The party pursues an insurgency which should be identified with the masses.

It should be a
protracted armed struggle to be launched in the countryside to encircle the cities.

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Ideology

Political

 
Organization

a Maoist leaning Communist Party of was formally established by Jo Ma SISON with 13 other
party mbrs in a barrio in Mangatarem, Pangasinan.

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Feb-Mar 1951

26 Dec 1968

 
29 Mar 1969

The Central Luzon Bureau conference decided to organize a grla army. Vicente LAVA became
general secretary and was elected in absentia.

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07 Nov 1938

06 Feb 1942

29 Mar 1942

 
Correct answer

06 Feb 1942

Socialist Party headed by Pedro Abad SANTOS was organized in Central Luzon.
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1928

07 Nov 1930

1932

PKP was proclaimed at Plaza Moriones, Tondo. EVANGELISTA headed the 7-man Politburo
and the 35-man Central Committee.

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1928

07 Nov 1930

 
1932

The CPP established the National Democratic Front. It announced a 10-point program which
in essence was the formal declaration of war of the CPP against the Philippine gov’t. Among
its constituent organization was the Christian for National Liberation (CNL).

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17 Feb 1972

 
Jul-Aug 1972

24 Apr 1973

Correct answers

Jul-Aug 1972

24 Apr 1973

 
The Communist controlled Kabataang Makabayan has gathered strength and in a show of
force organized the violent demonstrations which refers to as the “First Quarter Storm”,
rocked downtown Manila.

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Nov 1964

Jan 1970

 
17 Feb 1972

Politburo-Out organized a Central Committee conference and decided to continue with the old
party orientation.

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Feb-Mar 1951

 
26 Dec 1968

29 Mar 1969

The HUKBALAHAP was established in Bo San Lorenzo, Cabiao, Nueva Ecija.

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07 Nov 1938

06 Feb 1942

 
29 Mar 1942

Correct answer

29 Mar 1942

 
Some 200 radical Christians established Christians for Nat’l Liberation (CNL) under a
communist leaning Catholic priest, Fr Edicio de la TORRE of the society of the Divine World.

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Nov 1964

Jan 1970

17 Feb 1972

The CPP attempted to establish a grla zone in the remote parts of Isabela and Quezon, a shift
from the traditionally HMB based in Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog.

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17 Feb 1972

Jul-Aug 1972

 
24 Apr 1973

Adoption of the Marxist-Leninist-Mao Tse Tung thought as its supreme guide to purpose its
revolutionary goals.

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Ideology

 
Political

Organization

Merger between the PKP and the Socialist Party after Crisanto EVANGELISTA was given
conditional pardon by the Commonwealth Government.

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07 Nov 1938

 
06 Feb 1942

29 Mar 1942

Japanese forces launched a raid in Mt Arayat which resulted in the capture of many leading
party cadres and members.

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Mar 1943

 
Sep 1944

18 Oct 1950

Comdr. Dante’s group of peasant guerrillas joined SISON’s group. The NPA had 60 men with
35 firearms.

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Feb-Mar 1951

26 Dec 1968

29 Mar 1969

Members of the Politburo-In were arrested. 105 communist suspects operating in Manila
together with 5 truck-loads of communist documents were taken by gov’t operatives.

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Mar 1943

Sep 1944

18 Oct 1950
 

Crisanto EVANGELISTA and Cirilo BOGNOT attended the Profintern Conference held in
Moscow.

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1928

 
07 Nov 1930

1932

Jose Ma. SISON who was indoctrinated in Red China organized the Kabataang Makabayan.

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Nov 1964

 
Jan 1970

17 Feb 1972

BAGUMBALI conference declared the “retreat for defense” policy as incorrect. HUKBALAHAP
squadrons were regrouped to take the offensive.

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Mar 1943

Sep 1944

 
18 Oct 1950

 
Formation of a communist party which is proletarian in character and armed with MLMTT as
its ideological guide.

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Ideology

Political

Organization

Guerilla Base

This is the stage when the CPP/NPA has achieved, at least, a degree of parity with the
government forces in terms of firepower, strength and influence among the masses.

