Krisis
Extemporaneous na Talumpati sa KMU-NCR-ED
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapangulong Tagapagtatag, Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas
Pangkalahatang Konsultant, International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS)
Abril 21, 2004
GLOBAL NA KRISIS
Ugat ng kapitalismo at imperyalismo: Panghuhuthot sa uring manggagawa (teorya ng sobrang halaga). Kompetisyon (paligsahan sa pagkamal ng kapital) tungo sa krisis ng labis ng produksiyon at tungo sa makabagong imperyalismo. Pinakamataas at huling yugto ng capitalism: naghigingalo at pabulosok na kapitalismo. more...

The Cause of National Liberation, Democracy and Social Liberation in the Time of US-led "War on Terror"
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
January 18, 2004
I am pleased and feel honored that you have invited me to contribute a paper to your workshop on the No. 1 concern of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS), which is the cause for national liberation, democracy and social liberation. more...

Pahayag sa Ika-6 Kongreso ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Gitnang Luson
ni Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Pangkalahatang Pampulitikang Konsultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Punong Pampulitikang Konsultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Disyembre 4, 2003
Malugod kong ipinaaabot ang aking pinakamilitanteng pagbati sa lahat ng organisador, delegado at mga panauhin sa Ikaanim na Kongreso ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Gitnang Luson (BAYAN-GL). Ang mensahe kong ito ay para na ring pagbabalik-bayan sa rehiyon ng aking ina at sa rehiyong matagal na pinanatilihan nang pana-panahon mula 1968 hanggang 1977. Malaki ang aking kasiyahang makasama kayo ngayon para gunitain at ipagdiwang ang mga tagumpay ng BAYAN-GL sa nakaraang 18 taon ng magiting na pakikibaka, at seryosong paghandaan ang mga hamon at tungkulin sa hinaharap. more...

Talumpati sa Ikalimang Anibersaryo ng Anakbayan
Ni Jose Maria Sison
Tagapagtatag naTagapangulo, Kabataang Makabayan
Nobyembre 30, 2003
Malaking kasiyahan sa akin ang makasama kayo sa pagdiriwang ng ikalimang anibersaryo ng Anakbayan, ika-39 anibersaryo ng Kabataang Makabayan at ika-140 kaarawan ni Andres Bonifacio. Makabuluhan ang pagdiriwang sa mga okasyong tulad nito sa pagpapanatili ng maunlad na kaisipan at ibayong pagpapasigla ng paglahok sa rebolusyonaryong pakikibaka para sa pambansang kalayaan at demokrasya laban sa imperyalismo, katutubong pyudalismo at burukratang kapitalismo. more...

Input sa Ika-6 Kongreso ng Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas
Jose Ma. Sison
Pangkalahatang Konsultant
International League of Peoples' Struggle
Nobyembre 26, 2003
Isang malaking tagumpay na ang mga delegasyon ay galing sa 58 panlalawigan at 13 rehiyonal na balangay mula Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao. Nangangahulugan ang ganitong pambansang saklaw na napakaraming tagumpay ang nakamit ninyo sa pagpukaw, pag-organisa at pagmobilisa sa masang magbubukid. Saludo ako sa KMP sa katayuan nito bilang pinakamalaking organisayson ng mga magbubukid at mas mahalga pa bilang pinakamatapat at pinakamilitanteng organisasyon ng magbubukid. more...

Denounce and Dismantle US Military Bases
Message of Solidarity
To the Anti-Bases Conference in Chania, Greece
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
20 September 2003
This issue is of crucial importance to the people of the world who cherish national sovereignty and independence, aspire for development, social justice and peace and who necessarily struggle against US imperialism, the terrorist hyperpower and No. 1 enemy of the people of the world. more...

Two Years After 9/11:
US Imperialism in a Quicksand
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of People’s Struggle
11 September 2003
US military forces have massacred tens of thousands of Afghani and Iraqi civilians and destroyed the social infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, water and power systems, office buildings and so on. The US has used the most lethal weapons of mass destruction, including various types of bombs and ammunition tipped with depleted uranium. These kill civilians in large numbers immediately and long after hostilities. more...

Democracy in the NPA and Lack of it in AFP
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
August 16, 2003
They complain against the corruption of their superiors, including the overpricing of equipment, the privatized use of military planes and land vehicles and cheating the soldiers of their basic supplies. They also complain against the use of terrorist bombings to demonize the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, to lay the ground for increased US military intervention and logistical assistance and to justify the declaration of martial law. more...

Ka Felixberto "Bert" Olalia: Bayani at Martir ng Uring Manggagawa 
at Sambayanang Pilipino
Talumpati ni Jose Maria Sison
Agosto 13, 2003
Tampok at maningning ang anim na dekadang paglilingkod ni Ka Bert sa uring manggagawa at sambayanang Pilipino. Hindi pa ako ipinapanganak siya ay isa nang kilalang lider manggagawa na malapit kay Kasamang Crisanto Evangelista. Sa taong ipinanganak ako, mataas na ang katungkulan niya sa makasaysayang Katipunan ng mga Anakpawis (KAP). more...

Keynote Speech on US Intervention in the Philippines and Korea
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
July 16, 2003, New York City
I admire and salute all the Korean and Filipino organizations for working together to expose and oppose US intervention and related evil acts in their respective countries. I also appreciate the relations of solidarity and cooperation that these organizations have developed with organizations of the American people and other peoples in the course of common struggle against imperialist plunder and war. more...

