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This issues

highlights...NPA seizes 24

firearms PAGE 3

AFP ceasefire

violations in

Northern Samar PAGE 5

Stop the attacks

on Wikileaks! PAGE 12

Pahayagan ng Partido Komunista ng PilipinasPinapatnubayan ng Marxismo-Leninismo-MaoismoANG

English EditionVol. XLI No. 24

December 21, 2010www.philippinerevolution.net

Editorial

and semifeudal system in the country that has in-flicted more suffering on the people is pushingthem to fight for their patriotic and democraticinterests and advance the revolution.

In order to raise revolutionary warfare to ahigher the stage, we need to be more daring andpersevering in the fulfillment of the tasks thatthe Party has underscored in the face of the newchallenges and relatively newer and more compli-cated conditions.

It is important for the entire Party and therevolutionary forces to study, grasp and unite on

The current call to raise the level of people'swar in the coming years to the stage of stra-tegic stalemate is a huge inspiration to the

Party, the people's army and the revolutionary

movement. They are determined to meet the newchallenges, fulfill the new tasks, invigorate andraise the quality of mass struggles and further ad-vance the people's war inan all-sided way.

The call is founded onthe gains achieved in morethan four decades of advanc-ing people's war in the stageof strategic defensive, and

on the successes in over-coming the enemy's vi-cious campaigns of sup-pression. Of particularnote is the defeat ofOplan Bantay Laya, themost brutal and bloodiestcounterrevolutionary cam-paign unleashed by thefascist state that causedmany hardships and trials

in the past decade.The worsening crisis of

the international capitalistsystem and the moribund semicolonial

Gain strength and expand to advancethe people's war

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the bases, correctness, requi-sites and tasks in advancingpeople's war towards the stageof strategic stalemate withinthe first half of the decade.

Most important of all is toall-sidedly strengthen the Party

in the ideological, organization-al, political and military fields.

This will mean further step-ping up recruitment into theParty, ensuring its expansion infactories, schools, offices, villa-ges, communities, organizationsand wherever we operate in thecountryside and cities. Thedeepest wellsprings for the re-cruitment and development of

cadres and members of the Par-ty are the mass organizationsand mass movement, both openand underground. These organi-zations and movements must befurther expanded, invigoratedand strengthened through as-siduous and tireless propagandawork, arousing, recruiting andmobilizing the masses.

Daringly win over and mobi-lize the various sectors of the

people, especially the toilingmasses and the urban pettybourgeoisie in mass struggles tofight for their immediate andbasic interests. Raise the levelof their political consciousnessand militancy through vigorous

propaganda and painstakinglyexplaining the burning issues ofthe day in accordance withMarxist-Leninist and national-democratic analyses. This can beeffectively done by addressingtheir problems and issues thatdemonstrate the rottenness ofthe prevailing system and pushthem to wage resistance. Makesure that they are promptly giv-

en political education particularto their sector or organizationand general national-democraticcourses. We must make sure thatthose qualified to be recruitedinto the Party are provided basicParty education.

We must ensure that the Par-ty is deeply rooted among themasses. We must rapidly and

continuously expand, developand harvest new recruits into

the Party. In order for the peo-ple's war to make the leap to-wards the stage of strategicstalemate, we must be able togenerate thousands more cadresand more than 200,000 addi-tional Party members. We must

be good at deploying Partymembers and cadres where theyare most needed.

The fields that need themost number of additional Partycadres and forces, mass activistsand good national-democraticrevolutionary elements are thepeople's army and the armedstruggle, agrarian struggles andrevolutionary base building

These cadres, activists and ele-ments are the key to further ad-vancing people's war through-out the country. We must estab-lish various formations of theNew People's Army en masse andadvance armed struggle nation-wide. Guerrilla fronts must en-compass the more than 170 ru-ral congressional districts. Each

municipality in most areas ofthe countryside must have anNPA platoon. Bigger revolution-ary bases must be established.

Tens of thousands of Partyand NPA cadres and forces mustbe developed and trained. Wemust raise their ability to leadguerrilla forces at various levels,people's militia and self-defensecorps and partisan units in cit-

ies within guerrilla fronts. Wemust raise their ability to leadhigher vertical formations andcombinations thereof from timeto time for big military actions.We need people who can leadsmall to big tactical offensivesagainst enemy military forcesand build and consolidate sec-

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Vol. XLI No. 24 December 21, 2010

Contents

Editorial: Gain strength to advance

the peoples war 1

NPA seizes 14 firearms 3

Gains in FSMR 4

Truth behind Las Navas ambush 5

NPA warns AFP 6

No change under new regime 7

Oplan Bayanihan will fail 8Military abuses in Cordillera 9

38 of Morong 43 now free 10Violence and deception in FSMR 11

5 illegally arrested in NEMR 12

Stop attacks on Wikileaks 12

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rand, a cal .45 pistol, a 9 mmpistol and a grenade. Alsoseized were six communicationradios, two pairs of telescopesand other military equipment.

