Dear friends and progressives around the world!
Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle (FFPS) calls on all solidarity allies to hold militant demonstrations on Tuesday, the 26th of August. We encourage mass rallies to be held at Philippine embassies in each country to condemn the GRP for their war of suppression against the Filipino people, or at other relevant locations drawing broad interest from crowds and media.
For decades the GRP has waged countless violent ‘counterinsurgency’ campaigns against the Filipino people with the support and direction of the US government. Under the current Marcos regime, these campaigns have been expanded and intensified. Far from bringing genuine peace, the Marcos regime seeks a ‘peace’ of the grave, in which the resistance of the exploited and oppressed peoples is crushed.
Against the intensifying war on the people by the GRP, the revolutionary movement under the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) continues to wage the national democratic revolution for national and social liberation. In contrast to the GRP’s fake peace, the NDFP struggles for a just and lasting peace, in which the underlying problems that lead the Filipino people to take up arms are solved. The national democratic revolution is the expression of the Filipino people’s will for genuine change and serves as a legitimate means to achieve it.
Amidst the intensifying repression and efforts to disguise its fascist character by the Marcos regime, we need to also intensify our solidarity efforts in exposing the ugly truth of the GRP’s ‘peace’ and in projecting the righteous revolutionary struggle of the Philippine people.
Please make sure to let us know of your planned actions, spread this call to action far and wide, and to send us photos & videos of your actions for compiling them into a recap video.
Main calls:
“US-Marcos ‘peace’ = war of suppression!”
“Stop the bombings in the Philippines!”
“Dismantle the NTF-ELCAC!”
“Repeal the Anti-Terrorism Law in the Philippines!”
“Support the Filipino people’s struggle for national liberation against US imperialism!”
“US out of the Philippines!”
“No to US-Marcos’ fake peace, support the Philippine revolution!”
“Support the Filipino people’s war for a just and lasting people’s peace!”