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Strategic Defensive Stage

Strategic Stalemate Stage

 
Strategic Offensive Stage

It is established in a relatively stable area within a guerrilla front and is normally situated in a
favorable terrain composed of seven (7) to ten (10) adjacent barrios.

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Guerrilla Base

 
Guerrilla Zone

At the onset of an insurgency, the insurgent strength is negligible and is hardly felt. To insure
its survival, guerrilla forces are developed in areas where they can grow and develop, and far
from government control which has a sound mass base, a sound party organization, a fairly
strong red army and so on.
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On the Development of Guerrilla Bases

 
On the Development of Guerrilla Zones

realizing its weakness in the initial stage of the people's war, the NPA builds up the people's
revolutionary power first and concentrates its attacks in the countryside where the
government has its weakest political and military links.

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Early Sub-Stage

 
Advanced Sub-Stage

The ultimate objective of the CPP/NPA/NDF is to seize political power through violent means
to eventually supplant the country's democratic form of government with communist rule.

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True

 
False

It is the stage when the CPP/NPA is very much weaker militarily than the government forces.
Although outnumbered by the AFP, the NPA maintains the initiative in the conduct of tactical
offensives against the government forces.

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Strategic Defensive Stage

 
Strategic Stalemate Stage
Strategic Offensive Stage

The guerrillas have to be on the move and establish linkage with the population for support or
else become a rootless roving rebel band. This is where the insurgents have formed an
organized political structure and where the environment is sympathetic to the movement.

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On the Development of Guerrilla Bases

On the Development of Guerrilla Zones

The third and final stage is when the CPP/NPA has gained relative superiority over the
government forces. The NPA has reached the capability to launch large-scale offensives
against the government forces in the cities and big camp fortifications.

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Strategic Defensive Stage

Strategic Stalemate Stage

Strategic Offensive Stage

the entry of the NPA into this sub-stage indicates a large growth in the number and quality of
cadres and membership of the Party, the NPA and the revolutionary mass movement in
general.

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Early Sub-Stage

Advanced Sub-Stage

 
It is the less consolidated part of the guerrilla front. It is an area where government control or
influence on the population is relatively weak. This is where the CPP/NPA conducts expansion
works.

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Guerrilla Base

Guerrilla Zone

CTG Terminology

is the basic party organization of the CPP and serves as the nucleus of all political activities of
the mass organizations, militia units and other CPP units in the barrio.

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Sangay ng Partido (SP) or Party Branch (PB)

 
Grupo ng Partido (GP) or Party Group (PG)

is the link of the NPA in the barangay. The members are part-time guerrilla fighters and part-
time farmers. It plays the dual role of military protector and political enforcers in the barangay.

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Mala-Legal na Pangkat (MLP) or Semi-Legal Team (SLT)

Milisya ng Bayan (MB) or People's Militia

 
Platun Gerilya (PLAGER)

It is the basic NPA guerrilla unit for mass work. Its primary task is mass work and the
launching of military operation is its secondary task.

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Sandatahang Yunit Propaganda (SYP) or Armed Propaganda Unit

Sentro de Grabidad (SDG)

the main ingredient in rural organizing. Its implementation entails two (2) aspects - minimum
and maximum program. The minimum program involves the reduction of interest rate on
loans, the increases on wages of the agricultural workers, and the change of other leasehold
system that exist.

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Rebolusyonaryong Agraryo (AGREB) or Agrarian Revolution (AGREV)

 
Rehiyunal Yunit Gerilya/Pangrehiyunal Yunit Gerilya (RYG/PYG) or Regional Guerrilla Unit (RGU)

Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (SPL) or Local Party Branch

It is the less consolidated part of the guerrilla front. It is an area where government control or
influence on the population is relatively weak.

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Yunit Gawaing Masa (YGM)

Saligang Organisasyong Masa (SOM) or Basic Mass Organization

Sonang Gerilya (SOGER) or Guerrilla Zone

 
Organo ng Kapangyarihang Pampulitika or Organs of Political Power (OPP) -

is a party unit composed of three (3) Party candidate members but not to exceed ten (10).

