Resist Marcos plans to cede 1,600 hectares to the US imperialists

Marco L. Valbuena, Chief Information Officer

Communist Party Of The Philippines

April 22, 2026

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) vigorously condemns the Marcos regime for its reported plan to establish a 1,600-hectare Economic Security Zone, and to grant the United States blanket extra-territorial rights over this so-called industrial hub under the so-called Luzon Economic Corridor. The Party calls on the Filipino people to unite and take action to resist this gross sell-out and act of betrayal of Philippine sovereignty.

Marcos must be held to account for this brazen act of subservience to US imperialists. The puppet regime is practically ceding part of the country under the guise of an "economic security zone" that will be operated under US common laws with diplomatic-style protection. The initial lease will be for two years, during which it will operate tax free, and is renewable for 99 years.

This "economic zone" will practically be American territory in Luzon for a century. Having ceded political and legal authority over this land, the Philippines will not be able to stop the US from using this land for military production, stockpiling or other non-economic purposes.

Reports indicate that this will be established on public land at the former US Clark Air Base in Pampanga, covering much of the ancestral land of the Aetas. The plan to set up this US zone will likely force them out of what is left of their ancestral land, as well as dispossess other peasant communities of their homes and farms, both within and in surrounding areas. Marcos haste to cede vast tracts of land to American capitalists starkly contrasts to how millions of peasants remain landless despite decades of labor and amortization payments.

The project will give the US greater control of the country's key resources. The declared aim of this project is for the US to secure supply chains for critical minerals and other resources by moving processing of Philippine exports away from China, under its so-called Pax Silica initiative. The undeclared aim of the US is to have exclusive control of the Philippines as part of its imperialist sphere of influence and control.

This planned economic zone takes away the country's ability to exercise an independent foreign policy. It nullifies Philippine national interest, and tethers Philippine foreign policy more tightly to the US, aligning the country with US national interests, and pitting Filipinos against American adversaries, especially China. It pulls the Philippines deeper into the rising spiral of imperialist conflicts.

The project is being touted as an "industrial hub," but has nothing to do with developing the local economy. It will only tie the country down further as a supplier of raw materials and cheap labor. It will also likely reopen Pampanga's cities to the harmful presence of American soldiers and nationals, which became a cesspool for prostitution, drugs and other anti-social activities during the height of operations of the US Clark Air Base.

The planned US economic zone to extract and process crucial minerals is bound to accelerate the destruction of the country's environment, as American companies seek to extract greater amounts of nickel, copper and other minerals critical for the production of semiconductors that serve as crucial components of US jet fighters, drones, missiles and other modern armaments for military aggression (such as the bombing of Iran and assault on Venezuela), as well as industrial machinery and commercial commodities.

Under its full control, the US boasts that the economic zone will fully utilize "artificial intelligence" to reduce the need for workers. Some neoliberal economists who are cheering the project are raising false hopes that this project will help alleviate Philippine unemployment or help boost the local economy.

That the "economic zone" will be under full US sovereignty underscores how it will only reinforce the backward, agrarian and non-industrial state of local production. It will only further relegate the country's status as a semicolonial country. The US "economic security zone" will neither bring development or security to the country.

The Marcos puppet regime has allowed the US to place the Philippines under its military domination, having allowed the US to set up more and more military bases, facilities and sites across the country.

The US imperialists under Trump are using their military stranglehold over the country to make the claim that the Philippines belongs to the US and not to China. The US uses the AFP and the puppet regime to silence and suppress any and all who proclaim the Philippines as a sovereign nation, belonging to no one but the Filipino people.

Amid its economic crisis and strategic decline, the US has grown increasingly desperate to seize more parts of the world to put under its dominion. It will do so through military aggression or invasion, or in the case of the Philippines, military coercion.

The broad masses of the Filipino people must resist this Marcos scheme to cede Philippine land to the US imperialists. They must exert all efforts to frustrate this betrayal of Philippine sovereignty.

The fight against this so-called US "economic security zone" is inextricably linked to the struggle against US military intervention. The Filipino people must intensify their struggle against increasing US military presence and heighten their demand for the dismantling of all US military bases and facilities, and the withdrawal of all American troops and stockpiled weapons from the country.

