IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

DEFEND-Philippines, University of the Philippines President Francisco Nemenzo, Jr., the Philippine Collegian and IBON Foundation, Inc.

invite you to a

Book Launch
Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World: Portrait of a Revolutionary
Conversations with Ninotchka Rosca

August 24, 2004 5-7pm Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines-Diliman Quezon City, Philippines

Ms. Ninotchka Rosca, recipient of the American Book Award for Excellence in Literature, is coming to the Philippines to launch her latest book. She has written five books, including the two highly acclaimed novels State of War and Twice Blessed. Her novels have been translated into Dutch, German and Catalan. Now based in New York, she is one of the best, internationally known Filipino writers.
For confirmation, please call Gina, Mario or Mena at (63-2) 7132729 or (63-2) 7132737 or visit http://www.ibon.org. more...

Book Launch of
Jose Maria Sison: at Home in the World, Portrait of a Revolutionary
Conversations with Ninotchka Rosca
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2004
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Venue: The Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Avenue, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
B.C. Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines will host a book launch featuring renowned author and activist, Ninotchka Rosca. Ninotchka who is the co-author of the book, "Jose Maria Sison: at Home in the World, Portrait of a Revolutionary, Conversations with Ninotchka Rosca" has won a number of national and international literary awards, including the American Book Award.  She will be present during the book launch for questions, signing, and discussion regarding her latest book on Jose Maria Sison. more...

NAGKAKAISA PARA SA ISANG KAISA, PARA SA ISANG KASAMA
(Uniting for a Companion, for a Comrade)
English Narrative of Hong Kong Defend’s "Kaisa, Kasama; Companion, Comrade:
Celebrating Prof. Jose Maria Sison’s 45 Years of Struggle and Commitment,
Defending His Democratic Rights" more...

Joma Sings: Pag-ibig Sa Tinubuang Lupa
A compilation of revolutionary and progressive songs sung by Jose Maria Sison. This highly anticipated compilation is now available on CD. more...
 

June 16 Off the Press:  Jose Maria Sison:  At Home in the World  (Portrait of a Revolutionary), Conversations with Ninotchka Rosca.
Book launch in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  more...
Book launch in Los Angeles, California, USA.  more...

Of Bladed Poems and Forests Enchanted
Jose Ma. Sison
10 June 2004
Balay Kalinaw
6:00PM
UP Diliman more...

Laws, Labels and Liberation: The Case of Professor Jose Maria Sison
Held from May 28-30, 2004, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Over 150 people from 11 cities across Canada and the United States, along with international guests from Belgium, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands and the Philippines, gathered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for a successful and lively three-day conference aimed at examining the unjust labelling of Filipino patriot and revolutionary leader, Professor Jose Maria Sison as a "terrorist" by the U.S., Dutch, European, Australian and Canadian governments. more...

KALIBRE 45
May 25, 2004
3:00 - 6:00 pm
UP - Theatre, Diliman

In the Dark Depths
The enemy wants to bury us
In the dark depths of prison
But shining gold is mined
10 April 1978
for campaign updates, please visit website www.defendsison.be
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Prof. Jose Maria Sison’s latest book, US Terrorism and War in the Philippines, was formally launched in Amsterdam at the Migrante Europe headquarters last November 28 in a lively gathering attended by friends and supporters. more...

Informal Talks in Oslo, Norway from 9 - 10 October 2003
At the opening of the informal talks between the GRP and the NDFP with Norwegian Foreign Ministry Officials.

Coming Soon! New Book of Prof. Sison US Terrorism and War in the Philippines
Dear Friends,
A new book by Prof. Jose Maria Sison entitled "US Terrorism and War in the Philippines" will soon be available.
Click here to view the announcement of the new book of Prof. Jose Maria Sison, US Terrorism and War in the Philippines, and testimonials of highly respected personages in his defense.
Please put these in your publication, website and/or email dispatch in order to promote the book.
Thank you.
In solidarity,
Ruth de Leon
Committee DEFEND more...

Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Special Guest in Jongeren-Vredeskamp 2003
Ivo Flachet en Lucia Barbé
18-06 - Present
Nog een kleine drie weken en we zien elkaar op het Vredeskamp 2003, dé ontmoetingsplaats voor jonge activisten tussen 16 en 30 jaar oud. Het kamp staat in het teken van het verzet tegen de Verenigde Staten van Agressie. more...