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Sangay ng Partido (SP) or Party Branch (PB)

 
Grupo ng Partido (GP) or Party Group (PG)

Correct answer

Grupo ng Partido (GP) or Party Group (PG)

consist of all able-bodied men and women in the mass organizations who continue with their
productive activities in the localities.

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Sandatahang Yunit Propaganda (SYP) or Armed Propaganda Unit

 
Self-Defense Units (SDUs)

Sentro de Grabidad (SDG)

Correct answer

Self-Defense Units (SDUs)

is a platoon-size formation with specific area of responsibility and serves as the main fighting
force of the guerrilla front. It is composed of at least 15 to 18 men distributed into three (3)
squads. Its main task is to perform military works while mass, production and cultural works
are its secondary functions.

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Mala-Legal na Pangkat (MLP) or Semi-Legal Team (SLT)

Milisya ng Bayan (MB) or People's Militia

Platun Gerilya (PLAGER)

serves as the leading Party Committee in a squad-size NPA unit. It is an intermediary organ
between the KSPN and the basic Party organizations that will be established in the localities.

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Komiteng Seksyon sa Iskwad (KSSI)

Ganap na Samahang Masa (GSM) or Solid Mass Association (MASSO)

 
Larangang Yunit Gerilya (LYG) or Front Guerrilla Unit (FGU)

Correct answer

Komiteng Seksyon sa Iskwad (KSSI)

a CPP/NPA unit, which can either be a Sandatahang Yunit Propaganda (SYP) or Semi-Legal
Team (SLT), tasked to start mass organizing works in a targeted barangay.

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Yunit Gawaing Masa (YGM)

 
Saligang Organisasyong Masa (SOM) or Basic Mass Organization

Sonang Gerilya (SOGER) or Guerrilla Zone

Organo ng Kapangyarihang Pampulitika or Organs of Political Power (OPP) -

It is composed of at least three (3) Party members. The fundamental task is to develop and
ensure the closest link between the Party and the masses.

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Rebolusyonaryong Agraryo (AGREB) or Agrarian Revolution (AGREV)

Rehiyunal Yunit Gerilya/Pangrehiyunal Yunit Gerilya (RYG/PYG) or Regional Guerrilla Unit (RGU)

Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (SPL) or Local Party Branch

this is the highest political organization in the barangay. It selects members from any of the
GSMs for integration into the guerrilla units.

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Baseng Gerilya (BAGER) or Guerrilla Base

Komiteng Larangan (KL) or Guerrilla Front

Komiteng Rebolusyonaryo sa Baryo (KRB) or Barrio Revolutionary Committee

is composed of the fundamental forces of the society namely: peasant, labor, student/youth
and urban poor which the Party considers as the main component in organizing the masses in
the barrio.

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Yunit Gawaing Masa (YGM)

Saligang Organisasyong Masa (SOM) or Basic Mass Organization

Sonang Gerilya (SOGER) or Guerrilla Zone

Organo ng Kapangyarihang Pampulitika or Organs of Political Power (OPP) -

 
Correct answer

Saligang Organisasyong Masa (SOM) or Basic Mass Organization

serves as the foundation of the People's Democratic Government (PDG) or the Organs of
Political Power (OPP).

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Komiteng Seksyon sa Iskwad (KSSI)

Ganap na Samahang Masa (GSM) or Solid Mass Association (MASSO)

 
Larangang Yunit Gerilya (LYG) or Front Guerrilla Unit (FGU)

operates within a guerrilla front and can launch operations independent of the operations of
the Regional Guerrilla Unit (RGU).
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Komiteng Seksyon sa Iskwad (KSSI)

Ganap na Samahang Masa (GSM) or Solid Mass Association (MASSO)

Larangang Yunit Gerilya (LYG) or Front Guerrilla Unit (FGU)

It is a platoon-size or undersize platoon formation concentrated in a specific radius or area

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Sandatahang Yunit Propaganda (SYP) or Armed Propaganda Unit

 
Self-Defense Units (SDUs)

Sentro de Grabidad (SDG)

Correct answer

Sentro de Grabidad (SDG)

operates in the whole region or in all guerrilla fronts within the region. Although the RGU
covers a wide area, its area of operation is being programmed based on designated priority
batteground in a given time.