The struggle against the US "economic and security zone" and its heightened military presence in the Philippines form part of the much bigger struggle against US imperialist domination in the country. These gross affronts to Philippine sovereignty underscore the need to carry forward the revolutionary struggle to achieve the people's aspiration for genuine national freedom and democracy.

*Attached is a pdf version of the statement

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TAKE TO THE STREETS THIS MAY DAY AGAINST IMPERIALIST WARS, FASCISM, POVERTY AND EXPLOITATION! - Atik

 

TAKE TO THE STREETS THIS MAY DAY AGAINST IMPERIALIST WARS, FASCISM, POVERTY AND EXPLOITATION!

As we mark May Day, the international day of the working class, the world has for some time been dragged into an ever-deepening climate of war and division, driven by imperialist aggression, occupations and conflicts spreading across regions and now taking on a global character. The contradictions between the imperialist blocs (USA–NATO–EU and China–Russia), along with the capitalist states aligned with them, are becoming increasingly clear. This points to greater oppression and exploitation for working people and all oppressed groups. In an attempt to overcome its crisis, imperialism is pushing humanity towards war, massacres and an uncertain future, while at the same time increasing military spending by billions and forcing working people to foot the bill. WE WILL NOT PAY FOR THEIR CRISIS!

The ongoing war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, alongside the genocide carried out by Zionist Israel in Palestine, shows how US imperialism is returning to its traditional methods—casting aside its own so-called legal order and reverting to the rule of the strong over the weak—in an effort to reassert its weakening dominance. The pressure placed on Venezuela and Cuba is part of this approach. The current aggression towards Iran is another example of attempts to restore its declining hegemony. At the same time, the China–Russia bloc has been steadily expanding its influence over global markets. Trade agreements with countries long considered part of the US’s “backyard” have reached billions, and investment in these regions continues to grow. From the Middle East to Asia, from the Caucasus to Africa, this bloc is increasing its economic and political reach. In response, US imperialism—ignoring even its own alliances and pressuring NATO and the EU into unconditional support—is driving the world towards greater destruction under the slogan of “Make America Great Again.”

THE EU SEEKS ITS SHARE OF IMPERIALIST WAR!

Across Europe, governments are prioritising militarisation, with military budgets reaching record highs. Workers’ taxes are being handed over to the arms industry, fuelling increased weapons production. At the same time, militarism is being normalised across society. Efforts to reintroduce conscription, expand military education in schools, intensify recruitment campaigns, and promote the armed forces through the media all serve to prepare the public for war.

REVOLUTIONARY ACTION Nederlands - 1May - info

 

WE ARE FED UP WITH THE SYSTEM!

The 1^st of May is the day of the international working class. A day that is not about symbolism, but about struggle. A day that reminds us that nothing has changed without organization, and that nothing is preserved without resistance.

Today, we are once again living in a period of sharp contradictions.

The cost of living is rising, housing is impossible to find, jobs are becoming more precarious, and the future for an entire generation is growing increasingly uncertain. At the same time, we see a world in which militarization is on the rise, social services are being eroded, and political decisions are still being made in the interests of power and capital, not people.

From Palestine and Venezuela to Iran and Lebanon, we see how pressure, sanctions, and geopolitical power are used to maintain control. These are not isolated conflicts, but manifestations of an imperialist system that perpetuates inequality and dependency worldwide. For us, anti-imperialism is therefore not an abstract position, but a necessary part of understanding this reality here as well, where militarization and policy follow the same logic.

This is no coincidence. It is the expression of a system in crisis.

The struggle between labor and capital is not going away. It is simply taking on a new form. But what is becoming increasingly clear is that this conflict is not only evident in the economy and the workplace, but also in the politics that claim to represent us.

Both parties that call themselves “left-wing” and those on the “right” operate within the same framework: the management of the existing system. They differ in language, style, and pace, but not in fundamental logic. One manages reform, the other manages hardening, but both accept the foundation of the system in which profit, competition, and national power are central.

