Let us wholeheartedly commemorate the 53rd Anniversary of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) on April 24. On this occasion, let us further strengthen the unity and determination of the NDFP and Filipino people to advance the revolutionary struggle to liberate the country from the clutches of US imperialism and the local ruling classes.
Let us celebrate the victories of the NDFP as the most consolidated alliance of progressive and patriotic forces advancing the people’s democratic revolution. Over more than five decades, the NDF has united various democratic sectors around its 12-point program for advancing the national democratic revolution.
Even as we look back at our history of relentless struggle, the NDFP must also prepare to take on even heavier tasks in the future, especially amid the growing threat of imperialist wars to the country’s independence, safety, and livelihood, brought about by the intensifying wars and aggression by US imperialism, as it seeks to appropriate or seize vital resources across the world.
The imperialist US successively attacked Venezuela and Iran, countries with the largest and third largest oil reserves. Using overwhelming military force, the US trampled on all norms of international law. The US also openly threatens Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Panama, Greenland, and even part of Ukraine’s territory.
The US is intensifying its warfare in order to preserve its global dominance amid the strategic decline of its economy and global empire, and the rise of various centers of trade and financial systems that do not use the dollar, and of military alliances and cooperation outside its control. The US uses and brandishes its military force to impose hegemony in different parts of the world, and to contain the expansion of the power of its imperialist rivals, especially China.
The US is further tightening its control over the Philippines. American capitalists are scrambling to extract and monopolize the country’s remaining mineral wealth, and vast tracts of land to build their plantations and “renewable energy” or tourism projects. Marcos recently secretly signed an agreement with the US, under the so-called Luzon Economic Corridor, that will surrender 1,620 hectares to the full control of American capitalists, for plunder and seizure.
The US continues to expand its military presence in the Philippines. More and more American troops, missiles, and war matériel are being stationed in military bases, both in EDCA sites and in secret military facilities in multiple parts of the country. Every year, it carries out ever larger military exercises and war games, such as the Balikatan exercises that began this month with at least 10,000 American troops.
The US exploits the Philippines, as well as South Korea and Japan, to strengthen the presence of its military forces in the seas around China. In the South China Sea, it carries out “transparency operations” using the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard to challenge and provoke China. The US also plans to build a large oil storage facility in the Davao Gulf to service its warships. It also plans to build a factory to produce military equipment, including ammunition and drones, in Subic and Aurora. All these allow the US to use the Philippines for military aggression, just as its military bases in the Gulf states were used to launch the armed assault on Iran.
The hands of all American soldiers are stained with the blood of thousands of Iranians and Palestinians killed in US-Israeli bombing, of millions killed in aggressive wars over the past century, including one million Filipinos killed by the US in its war of occupation of the Philippines. Allowing the country to be used foreign invaders to rest, to stockpile their weapons, and to launch more aggressive wars is a great insult to the Filipino people. The US dragging of the Philippines into its rivalry with China runs counter to the Filipino people’s desire to peacefully coexist with neighboring countries. This brazenly tramples on Philippine sovereignty and threatens its security.
Amid this situation, the NDFP faces a major challenge to unite and arouse the Filipino people to stand up against the growing threat of US warfare and its use of the Philippines as launchpad for wars of aggression. “People’s war against imperialist war” is the call to forge the path of armed revolution to free the country from the claws of imperialist predators and oppressors.
The NDFP is well-positioned to take on these tasks, especially with its strengthening and renewed vigor in recent years. Revolutionary organizations have continued to expand and consolidate since the Party declared the rectification movement in 2023. The ranks of KM, PKM, Armas, and other revolutionary organizations are multiplying. Some have held their national congresses and council meetings, while continuing to expand and consolidate.
The NDFP held conferences and meetings to unite its allied organizations on burning national issues, and to exchange experiences and lessons in organizing and mobilizing the masses. Activities that rouse the broad masses, such as lightning rallies, and the use of various forms of propaganda, here and abroad, continue to increase. Support for the people’s army is expanding as more and more people seek to go to the countryside to join the armed struggle.
Let us steel our resolve to strengthen and expand the NDFP on the occasion of its 53rd anniversary. Let us further raise the NDFP’s contribution and participation in strengthening the protracted people’s war, a war advanced by the entire people, to achieve national and social liberation.
Source : https://philippinerevolution.nu/2026/04/21/strengthen-the-ndfp-and-fight-us-imperialist-war/