Successful Day of Action for the democratic rights of Prof. Sison in Brussels
by Bert De Belder
Brussels, 5 February – Today, the Initiative Committee to Defend Filipino Progressives in Europe (DEFEND) held a successful Day of Action in Brussels. The Committee was able to mobilize a broad array of people for the defense of the democratic rights of Prof. Jose Maria Sison, who has been put on the EU ‘terrorist’ list. At a well-attended Forum, Prof. Sison’s defense lawyers explained the grounds on which they will challenge their client’s listing before the European Court in Luxemburg. During a brief protest action in front of the offices of the European Council, a delegation of DEFEND handed over more than 27,600 petitions to Greek EU officials. more...

Prof. Sison (Philippines) Goes to Court on EU "Terrorist Listing"
10 February 2003
Last Friday, February 7, Philippine professor Jose Maria Sison filed an application against the Council of the European Union, which had put him on its list of alleged “terrorists”. Sison, the chief political consultant of the National Demcoratic Front of the Philippines and a political refugee in the Netherlands, was added to the EU’s blacklist on October 28, 2002, and again on an updated list on December 12. more...

The Sison Case: The 'Terrorist' Tag as License For Repression
The Committee-DEFEND is inviting you to a Press Conference followed by a Forum on December 9, 2002.  The topic is "THE SISON CASE: THE 'TERRORIST' TAG AS LICENSE FOR REPRESSION. more...

A forum on: Human Rights and Bush’s "War on Terror"
by The Initiative Committee to Defend Filipino Progressives in Europe (DEFEND)
Saturday, 28 September 2002. more...

Prof. Jose Maria Sison, between Old Catholic Church Archbishop of Utrecht Joris Vercammen and Reformed Church Dominee Hans Visser, at the press conference on the termination of Sison's social benefits on 18 September 2002.

Uitnodiging Voor Een Pers Conferentie
Onderwerp: persconferentie door Professor Jose Maria Sison over de beëindiging van de ROA verstrekking en de uitvoering van de ‘Sanctieregeling terrorisme 2002 III’
De persconferentie wordt op 18 September 2002 van 14.15 – 15.15 uur gehouden in het NDF International Office aan de Amsterdamsestraatweg 50 te Utrecht.
Invitation to a press conference on 18 September 2002.
Note to visitors: To know the current situation of Prof. Jose Maria Sison, please go to Messages and Letters. Read his letter titled "Basic Necessities of Life, Basic Human Right to Life", addressed to the Hoofd of Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid and dated 16 September 2002 and his letter titled "Respect My Rights, Rectify the Wrongs Against Me", addressed to the Dutch Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance Minister and also dated 16 September 2002.

The US Wants to Close the Dragnet Around Sison
15 September 2002
Bert De Belder, Solidaire, Workers’ Party of Belgium
With a single stroke, Jose Maria (Joma) Sison, a Philippine political refugee in the Netherlands, is penniless and homeless. When he wanted to pay his bill in the Albert Hein supermarket or for his dentist, he noted that his bank account was blocked. On the 12^th of September, he got a letter from the municipal government of Utrecht. It was a shock: the letter announced that his social benefits, including housing, had been stopped. These are all consequences of the latest "anti-terrorist" measures of the Dutch government, issued on the request of the United States. Rumors have it that the US may soon demand for the extradition of Sison. This combines with an international smear campaign in the mass media against him and against the entire Philippine revolutionary movement. more...

Statement of Initiative Committee to Defend Filipinos Demonized by U.S. as "Terrorists"
By the Initiative Committee to Defend Filipino Progressives in Europe
28 August 2002
We, the undersigned, hereby constitute ourselves into an Initiative Committee to Defend Filipino Progressives in Europe (INCODEFPE), particularly those who support the Filipino people’s struggle for national liberation and democracy but who are being demonized as terrorists by US authorities. more...

Outline of Lectures
General Subject:
WAR AND PEACE: A MARXIST APPROACH
for Marxist Summer Summer University

Reading List
General Subject: War and Peace: a Marxist Approach
Reading list for Marxist Summer University

Marxist Summer University 2002
23-28 August 2002
The fall of the Berlin Wall was supposed to inaugurate an era of universal peace. Twelve years later, the world is further away from peace than ever. Irak, Somalia, the Congo, Afghanistan, Palestine, Irak again are only some of the countries struck by the horrors of war. With Yugoslavia, even Europe is not spared. The most powerful country in the world today openly threatens to use nuclear weapons against nations which do not possess them. At the same time, unemployment is still on the increase and living conditions for the masses are going more and more downhill. more...