Statement to the Court
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
1 July 2003
Since I applied for political asylum in October 1988, I have been provided with the social benefits for food allowance, housing and insurance for health and third party liability because I have been prohibited from taking employment commensurate to my professional training and experience. more...

Unite Against US Impreialism, Wage Militant Struggles of the People
Message to the Participants of Thessaloniki Resistance 2003
15 June 2003
Let me express my gratitude to the organizers of Thessaloniki Resistance 2003 for inviting me to participate. I wish so much to go there and be with all the participants. But unfortunately, the Dutch authorities continue to do the bidding of the US government in maligning me as a "terrorist" and in curtailing my freedom of movement. more...

Anti-Imperialist Movement Against the US War of Aggression in Iraq and Attacks on Workers and Peoples
7 May 2003
Modern imperialism or monopoly capitalism is the highest and final stage in the development of capitalism. It is decadent and moribund capitalism. It generates the crisis conditions that are favourable for waging the proletarian revolution in the imperialist countries and national liberation movements of the oppressed peoples and nations. more...

Experience of the Communist Party of the Philippines in the Anti-Imperialist and Anti-War Fronts
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman
Communist Party of the Philippines
Brussels Communist Seminar
4 May 2003
The European Council of the European Union in obedience to the US government has listed me, together with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA), as "terrorist". In that connection, the Dutch state has terminated the measly benefits for food, rent and medical insurance that are due to me as a recognized political refugee. My small personal bank account has been frozen. I am restrained from traversing the short distance between Utrecht in The Netherlands and Brussels in Belgium. more...

Imperialism, Wars of Aggression and People's Resistance
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
1 May 2003 Meeting
Groningen, Netherlands
1 May 2003
Let me present my understanding of imperialism, why and how it is the cause of wars of aggression such as those that have been unleashed since 1991 and the current US military intervention in the Philippines, and the people’s resistance to imperialism worldwide, especially in the Philippines. more...

The Filipino People's Revolutionary Struggle and International Solidarity Against Imperialism
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
26 April 2003
I am exceedingly happy to convey warmest greetings the National Council and all allied organizations of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on the occasion of the 30^th anniversary of its founding. Let us celebrate the accumulated victories of the NDFP and honor all the martyrs and heroes whose revolutionary dedication and strivings have made all these possible. more...

An Update On Imperialism, War and People's Struggle
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant
International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Speech delivered at the ILPS Annual Forum, Amsterdam,
3 March 2003
The main and essential thrust of "free market" globalization is to enable the monopoly bourgeoisie to maximize its profits from the exploitation of the working people in both imperialist and client countries and to minimize the variable capital outlay for wages as well as social investments and social services by the states. more...

In Memory of Rolando ‘Ka Lando’ Olalia, Chairman of Partido ng Bayan and Kilusang Mayo Uno
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
12 November 2002
Rolando "Ka Lando" Olalia rose to the position of chairman of Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement) by virtue of his progressive commitment and hard work as a militant anti-imperialist political leader of the working class, as a trade union organizer and as a labor lawyer. His outstanding qualifications brought him to the chairmanship of Partido ng Bayan (People’s Party) in 1986. more...

The Bush War of Terror and Attacks on Revolutionaries and Progressives
Summary of Extemporaneous Speech
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
NDFP Chief Political Consultant
Buurtcentrum Lydia, Amsterdam
28 September 2002
I thank the Initiative Committee to Defend Filipino Progressives in Europe for organizing this forum on human rights and the so-called war on terror of Bush. more...

Analysis of the Southeast Asian Crisis of 1997
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Contribution to the 11th International Communist Seminar, Brussels, Belgium
2-4 May 2002
I convey warmest greetings of comradeship and revolutionary solidarity to the Workers’ Party of Belgium and all the delegations in the 11^th Seminar. more...

Imperialist Globalization and Terrorism
De Rode Hoed, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
General Consultant, International League for Peoples Struggle
18 February 2002
I am pleased to be invited by the International Coordinating Committee of the International League for Peoples’ Struggle to speak on imperialist globalization and terrorism.  It is a welcome task for me to discuss such an urgent topic of crucial importance to the people. more...

Uphold the Revolutionary Spirit of the First Quarter Storm of 1970!
Message to ANAKBAYAn
By Jose Maria Sison
Founding Chairman, Kabataang Makabayan
25 January 2002
I join you in celebrating the 32^nd anniversary of the First Quarter Storm.  As the successor of Kabataang Makabayan,  Anakbayan has the honor and responsibility of being at the forefront of the celebration and of promoting the line of advance in the struggle for national liberation and democracy. more...

Fight Imperialist Globalization and Wars of Aggression
Auditorium P. E. Jansen, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
15 December 2001
From the people’s organizations in the Philippines and from the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, I convey to all of you militant greetings of solidarity! more...

On Political Refugees and Other Displaced Peoples.
November 5, 2001
First, may I express warmest greetings of solidarity to all organizers and participants of the International Migrant Conference on Labor-Export and Forced Migration Amidst Globalization. more...

Final Report of the Chairman of International Initiative Committee
May 25, 2001
On behalf of the International Initiative Committee, I declare open the First International Assembly of the International League of Peoples' Struggle. more...

Contradictions in the World Capitalist System and the Necessity of Socialist Revolution.
May 3, 2001
My assignment  is to analyze the new economic, political and social contradictions that have emerged in the world capitalist system in recent decades and - Present the necessity of socialist revolution and the contradictions in the process of realizing socialism. more...