Davao City, December 9.

Red fighters under the NPA 1st

Pulang Bagani Command underthe Merardo Arce Command (1stPBC-MAC) seized eight firearmsin a raid on the Bahani LongRange Platoon (BLRP) patrobase. The daring raid waslaunched in Sitio Damilag, Ba-rangay Mapula, Paquibato Dis-trict.

The NPA overran the patro

base without firing a singleshot. Eights elements of theCitizens Armed Force Geograph-ical Unit (CAFGU) assigned tothe base abandoned their postsand escaped when the NPA raidbegan. The base commander,Cpl. Fresilo C. Dosel and an un-derage CAFGU element had nochoice but to surrender.

The Red fighters immediate-

ly released them after theyturned in their weapons.

Seized were four Garands,two carbines, an M16 and a 12-gauge shotgun. The NPA alsoconfiscated a Harris radio, am-munition of various caliber,other military equipment anddocuments.

3ANG BAYAN December 21, 2010

VICTORIOUS NPA OFFENSIVES

Northern Samar, December

14. A 12-man team from the63rd IB was wiped out in anambush by NPA guerrillas inBarangay Santa Fe, Las Navastown. Ten soldiers were killedand two other troopers were se-

riously wounded. The NPA saidit was still investigating thecircumstances behind the deathof a teenage boy who was hit inthe crossfire during the fire-fight, and added that it waswilling to give compensation tothe victim's family.

The ambush took place ataround 3 p.m. while the gov-

ernment soldiers were on theway back from their militaryoperation. Five kilometers awayfrom their camp in the adjacenttown of Catubig, however, theywere hit by command-detonat-ed explosives. The Red fighterswere able to confiscate at least11 high-powered firearms.

Capiz, December 14. TheNPA raided a mountain resort in

Sitio Marugo, Barangay San An-tonio, Tapaz before twilightand disarmed the lone guardand a policeman from the TapazPNP who were having a drink-ing session. The Red fightersleft them unharmed.

According to initial reports,the NPA seized an M16, a Ga-

NPA seizes 24 firearms

T

he New People's Army (NPA) seized twenty-four firearms infive military actions launched in Samar, Negros Occidental,

Compostela Valley, Davao City and Capiz from the last weekof November to December 14, according to correspondence re-ports received by Ang Bayan. Fourteen soldiers were killed andfive others were wounded in these firefights.

tions and guerrilla fronts, sub-regional military areas as wellas other military work.

Aside from deploying Partycadres, activists and forces ofthe national-democratic move-ment to advance the mass

movement and armed struggle,we must also deploy forces toadvance alliance and unitedfront work. This enables us toexpand greatly in various revo-lutionary endeavors such asarmed struggle and the massmovements. It broadens ourunity, divides the enemy andhelps accelerate and facilitatethe attainment of revolutionary

victory in the various arenas ofstruggle.

Especially in a situationwhere the current clique inpower is severely dominated byimperialist, comprador andlandlord interests and is thor-oughly servile to them, wemust give priority to, and per-severe in, the allout advance of

the broadest and most vigorousanti-imperialist and antifeudalmass movement and alliance.This can contribute a lot to theadvance of the revolutionarymovement and people's strug-gles.

These are but some of therequirements for preparing,raising the capability and ful-filling the requisites and tasks

of raising the people's war to ahigher level.

The Party will continue toidentify and disseminate themany other requirements whilepreparing for, and advancing,the various tasks and meetingthe requisites for accomplish-ing these. ~

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Said Leoncio Ka Parago Pitao of the 1st PBC-NPA, this tactical offensive once again beliedclaims of the Philippine Army 10th ID that theNPA arbitrarily kills its enemies, particularly theLumad. There was also proof that the military

continues to recruit minors as combatants in theCAFGU.

Rizal, December 1. Three troopers from the16th IB were confirmed killed and three otherswere wounded after an encounter with an NPAunit under the Narciso Antazo Aramil Command(NAAC) in Barangay Puray, Rodriguez, Rizal. Therewere no casuaties on the NPA side.

NAAC spokesperson Macario Ka Karyo Liwa-nag said that the 16th IB led by a Lieutenant Lo-pez was conducting military operations at around

2:30 p.m. when it encountered the NPA.The 16th IB has earned notoriety for its many

violations of human rights. Its latest crimes in-volved the killing of three farmers and twowoodsmen in August and September this year.