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Rebolusyonaryong Agraryo (AGREB) or Agrarian Revolution (AGREV)

Rehiyunal Yunit Gerilya/Pangrehiyunal Yunit Gerilya (RYG/PYG) or Regional Guerrilla Unit (RGU)

 
Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (SPL) or Local Party Branch

 
is composed of three (3) or four (4) party workers/cadres armed with handguns who
undertake social investigation in the barangay. It paves the way for the organization of the
Barrio Liaison Group (BLG).

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Mala-Legal na Pangkat (MLP) or Semi-Legal Team (SLT)

 
Milisya ng Bayan (MB) or People's Militia

Platun Gerilya (PLAGER)

is established in a relatively stable area within a guerrilla front and is normally situated in a
favorable terrain composed of seven (7) to ten (10) adjacent barrios.

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Baseng Gerilya (BAGER) or Guerrilla Base

Komiteng Larangan (KL) or Guerrilla Front

 
Komiteng Rebolusyonaryo sa Baryo (KRB) or Barrio Revolutionary Committee

Correct answer

Baseng Gerilya (BAGER) or Guerrilla Base

is a politico-military geographical unit of the CPP/NPA which consists of: a political

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Baseng Gerilya (BAGER) or Guerrilla Base

 
Komiteng Larangan (KL) or Guerrilla Front

Komiteng Rebolusyonaryo sa Baryo (KRB) or Barrio Revolutionary Committee

Komiteng Larangan (KL) or Guerrilla Front

NPA TTPs

Considerations Prior to Conduct of Ambush

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Extent of mass support in the ambush site is determined and improved

 
Fact finding mission

Sinuportahay sa tropa

-TO ,plenum,tigom, anibersaryo,

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Dispersal

Konsentrasyon

 
Pagbalhin

-Team, iskwad, platun aron paspas nga organisahon ug abton ang dakung ihap sa katawhan.

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Dispersal

 
Konsentrasyon

Pagbalhin

-ipreserba ang pwersa, iiwas ang pwersa sa labanan na hindi napaghandaan, umiwas sa
malakas na atake sa kaaway.
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Dispersal

Konsentrasyon

Pagbalhin

Lambat paniktik/gimbuhatong paniktik

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prinsipyo sa GERPAK

Posteng bagsakan/droping post

Echelon kanan or kaliwa

 
Correct answer

Posteng bagsakan/droping post

Considerations Prior to Conduct of Ambush

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Conduct of intel opn (govt forces, terrain & weather)

 
ESTRATEHIKONG DEPENSIBA (ESDEP)

Pasumbagon sa hangin ang kaaway

Considerations Prior to Conduct of Ambush

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Examination of the ambush site; necessary improvements done & sector of fires determined;
sketch of site is prepared
 
Paglunsad ug TO

Evacuate

Considerations Prior to Conduct of Ambush

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Designation and preparation of staging area; entry & exit routes to the ambush site included

 
Pagpakita sa sidlakan aron moataki sa kasadpan (Feinting)lansis

KNG /FOC ang mopatawag sa mga CO sa matag platon

Usa ka opensibang pakiggubat (nga dunay atake ug depensa).

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prinsipyo sa GERPAK

 
Posteng bagsakan/droping post

Echelon kanan or kaliwa

Pormasyong pangkombat ug maniubra

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prinsipyo sa GERPAK

Posteng bagsakan/droping post

Echelon kanan or kaliwa

 
CNN CONCEPT & STRATEGY
The basic Marxist theory of the mind is the unity of the opposites, which states the existence
of the universal mutual opposition of parts.

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Concept of Social Class

Concept of Contradiction

 
Concept of Struggle

Marx’s theory of society depicts society as composed of different classes of people whose
relationship is arrayed according to the production system of the particular period.

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Concept of Social Class

 
Concept of Contradiction

Concept of Struggle

The Basic Contradictions in the Philippine Society according to the CPP are the following:

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Between the Filipino nation and Imperialism.