This does not resolve the class struggle, but merely manages it. One side speaks of social justice, but implements policies within the constraints of austerity and market logic. The other side speaks of order and identity, but defends the very economic structures that produce insecurity and inequality. For the working class, the outcome changes too little.

WE’RE SICK AND TIRED OF THE SYSTEM!

Not a single party. Not a single government. But the entire system, which has nothing to offer us.

What is becoming increasingly clear is that it doesn’t matter who is in power, because the fundamental direction remains the same: uncertainty for the majority, stability for those in power. But anger alone is not enough.

Dissatisfaction is widespread, but often remains isolated. People face the same problems, but separately. And that is precisely where the system’s strength lies: it keeps us divided.

The history of the labor movement shows that change never happens on its own. It arises when people organize, share their experiences, and build collective strength.

Without organization, resistance remains fragmented. Without structure, discontent remains temporary. Without a collective, awareness has no impact.

That is why we are building Revolutionary Action.

Not as a loose group, but as a process of organization. An effort to bring together people who feel that the current situation is unsustainable, and who want to go beyond individual frustration or isolated moments of protest. A space where experiences are shared, where political clarity is developed, and where we work to build lasting collective power.

Rooted in everyday life at work, in education, in neighborhoods.

1^st OF MAY IS A TURNING POINT

This is not merely a day of remembrance. It is a day of choice.

Will we remain isolated in a system that divides us, or will we begin to build our strength?

Our call is clear:

It is either revolutionary action or the existing capitalist barbarism!

For only through organization can discontent be transformed into strength. And only through collective strength can anything truly change.

REVOLUTIONARY ACTION
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The blood of the people's heroes nurture the people's war

Marco L. Valbuena, Chief Information Officer

Communist Party of the Philippines

April 21, 2026

The ruling classes celebrate and feast, while the oppressed masses are shrouded in sorrow over the deaths of their Red fighters who gave their all in fighting the fascist monsters in Toboso, Negros Oriental last April 19.

The fog of war hangs thick over Toboso as the Marcos fascist regime and its Armed Forces of the Philippines scramble to control the narrative and spread disinformation. The facts surrounding the supposed encounters that took place Sunday morning remain unclear. Hundred of people across villages and communities have been forced out of their homes as the fascists impose full military control over the town.

The fascist AFP vilify the people's fallen heroes without end as "terrorists" and "criminals" in their desperation to justify their merciless war of suppression and to bury the gross abuses they inflict on the people.

The people of Toboso would have none of the lies of the AFP. They are the first to attest how dearly the Red fighters of the NPA served the people in their daily toil and in their struggle to defend their welfare and rights. They regard the NPA fighters as their own sons and daughters, who render selfless service as doctors, dentists, farmhands, and teachers to their children.

Let us remember and honor the fallen warriors of Toboso. Let us drape their coffins with the Red banner of revolution, raise our fists and amplify our voices as we march to bring them to their graves. Let us turn the people's grief to even greater revolutionary determination to carry forward the people's war.

The sacrifices and heroism of the fallen Red fighters of Negros are certain to inspire even greater numbers to wage resistance and advance the revolutionary cause. People's warriors fall, but the people's war endures. The ground nurtured by the blood of the people's heroes will spring forth even more leaders of mass organizations, Red fighters of the New People's Army, and Party cadres.

Amid the darkness brought about by worsening exploitation and oppression, land grabbing, foreign plunder of the country's rich resources, corruption and fascist repression under the detested US-Marcos regime, the path of the protracted people's war shines brightly as more and more people take up arms to fight for their aspirations for national freedom and genuine democracy.

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Palestine/Monde : Des marches pour la libération des prisonniers palestiniens

La Journée des prisonniers palestiniens est commémorée chaque 17 avril en référence à la libération en 1971 de Mahmoud Bakr Hejazi, lors du premier échange de prisonniers entre Israël et des organisations palestiniennes, un événement devenu symbole de la question des détenus. En 1974, le Conseil national palestinien a officiellement institué cette date comme journée de reconnaissance et de solidarité envers les prisonniers. Aujourd’hui, plus de 9600 prisonniers palestiniens sont détenus dans les prisons israéliennes, tandis que d’autres Palestiniens sont également détenus dans plusieurs pays arabes, comme en Egypte et en Arabie Saoudite, mais aussi différents pays occidentaux.