The victims were all residents of Barangay Puray,Rodriguez.

Negros Occidental, November 28. The NPARoselyn Jean Pelle Command (RPC) in NorthernNegros meted punishment on PO2 Johnny Ur-

bano, an abusive policeman from Escalante City.The punitive measure also served as a warning toother abusive elements of the Armed Forces ofthe Philippines and the Philippine National Po-lice. Seized from Urbano was a cal .45 pistol.

RPC spokesperson Ka Esper Estrella said thatUrbano was a major figure in various underworldactivities in Northern Negros. A security escort offormer Escalante Vice Mayor Santiago Barcelona,he was tagged as the perpetrator in the killing ofa businessman and a civilian and the wounding of

another civilian in Bacolod City in 2008.He also actively engaged in counterrevolu-

tionary activities as a member of the police intel-ligence community. He ran a small business thatserved as cover for his illegal activities. ~

In a report published in As-dang, the revolutionary massnewspaper in the region, 35 outof 39 military actions in FSMRfrom January to November wereinitiated by the NPA. The Redfighters were able to inflict 44casualties on the enemy con-sisting of 21 killed and 23

wounded. Fifty high-poweredfirearms were confiscated inthese gunbattles, aside fromammunition and other militaryequipment. In the four defen-sive actions involving the NPA,its lone casualty was a guerrillawho was slightly wounded.

One of the most daring tacti-

cal offensives in the region wasthe raid on a Civilian ArmedAuxiliary detachment in Baran-gay Luz Village, Mlang, NorthCotabato on March 26, where 35high-powered firearms wereseized.

Other notable NPA militaryactions were the punitive meas-

ures taken against agribusinesscompanies guilty of landgrab-bing. One such action was burn-ing a boom spray owned byDole-Stanfilco on April 6 in Ba-rangay Malabuan, Makilala,North Cotabato. Another was adisarming operation on Septem-ber 15 against guards of a ba-

Revolutionary gains in FSMR

T

he New People's Army (NPA) in Far South Mindanao has main-

tained the initiative in guerrilla warfare against troops of theArmed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

nana plantation owned by NorthCotabato Vice Gov. Manny Pioand AMS-Stanfilco.

The NPA also launched attri-

tive actions against operatingtroops of the 27th IB that serveas security forces of the giantXstrata-SMI mining companyThe latest tactical offensiveagainst the 27th IB waslaunched on August 11 in Ba-rangay Datal Blao, Columbio,Sultan Kudarat where seven mer-cenary troops of the AFP werekilled and four were wounded.

Not a single NPA unit wascrushed and no guerrilla frontwas dismantled despite monthsof battalion- and brigade-sizemilitary operations. This is alsodespite sustained strike opera-tions by small AFP units and re-lentless base-denial operationsagainst the NPA such as com-

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nao to Barangay Cuenco, LasNavas on December 15. The sol-diers were guided by Lido, aCAFGU element, and member ofthe Hapa-hapa criminal gangfrom Matuginao.

Another PA column beganmaneuvering on De-cember 14 in BarangaySan Isidro, Las Navas

and Barangay Ligayan,Matuginao. They hadHapa-hapa members

Serbin and Darwing as guides. Around 60 soldiers from

the military camp in Las Navasare operating in the mountainsof Barangay Bago of the town.

A column of 60 soldiers

munity-based operations, foodblockades and RSOT.

AFP military operations endup punching the air becauseNPA forces are able to effective-

ly avoid them. Instead, it is theweak and vulnerable parts of thereactionary troops that are hitduring firefights. The decisivefactor in the NPA's predomi-nance is the support it enjoysfrom the broad masses of thepeople, its familiarity with theterrain and its creative use oftactics and techniques in guer-rilla warfare in various kinds of

military situations.Because of the AFP's failure

to crush the NPA through itscombat operations, it vents itsire on civilians. The worst hitwere villages in Tulunan andMakilala in North Cotabato; a

number of villages in Magsay-say, Matan-ao, Kiblawan, Malitaand Don Marcelino in Davao delSur; Columbio in Sultan Kudarat;and Koronadal, Tampakan, Mala-

patan, Alabel and Glan in Saran-gani. Troops of the 27th, 39th,73rd, 57th and 68th IB havebeen staying in these communi-ties, deploying a squad or anoversize squad in every villagesuspected of being an NPA base.They conduct psywar operationsand spread black propagandaagainst the revolutionary move-ment. They impose food block-

ades, set up Barrio Defense Sys-tems (BDS) and intelligencenetworks. The AFP is laboringunder the illusion that it candrive away or cripple the NPAthrough such operations.