 
The working class must unite with all others classes, political parties, and organizations

This nationwide united front must be led and built around the working class, which opposes
imperialism and its party

is simply attaining decisive superiority in the balance of forces. Victory is therefore the party’s
unchallengeable ability to dictate the action of all within a specific area.

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Concept of Victory

 
Contradiction in the Philippine Society

Concrete Conditions

The Basic Contradictions in the Philippine Society according to the CPP are the following:

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Between the great masses of the people and feudalism

 
to become the center for uniting all the forces throughout the country against imperialism and to
led the national united front competently to victory,

necessary to build up through long struggles a communist party which is armed with the theory
of Marxism-Leninism

The Basic Contradictions in the Philippine Society according to the CPP are the following:

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The suppression of the people by the present government in behalf of US Imperialism and the
feudal landlords.

 
The proletariat and its party, the Communist Party of the Philippines, must lead the insurgency
campaign

The insurgency must be nationwide in scope to disperse and dissipate government forces

To the communist force is not exclusively a military concept with its tactical significance but
is a social concept.

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Concept of Force

 
Concept of Balance of Forces

Concept of Security

differs from conventional military thought. To the CPP, the foundation of security in a
strategic sense is favorable environment where the population is composed of sympathetic
and neutral elements from which the hostile elements have been eliminated.

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Concept of Force

Concept of Balance of Forces

Concept of Security

Society is seen as consisting of many contending forces. its distribution for and against the
status quo.

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Concept of Force

Concept of Balance of Forces

 
Concept of Security

It is important to understand what the communist means when he talks of a struggle. The
concept of struggle is derived from the mutual opposition contained on a thing. The resolution
of this opposition (contradiction) results in the struggle of opposite whereby a transformation
occurs.

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Concept of Social Class

Concept of Contradiction

Concept of Struggle
 
TERRORISM

The basic Marxist theory of the mind is the unity of the opposites, which states the existence
of the universal mutual opposition of parts.

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Concept of Social Class

Concept of Contradiction

 
Concept of Struggle

Marx’s theory of society depicts society as composed of different classes of people whose
relationship is arrayed according to the production system of the particular period.

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Concept of Social Class

 
Concept of Contradiction

Concept of Struggle

The Basic Contradictions in the Philippine Society according to the CPP are the following:

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Between the Filipino nation and Imperialism.

 
The working class must unite with all others classes, political parties, and organizations

This nationwide united front must be led and built around the working class, which opposes
imperialism and its party

 
is simply attaining decisive superiority in the balance of forces. Victory is therefore the party’s
unchallengeable ability to dictate the action of all within a specific area.

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Concept of Victory

 
Contradiction in the Philippine Society

Concrete Conditions

The Basic Contradictions in the Philippine Society according to the CPP are the following:

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Between the great masses of the people and feudalism

 
to become the center for uniting all the forces throughout the country against imperialism and to
led the national united front competently to victory,

necessary to build up through long struggles a communist party which is armed with the theory
of Marxism-Leninism

The Basic Contradictions in the Philippine Society according to the CPP are the following:

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The suppression of the people by the present government in behalf of US Imperialism and the
feudal landlords.

 
The proletariat and its party, the Communist Party of the Philippines, must lead the insurgency
campaign

The insurgency must be nationwide in scope to disperse and dissipate government forces

To the communist force is not exclusively a military concept with its tactical significance but
is a social concept.
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Concept of Force

 
Concept of Balance of Forces

Concept of Security

differs from conventional military thought. To the CPP, the foundation of security in a
strategic sense is favorable environment where the population is composed of sympathetic
and neutral elements from which the hostile elements have been eliminated.

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Concept of Force

Concept of Balance of Forces

Concept of Security

Society is seen as consisting of many contending forces. its distribution for and against the
status quo.

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Concept of Force

Concept of Balance of Forces

 
Concept of Security

It is important to understand what the communist means when he talks of a struggle. The
concept of struggle is derived from the mutual opposition contained on a thing. The resolution
of this opposition (contradiction) results in the struggle of opposite whereby a transformation
occurs.
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Concept of Social Class

Concept of Contradiction

Concept of Struggle

 
CPP STRUCTURE & PARTY SYSTEM