Rassemblement à Bruxelles le 17 avril 2026

Cette année encore, des mobilisations ont été organisées dans de nombreuses villes à travers le monde, notamment en Europe, en Amérique du Nord et dans le monde arabe, avec des rassemblements à Londres, Paris, Berlin, New York ou encore Gaza et Ramallah. À Bruxelles, un rassemblement s’est tenu le 17 avril devant la gare Centrale, organisé par différentes organisations et collectifs, dont le Front d’Action révolutionnaire, Samidoun et le Secours Rouge, qui ont déployé plusieurs banderoles en soutien à des prisonniers antimilitaristes et palestiniens. De son côté, la section toulousaine du Secours Rouge a participé à une marche rassemblant plusieurs centaines de personnes le 18 avril, dédiée notamment à la libération d’Ali, un réfugié palestinien emprisonné en France depuis près de deux ans.

Manifestation à Toulouse le 17 avril 2026

À Rome, le 18 avril, le Secours Rouge International a défilé dans le cortège de la Coordination solidarité Palestine, en scandant des slogans en faveur de la résistance et contre l’impérialisme.

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Funeral Ceremony for Rupi, Martyr of Communist Party of India (Maoist) - “Bhagya (Rupi) is Immortal.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVynOkWIQ0A
 

On April 13, District Committee Member and District Commander Rangaboina Bhagya (Rupi) of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) was martyred in a clash against the old Indian State’s forces. A funeral ceremony for Rupi took place on April 15 in her hometown of Dharmaram village, 

Thousands of people marched in her hometown, in Telangana. The peasants chanted “Bhagya (Rupi) is Immortal.” Banners were hung throughout the village, paying tribute to Rupi.

CP maoist-Italy to 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising Ireland

 

Dear comrades of Anti-Imperialist Action, dear comrades all here, 

I bring you revolutionary greetings from maoist Communist Party - Italy PI. 

It is an honor for us to participate in this important commemoration, which marks a significant milestone in the liberation struggle of the Irish people in particular, and in the struggle of the peoples of the world and of the class struggle in general.
These have been three significant days in which we have honored our martyrs, of us all, because those who shed their blood for the freedom of the Irish people have contributed to the struggle of all peoples and of the international proletariat, and have contributed to a step forward for the PWR.
During these three days, we have not merely commemorated, but rather reaffirmed our commitment to the path shown by the Irish Citizen Army in 1916, which is still valid today: the proletariat and the peoples need their own organization and their own people's army to free themselves from the imperialist yoke and to conquer political power.
The experience of 1916, though bloodily repressed, sent a clear message: we must take advantage of the contradictions of the bourgeoisie, particularly the inter-imperialist contradictions, and strike at the enemy. In this context, the following year the Bolshevik Party, led by Lenin, succeeded in seizing power and, through the Red Army of workers and peasants, crushed the White reaction and the imperialist invasion.
In the current phase, the tendency toward a Third World War is advancing, manifesting itself in wars of aggression against peoples, from Ukraine to Iran, and Palestine too. At the same time, we are witnessing reactionarization and fascism in both the PI and the Podal I, with the increased oppression of the masses and the proletariat, and the intensification of the exploitation of the working class. But where there is oppression, there is rebellion!
Mao said, there are just wars and unjust wars; that is, the former are revolutionary, while the latter are reactionary. The former are revolutions and national liberation struggles, while the latter are those of aggression and plunder against the peoples of the world, which cause proletarians to massacre each others.
Communists can and must be an active participant in this contradiction.
As the glorious experience of the October Revolution led by Lenin's party teaches us, the point is not to be "against war" but rather how to act, how to counter imperialism's plans, or if war breaks out, how to manage it—precisely how to manage this contradiction to advance the Revolution's plan.

Today, faced with the military aggression against Iran by Yankee imperialism and the Zionist entity, our watchwords in Italy are:

On the side of Iran, on the side of the proletarians and popular masses of Iran, with the Palestinian resistance and all the Arab masses of the Middle East under attack.
Support all the blows inflicted on US imperialism and the Zionist state of Israel, aggressors, warmongers, and genociders.
Denounce the complicity and participation of all imperialist governments and states.