On the whole, the AFP's goal

of destroying the revolutionarymovement in FSMR has beenproven inutile and a failure. TheNPA is able to continue con-ducting mass work in the re-

gion's guerrilla zones. The num-ber of organized masses grew bymore than 20% despite theAFP's intense attacks againstthe guerrilla zones. The NPAcontinues to hold the areas un-der enemy attack and has evenbeen able to expand. The num-ber of villages where the NPAoperates grew by 10% in 2009,with the Red fighters having

reached almost all of the re-gion's strategic areas.

The terrain is favorable andbig enough to provide the NPAample room for maneuver. Mostof all, the people ardently sup-port their army. ~

The truth behind the Las Navas ambush

The truth has come out. The 63rd IB troops who were wipedout in a New Peoples Army (NPA) ambush on December 14 inSta. Fe, Las Navas, Northern Samar were not on the way back

to barracks when they were attacked but were in the middle of amilitary operation to pursue and crush the NPA in the area.

The Efren Martires Command(EMC) of the NPA in Eastern Vi-sayas said in a statement thatthe military unit was part of amassive operation in the adja-

cent towns of Las Navas andMatuginao, Northern Samarwhich began in the last week ofNovember and continues withinthe ceasefire period declared bythe Government of the Republicof the Philippines.

The military operation in-volves 150-200 troops com-

posed of elements from the 63rdand 87th IB, Scout Rangers andother units under the803rd Brigade of the8th ID, aside from

CAFGU forces. Re-ports from the frontsay the soldiers havenot gone back to barracks.

The disposition of the mili-tary troops is as follows:

A Philippine Army (PA)column was seen maneuveringfrom Barangay Ligaya, Matugi-

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was found to be in an ambushposition in the area of HapiliRiver, Las Navas.

There are also troopsbased in Barangay Poponton,Las Navas dispersed among ci-vilian houses, a clear violation

of International HumanitarianLaw.

Even before the December14 ambush, the troops involvedin the operation had been sow-ing terror in different parts ofLas Navas:

November 28. An MG-520attack helicopter strafed thefarms between Barangay Cuen-co and Barangay Capootan.

First week of December.One hundred sixty-four (164)soldiers began occupying Ba-rangay Poponton and minglingwith civilians.

December 4. Elements ofthe Bravo Coy of the 87th IBkilled Torib de la Cruz, a men-tally-handicapped civilian. Thesoldiers engaged the victim in

a drinking spree before the kill-ing. His body which bore threestab wounds to the chest and agunshot wound was foundfloating in the river the follow-ing day.

December 8. Soldiers fromthe 87th IB Bravo Coy fired at18-year old peasant Aido Yanaywhile he was working in hisfarm in Barangay Paco. Yanay

managed to escape but the sol-diers razed his produce of 40kilos of abaca worth`1,600.00.

December. Soldiers illegallyarrested a certain Inggo ofBarangay Osmea and torturedhim in their camp. The victim ismentally handicapped. ~

NPA warns against AFPceasefire violations

The New People's Army (NPA) in Rizal, Southern Mindanaoand Mountain Province warned units of the Armed Forces of

the Philippines (AFP) against actual or impending violationsof the ceasefire beween the National Democratic Front of thePhilippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of thePhilippines (GRP). The ceasefire began 12:01 a.m. of December16 and will end midnight of January 3, 2011.

In Rizal, the NPA NarcisoAntazo Aramil Command(NAAC) roundly condemnedtroops of the 16th and 56th IBand SAF-PNP elements forscouring Sitio Ricafort, Baran-

gay Tungkong Mangga, SanJose del Monte City and Baran-gay Macabud, Rodriguez, Rizaland terrorizing the residents inthese areas. Two platoons ofAFP troops clandestinely en-tered the border area betweenRizal and Bulacan provinces onthe eve of the ceasefire periodto conduct offensive military

operations.In a statement, NAACspokesperson Macario Ka Kar-yo Liwanagcalled on thesoldiers to re-turn to theirbarracks. Hesaid that theNPA in Rizal hasbeen making an

effort to upholdthe ceasefire,but is ready todefend itselfonce AFP troopsforcibly enterthe former's ter-ritories. TheNPA in Rizal re-

minded the military troops ofthe unfortunate incident onDecember 1 when they pene-trated NPA territory and suf-fered six casualtiesthreekilled and three wounded (see

related article).In Southern Mindanao Re-

gion (SMR), the NPA RegionaPolitical Department likewisewarned the public against clan-destine maneuvers of 10th IDtroops. The NPA said the1003rd Brigade under the 10thID has been moving men andmateriel for days in Paquibato

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massacre and other violationsof human rights.

In Tagbilaran City, Bohol,some 1,000 people took to thestreets. BAYAN-Bohol called theAquino regime a syndicategovernment for tagging as

rebels people who were mere-ly airing their grievances.

In Davao City, thousandsmarched and rallied to the calFoil terrorism, fight for human

rights! Three activists werekilled in the region in thefirst five months of theAquino regime. The peas-ants who took part in the

rally also demanded a stopto the harassment of theirranks. They particularly

demanded the with-drawal of RSOT op-

e r a t i o n sthat havelong beenr a v a g i n gthe townsof Maco,

Mawab andNabunturanin Com-p o s t e l aValley.

M o r eof the

same. Thiswas how Karapatan summed up


FASCIST STAGE ON A RAMPAGEtwo six-by-six trucks in the in-terior barangay of Mapula. OnDecember 14, three truckloadsof soldiers arrived in BarangayPandaitan. On December 15,three attack helicopters lentsupport from noon to 3 p.m. to

reinforcement troops in SitioRanso, Barangay Pandaitan;Sitio Manipis, Barangay Paqui-bato Proper; Purok 6, BarangaySalapawan; and Sitio Nursery,Barangay Malabog. These areasare all interior barrios of Paqui-bato.

SMR Regional Political De-partment spokesperson Ka Si-mon Santiago warned against

the military's armed provoca-tions. He urgently called on theAFP to stop its offensive ma-neuvers because they onlyheighten the risk of an armedencounter taking place.

In Mountain Province, theNPA Leonardo Pacsi Command(LPC) called on the people tobe vigilant of the AFP's cease-

fire violations. The LPC saidthat the AFP's RSOT and combattroops are on war footing inthe entire province, ready toconduct psywar, intelligenceand strike operations. The LPCalso called to mind the case offive NPA guerrillas who weretreacherously attacked andkilled by AFP troops in SitioKumyaas, Dao-angan, Balbalan,

Kalinga despite a declaredceasefire in New Year of 1997.The AFP also usually conductsmassive combat operations inthe last week of December todisrupt celebrations of theCommunist Party of the Philip-pines anniversary despite exist-ing ceasefires. ~

No change underthe Aquino regime

Thousands of activists in different parts of the Philippinesobserved International Human Rights Day on December 10Initial reports say major gatherings were held in the cities

of Manila, Davao and Tagbilaran.

The people took the occa-sion to highlight particular hu-man rights issues confrontingtheir sectors.

Members of ALNAPEDKU,the alliance of kuliglig driverswho were violently dispersed

for asserting their right to earna living joined the rally in Ma-nila. Scientists also marchedwith them to demand justicefor slain botanist Leo-nardo Coand his compan-ions.

P rog re s s i velawyers ex-pressed their

call for justicefor the victimsof the HaciendaL u i s i t a

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FASCIST STAGE ON A RAMPAGE

Oplan Bayanihan bound to failCPP

The Communist Party of the Philippines belittled Oplan Ba-yanihan, the new counterinsurgency program of the US-

Aquino regime. Benigno Aquino III is set to formally an-nounce the new oplan on the anniversary of the Armed Forcesof the Philippines on December 21.

The Aquino regime claims that Oplan Bayanihan, whichwill run from 2011 to 2016 will respect human rights andadopt the so-called whole nation approach. It says the newoplan will differ from the previous Oplan Bantay Laya (OBL)

which took on a negative image because of accusations of hu-man rights violations against the AFP.

The CPP assailed the AFP for its disregard of its thousandsof human rights violations and its view that the only thingplaguing OBL is an image problem. The CPP said that as longas the AFP refuses to admit and even intensifies such viola-tions, its new slogans will only be good for sound bytes.

The CPP further said that Oplan Bayanihan is no differentfrom previous oplans as it still conforms to the brutal and mil-itarist doctrine and prescriptions of all the old US-designedcounterinsurgency plans. It is bound to fail in defeating thepeoples revolutionary armed resistance. Instead, it will fur-ther engender revolution until the entire reactionary system isoverthrown and replaced with a revolutionary and progressivesystem. ~

the true state of the Philippinesunder the new regime. Social in-justice persists. Civil and politi-cal rights are still violated. Theregime perpetuates state vio-

lence and repression with its re-fusal to release 374 politicalprisoners.

The new regime says it willemploy a new strategy to coun-ter insurgency which will con-sider human rights. However,false charges are still being filedagainst leaders and members ofprogressive organizations tojustify their arrest and raids on

their offices. Harassment of, andsurveillance on, human rightsadvocates continue.