Against the Arab bureaucratic-comprador bourgeoisies, servants of imperialism and Zionism, enemies of their peoples.

For the international unity of the proletarians and peoples of the region, for the unity of the proletarians and popular masses of the imperialist countries and the proletarians, nations, and peoples oppressed by imperialism.

Against the global inter-imperialist war.
Against the Meloni government, complicit and servant of US imperialism/Trump, and the Nazi-style Zionist state/Netanyahu, which drags the country into war and unloads the costs of rearmament and wars on the Italian proletariat and masses: high living costs, jobs, and an attack on the democracy, peace, and freedom desired by the masses.

As in the aftermath of October 7th, our main political action nowadays is against the Meloni government and the Italian imperialist state, which supports Zionism in Italy and around the world and is a member of NATO.
Within the general framework of uneven development among imperialist countries—and this is the key point—the Italian imperialist bourgeoisie derives a relative benefit from being complicit and part of NATO. In an imperialist country like Italy, anyone who adopts the slogan "NO NATO, NO EU" is adopting a chauvinistic and nationalist position and confusing workers and the masses by directly or indirectly assuming that Italy is an oppressed country, which it is not.
While we oppose our domestic imperialism and imperialism in general, at the same time we must support all the just wars i.e. the national liberation struggles and the people's wars being waged in India and the Philippines led by the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the Communist Party of the Philippines respectively because they represent the most advanced struggles of the communists with the aim of size the political power, in a context where the ICM is divided into numerous streams, there is no socialist country to serve as a red base for the World Proletarian Revolution, and the People's Wars themselves and the armed struggles led by Marxist-Leninist-Maoist communist parties in India, the Philippines, Turkey, and Northern Kurdistan are all in the strategic defensive phase. Finally, in imperialist and capitalist countries, we are still struggling to emerge from the ebb that began in the 1980s.
In this difficult context in which we find ourselves operating, however, the opportunity to make a qualitative leap forward from a subjective point of view is provided precisely by the contradictions generated by the global capitalist-imperialist system. To quote Antonio Gramsci: "when all is, or seems, lost, one must calmly return to work, starting again from the beginning."
This beginning is actually a "new beginning." We are not starting from 0, but must treasure the positive and negative aspects of the entire experience of the proletariat and the people, starting with the victories (the Paris Commune, the October Revolution, the Chinese Revolution) and, all the experiences of our class, as we mentioned earlier, the insurrection of the Irish Citizen Army.
We believe that today, the first step for communists is to found revolutionary Communist Parties of a new kind, that is, through a process of construction that takes place in the fire of class struggle and in close connection with the masses, because it is only in class struggle that party cadres are forged. The masses produce the vanguards of struggles that can become potential communist leaders, and furthermore, the process is dialectical, as Mao said, "from the masses to the masses." The experience of the masses in the class struggle is an objective and continuous fact. It is up to the communist vanguards to first "learn from the masses" and then rework this experience at higher and more theoretical levels, returning it to the masses as an invincible weapon to fight the imperialist system.
The new type of communist parties to be built, guided by Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology, are first and foremost vanguard parties of the working class and can undertake this process of construction only if they organize and lead these proletarian and popular struggles, particularly workers' struggles, the true breeding ground for the social revolt needed today.
At the same time, it is necessary for Marxist-Leninist-Maoist communist parties and organizations to organize an international MLM conference, with an agenda appropriate to the current world situation and the concrete tasks of the proletariat.
We believe that an international conference of this kind should aim to create a new international MLM organization, which has been lacking for 20 years following the collapse of the RIM.
Such an organization, understood as a revolutionary political center, not merely an anti-imperialist coordination body, would not only be better able to conduct the revolutionary and anti-imperialist struggle globally, but would also provide a boost to the struggle of all comrades in different countries, as the history of the RIM has demonstrated.

Long live proletarian internationalism!
Long live the struggle of the proletariat and the oppressed!
Long live the immortal example of the Irish Citizen Army!