At least 25 persons fell vic-tim to political killings in thefirst five months of Aquinosterm, an average of one victimevery week. This is worse than18 victims of extrajudicial kill-ing or an average of one victim

every 10 days in the last sixmonths of the Arroyo regime.Several civilians were alsoclaimed to have been killed inthe crossfire in encounters be-tween the NPA and the AFP but

5 civilians illegally arrested in Sarangani

Five civilians were illegally arrested by ele-ments of the 73rd IB in Barangay Upper Su-

yan, Malapatan, Sarangani on December 14.

Arrested were Tuning Mungkil, Joel Mungkil,Benito Balbino, Ricky Mungkil and Anthony Sal-way. Tuning Mungkil was accused of being a high-ranking officer of the New Peoples Army (NPA)and his companions as NPA guerrillas.

The Valentin Palamine Command (VPC) of theNPA in Far South Mindanao denied the AFPs ac-cusations. VPC spokesman Ka Dencio Madrigalsaid the victims are ordinary villagers who have

never been members of the NPA or the under-ground revolutionary movement.

He added that it just so happened that they

live within the scope of the 73rd IBs RSOT oper-ation, making them constant targets of harass-ment, psywar and human rights violations. It al-so just so happened that they live in the areawhere San Miguel Corporation plans to establishLooc Mining. Madrigal said the 10th ID is pavingthe way for Looc Mining by suppressing all oppo-sition to the entry of big businesses in the Blaanancestral domain. ~

were in fact victims of indis-criminate firing by soldiers.

While Karapatan appreciatesthe positive measures taken by

the regime on the peace negoti-ations, it said Aquino shouldstand by his promise to respecthuman rights. ~

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In September, 21st IB troopsoccupied schools and other pub-lic buildings in the towns of Na-tonin and Paracelis in MountainProvince. They destroyed ricecrops which were about to beharvested. In Barangay Lias,Barlig town, soldiers attemptedto rape two high school stu-dents. In the middle of Novem-

ber, military troops also occu-pied the barangay halls of Ba-nao, Tonglayan, Pudo, Alonu-gan, Buta, Saliok and Maduca-yan in Natonin.

The soldiers intend to usethe civilians as shields againstNew Peoples Army attacks. Theyhave set up fortifications rightin the middle of densely popu-

lated areas. The AFP digstrenches right inside the villa-ges, one in front of the publichigh school in Sacasacan, Sa-danga, Mountain Province. Theyalso have trenches in Tonglayan,Butac and Alunugan in Natonin.

The soldiers are keeping res-idents in constant terror. InMainit, Bontoc, two platoonsthat have been deployed con-

duct daily patrols.Mountain Province is now

the most militarized area in theCordillera. It is being ravaged byfour battalions mostly in theeastern part where every villageis occupied by the military.

In the adjacent province ofIfugao, soldiers forcibly opened

Military abuses in the Cordillera

M

ilitary abuses are now rampant in the Cordillera, particular-ly the soldiers use and defilement of schools and village

halls.

er firewood in the forest.The soldiers even littered the

schools surroundings with theirfeces wrapped in plastic bags,shocking parents who joined theBrigada Eskwela cleanup driveto prepare the school for theopening of classes.

Soldiers also stole chickensand rice from the residents ofBarangay Namal. In BarangayBaguinge, soldiers never paidfor items they took from stores.

In Barangay Bamandag, soldiersposed as NPA guerrillas and ex-torted from the villagers butwere unable to fool anyone. ~

the faculty room in the publicelementary school in BarangayBunag, Aguinaldo town on No-vember 10 and occupied it forseveral days.

Soldiers are not just forciblyusing the schools. In BarangayCawayan and Namal in Asipulotown, the 86th IB scandalizedthe village when soldiers used

up the residents firewood andeven the wooden walls of thelocal school because they wereeither too lazy or afraid to gath-

Workers win Honda Cars CBA negotiation

WORKERS of Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. in Laguna success-fully reached a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)with management on November 22. Led by the Lakas Mangga-

gawang Nagkakaisa sa Honda-Olalia-KMU-(LMNH-OLALIA-KMU), the workers achieved their demand for higher wages,benefits and respect for their rights in the workplace.

Negotiations began on August 1, 2010. The workers pre-pared and diligently gathered the necessary data and other re-quirements including a realistic study of the companys finan-cial standing. The union also prepared its members by educat-ing them on the rights of workers.

The union said that the wages and benefits stipulated bytheir old CBA no longer sufficed in the face of rising prices ofgoods and services. Although they earned more than workers

in other companies, they could no longer meet their dailyneeds.

The workers espousal of the genuine, militant and patriot-ic unionism embodied by the OLALIA-KMU and PAMANTIK-KMU federations was a decisive factor in forging theirstrength. The leadership of the Alyansa ng Manggagawa saEngklabo which upholds the rights of workers at Laguna Tech-nopark also played an important role in their success. ~

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5-day protest camp held in Bukidnon

Some 500 peasants and their supporters setup camp around the Bukidnon provincialcapitol in Malaybalay City from December 5-

9 to fight for land, wages and benefits againstexploitative merchants and cartels.

The mass action was led by the Kahugpungansa mga Mag-uuma-Bukidnon (KASAMA-Bukid-non), Organisasyon sa mga Yanong ObrerongNagkahiusa (OGYON) and Kilusang Magbubukid

ng Pilipinas-Northern Mindanao Region.The peasant leaders said nearly 80% of peas-

ants in Bukidnon suffer systematic feudal andsemifeudal exploitation in the form of high landrent, usury and low prices of agricultural pro-duce. They are also victims of intensifying mili-tarization in the countryside. They said thatland in Bukidnon is controlled by a few individ-ualswealthy and powerful landlords oppress-

ing and exploiting small farmers and farmwork-ers.

Landlords do not comply with the minimumwage law, including the rates set by the Region-al Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board. Farm-workers in plantations usually earn between `80and `120 daily. Sugar plantation workers arepaid only `120 daily or `100 per ton (`0.10-0.12 per kilo) of sugar cane cut and hauled.

OGYON and KASAMA-Bukidnon are now cam-paigning for a 20% share of the harvest from thepresent 15%, a `252 daily minimum wage, thepayment of Social Amelioration Bonus to all sug-ar plantation workers, `1.50 per kilo increase inthe farmgate price of bananas, `1 per kilo in-crease in the farmgrate price of abaca and thecessation of military operations in the country-side. ~

welcomed by their kin and mem-bers of different progressive or-ganizations.

Five of the Morong 43 arestill detained in Camp Capinpin

in Tanay, Rizal on various crimi-nal charges. National Union ofPeoples' Lawyers secretary gen-eral Atty. Edre Olalia said thecases filed against them such asviolation of the anti-bouncingchecks law, among others arepreposterous.

The military continues toharass the five remaining de-tainees who, the AFP alleges,

admitted that they are membersof the New Peoples Army.

Now that they are free, theMorong 43 are ready to hold theAFP and the previous regime ac-countable for violating theirrights. ~

38 of Morong 43 freed

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he release of the Morong 43 was achieved due to the strongand widespread demand of various sectors and organizations

in the country and abroad. Different groups also strongly de-nounced the trumped-up charges filed against the detainees andthe violation of their rights while in detention.

The strength and courage ofthe health workers despite thetorture their suffered in jail wasalso notable. The strongestpressure to the Aquino govern-ment came from the detaineeshunger strike which they in-tended to continue as long as

they were kept in detention.The persistent call of the Na-

tional Democratic Front of thePhilippines for the release ofthe 43 detainees as a goodwillmeasure for the resumption ofthe peace talks was also a fac-

tor.All these compelled Pres. Be-

nigno Aquino III to order theDepartment of Justice on De-cember 10 to withdraw the cas-es of illegal possession of fire-arms and explosives and viola-tion of the election gun ban

against the Morong 43.It was around midnight of

December 17 when the detain-ees, who were processed one byone were finally released fromCamp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan,Taguig City. They were happily

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FASCIST STATE ON A RAMPAGE

AFP violence and deceitin FSMR

Some of the fiercest enemy troops are currently deployed in theFar South Mindanao Region (FSMR). These troops are respon-sible for a long list of human rights violations.

are required to report to themilitarys office twice aweek. They are forced to secureresidence certificates andthose who do not have one are

subjected to intense investiga-tion. Those who are suspectedof being activists or NPA sup-porters are subjected to surveil-lance, interrogation and illega

detention. Quite anumber of wo-

men have beensexually mo-lested andraped. Civilians

are used asshields and pub-lic facilities areused as camps.

ReengineredSpecial Operations

Team (RSOT) also conduct oper-ations in town and city centerswhere the open mass movementis strong. Mass leaders are subjected to surveillance in ordeto intimidate them. Military of-ficers harass them by invitingthem for dialogue, which isactually a form of interrogationand is intended to terrify theminto giving up their legitimateand just cause.

Among the AFPs psywarploys is the mass surrender ofsupposed NPA fighters to make

the people believe that the rev-olutionary forces in the regionare crumbling.

Many of the supposed sur-renderees are former NPA guer-rillas who have long left the rev-olutionary movement. Some ofthem have been made to surren-der two or three times. ~

The most notorious are the39th IB in Davao del Sur andthe 73rd IB in Sarangani. Thesetwo battalions had beaten atleast 20 individuals in villagesin Matan-ao, Malita, Alabel andMalapatan towns in Davao del

Sur from January to August2010. They raped four women inBarangay Little Baguio, Malita.

Meanwhile, a platoon of the73rd IB used a farmer they hadcaptured in the forest as abridge on a muddy path be-tween Barangay Little Baguio inMalita and Barangay Pag-asa inAlabel last June.

The 27th, 68th and 57th IBare using thesoft approachin areas cov-ered by theirRSOT such asColumbio, Sultan Ku-darat and Tulunan,Makilala and Tam-pakan in South Cotaba-to.

For instance, theylaunched a Peaceand Develop-ment OutreachProgram (PDOP) to strengthenthe established Barrio DefenseSystem. They organize liveli-hood programs and seminarslike the Peaceful, Orderly and

Godfearing Individ-uals (POGI).

But whatevermask they put on,the people refuse tobe deceived.

The 27th IB is

responsible for theheinous killing ofordinary civilianslike Janjan Casa-morin in BarangayS i n a p u l a n ,Columbio in Febru-ary 2010; and TulianoDalumatan in Barangay Asbang,Matan-ao in September 2009.They abducted peasant DodoyAmualla in Barangay Banayal,Tulunan. He remains missing.

In villages along theirroutes, AFP soldiers maul, tor-

ture and steal from manyresidents. Many are

displaced from theirhomes due toshelling and ar-

tillery fire.

Restrictions areimposed on residents of vil-lages under the RSOT. Farmers

are only allowed to work in thefield from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. They are allowed to packonly a little amount of food.They are not allowed to spendthe night in their farms. They

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Assange is the founder ofWikileaks, a website exposingsecret documents about the evildeeds of governments and cor-porations, mainly in the US,other imperialist countries andtheir allies. He was arrested inthe UK on December 8 on a false

rape charge. At the same time,Wikileaks is being attacked withvarious acts of harassment andsabotage. Assange was allowedto post bail on December 17.

This turn of events stemmedfrom what is now known as Ca-blegate or Wikileaks disclosureof over 250,000 cables from USembassies in more than 150

countries. Wikileaks began re-vealing the cables on November29. The cables were first pub-lished by three major newspa-pers in the US, UK and Germany.

The cable messages revealthe plots, taunts, slander, dou-ble-dealing and other cunningand dirty tricks of US imperial-ism against oppressed coun-tries, rival capitalist countries

and even long-time allies. Theyalso expose the utter corruptionand money-laundering opera-tions of reactionary and puppetofficials. Even before these lat-est revelations, Wikileaks hadexposed thousands of classifieddocuments and videos sent byUS military forces. Many of

Stop the attacks on Wikileaks!ILPS

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he International League of Peoples Struggle (ILPS) stronglycondemned the unjust arrest and detention of Julian Assange

in the United Kigdom (UK) and the relentless attacks on Wi-kileaks by the governments of the US, UK and Australia, big financecorporations and powerful and conservative US politicians.

lic officials accountable, theILPS pointed out.

The vicious attacks againstWikileaks form part of a broaderUS objective to foil the internetas a potent tool of the peoplesof the world against imperialist

designs, added theILPS.

The ILPS laudedthe corps of Wikileakssupporters for their on-

line dissemination of

copies of the exposed docu-ments. It called on all whohave the capability to ex-

pose the crimes, deceitand evil designs of theimperialists throughWikileaks and othermeans at the peoplesdisposal. It called onall member organiza-

tion of the ILPS and friends tolaunch different forms of protestin front of the embassies of theUS, UK and Australia. ~

these revealed the bloody, dirtyand criminal deeds of US occu-pation forces in Iraqand Afghanistan whichvictimized mostly civil-ians, including childrenand the elderly. Manydocuments also revealed

failures and setbacks sus-tained by US military forcesin battle.

In targeting Wikileaksand Assange, the US im-perialists and theiracolytes have attackedthe peoples right tofreedom of expressionand to the free flow of

information; and freedom of thepress. They have shown their ut-ter disdain for transparency ingovernance and for holding pub-

DEVELOPMENTS OVERSEAS

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5 comrades illegally arrested in Agusan del Sur

Five members of the revolutionary movement in the North-eastern Mindanao Region were arrested in Barangay Pili,

Bayugan, Agusan del Sur on December 17. Pedro Codaste andfour of his companions were apprehended at a checkpoint.

Trumped-up charges of murder and attempted murder werefiled against Codaste. NDF-Mindanao spokesman Jorge KaOris Madlos strongly condemned Codaste's arrest, saying it isa brazen violation of the NDF-GRP ceasefire agreement andshows the governments fascist character. The NDFP-Mindanaoplans to file a formal complaint with NDF-GRP joint monitor-ing committee and demand the release of Codaste et al as thecharges against them are false. ~

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