Revolutionary Maoist Coalition of Chicago

Chicago based Marxist-Leninist-Maoist mass organization. Email: [email protected]

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Revolutionary Maoist Coalition of Chicago – Points of Unity

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We are an anti-capitalist, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist organization. It is the capitalist system which creates the exploitation, oppression, starvation, and systematic killing of the global working classes. Capitalism has exacerbated the COVID-19 pandemic; capitalism keeps people from acquiring adequate healthcare; capitalism creates houselessness; capitalism creates police terror. Maoism is the only revolutionary ideology equipped to dismantle and replace the exploitative system of capitalism.

We are inspired by – and learn from – the concrete experiences of the three world-historic revolutions: the Paris Commune, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Chinese Revolution; as well as domestic organizations such as the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Party. In addition to these, we strive to learn lessons from the contemporary Peoples’ Wars and national liberation struggles such as those in the Philippines, India, Peru, Nepal, Turkey, Bangladesh, Palestine, Ireland, and Swaziland to name a few.

We are firmly dedicated to serving our communities and neighborhoods across Chicago by means of free food programs, combating police violence, organizing the masses into tenant unions or neighborhood committees, community gardens, political education, clothing drives, or any other means that match the needs of the oppressed masses.

We are firmly dedicated to the labor struggle and building working class power by means of unionizing our workplaces, as well as aiding and providing solidarity to our fellow workers in their struggles for unionization.

We follow and uphold the mass line. We understand that the masses – and the masses alone – are the makers of history. This means that we must be sure to learn the needs of the masses, and we must organize and mobilize the most advanced sections of them around those needs. Our leaders must come from the masses, and we must be sure to never think we know better than the masses. This principle may be briefly summed up in the formulation of “from the people, to the people”.

We are dedicated to anti-imperialism and revolutionary internationalism. We stand with all people who struggle against neo-colonialism, settler-colonialism, and imperialist domination.

We recognize the struggle of all oppressed nationalities in the United States including the Black/New Afrikan nation, the Chicano nation and other Latinos, Asian Americans, the Hawaiian peoples, Puerto Ricans, Pacic Islanders, Arab Americans, and all indigenous nations on whose land we occupy, with a particular focus on the indigenous nations which continue to live on the land called Chicago which includes the Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi, Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, Fox, Kickapoo, and Illinois Nations. We recognize the United States as a settler-colonial project and view the country as a prison house of nations. RMC-CHI recognizes and is rmly committed to the national self-determination of these peoples and their liberation from settler-colonial capitalist oppression including through return of occupied land, national independence and land back. This must be achieved by organizing the nationally oppressed masses into revolutionary multinational organizations as well as the formation of revolutionary national liberation organizations which will allow for the oppressed nations to simultaneously organize in their own self-interest and self-defense.

We embrace revolutionary proletarian feminism. We are dedicated to the liberation of working and oppressed women – socially, politically, and economically – from patriarchy and capitalism. RMC-CHI emphatically rejects any and all manifestations of male chauvinism. The liberation of women must be achieved by organizing working class and oppressed women into broad revolutionary communist organizations as well as the formation of women’s organizations/committees which will allow for women to simultaneously organize in their own self-interest and self-defense.

We are dedicated to the liberation of all LGBTQ2S people from patriarchal cisgender-heterosexual power structures. We must unite the struggle for queer liberation with the struggle for national self-determination, women’s liberation, and communism. This must be achieved by organizing working class and oppressed queer people into broad revolutionary communist organizations as well as the formation of queer organizations/committees which will allow for the LGBTQ2S community to simultaneously organize in their own self-interest and self-defense.

We are dedicated to the liberation of all disabled and neurodivergent people from oppressive power structures. Neurodivergent and disabled people make many valuable contributions to our society and are cherished members of our class. The struggle for disabled and neurodivergent people must be linked with the struggles for national self-determination and socialism. The liberation of disabled and neurodivergent people must be achieved by organizing disabled and neurodivergent people into broad revolutionary communist organizations as well as the formation of organizations specifically for disabled and neurodivergent people which will allow them to simultaneously organize in their own self-interest and self-defense.

We recognize the need for revolutionary self-defense. The settler-colonial capitalist system reinforces itself by means of violence using the pig police and their fascistic brown-shirt enforcers (the Klan, Proud Boys, and other reactionary organizations/individuals). Colonized, patriarchy-affected, disabled, and poor people are particularly subject to the horric violence of the capitalist-imperialist system. It is necessary to defend ourselves and our communities against this violence, by any means necessary. In this vein, we encourage our members and the masses to train in both unarmed and armed self-defense, and to utilize such training in the defense of oppressed people whenever necessary.

We recognize the revolutionary potential of the lumpen/proletariat. We reject the notion that this strata of the popular masses do not have a strong vested class-interest in proletarian socialism and that they will not play a major part in a revolution in this country. Much like the Bolshevik and Chinese Red Armies had to win the peasantry of their countries to the side of revolutionary socialism, so do we have to form a close class alliance with the lumpen/proletariat in order to make revolution here.

We recognize the revolutionary potential of the so-called United States. We believe that revolution for the working and oppressed masses can be fought and won, and that the imperialist, settler-colonial project of the US can be entirely dismantled. All of our political education, agitation, and organization are means to this end.

We recognize the need for the formation of a Maoist Communist Party. Although we are not a party formation, we understand that no revolution can be won without the leadership of a vanguard party armed with the ideology of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. It is our hope that through the experience and theories learned from work within our revolutionary mass organization that the most politically advanced members among us will develop further and eventually be able to constitute a Maoist Party which is capable of toppling the capitalist-imperialist system.

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Statement on the Split in AF3IRM

Originally posted February 7, 2023

News has recently surfaced regarding a split in the organization known as AF3IRM. We will not go into the details of this split here, as the comrades directly involved have already published their own principled criticism of AF3IRM and summation of the issues leading up to the split (find their statement here: https://proletarianfeminist.medium.com/our-split-from-af3irm-shedding-light-on-our-issues-to-encourage-our-growth-towards-a-real-76cd1bcae395). Since the initial statement was published on February 6th, the number of signatories has only continued to grow, sitting at 48 at the time of our writing this article. 

At this time, the Chicago Chapter of the Revolutionary Maoist Coalition wants to extend our unconditional solidarity and support to the brave comrades who have broken with the liberal leadership of AF3IRM. Building a revolutionary women’s movement that is 1) free from both male-chauvinism as well as bourgeois liberal feminism, and 2) based in proletarian feminism, anti-imperialism, national liberation, and scientific socialism is one of the most pressing tasks of our movement today. We applaud the bravery and revolutionary discipline exhibited by the comrades who are now working to forge their own path forward in accomplishing this goal. Let it be known that you are not alone, and that we in RMC – Chicago are happy to aid in this work in any way possible. 

Moreover, we formally denounce the actions of AF3IRM leadership not only for the liberal, pro-imperialist, anti-democratic tendencies which led to the split, but also for the manipulation and misinformation — described by one former-member that left during the split as “psychological warfare” — employed by them in the wake of the split. Those who remain in leadership have audaciously claimed that only two members of AF3IRM have left, denied the existence of the split, and claimed that social media pages formerly affiliated with AF3IRM which have posted about the split have simply been hacked. This should be seen for what it is: utter cowardice. It exhibits nothing else other than a fear of accountability; a fear of ideological struggle and criticism; a fear of the truth. 

We wish all 48 signatories of the document shedding light on the split the best of luck in continuing their struggle for a revolutionary proletarian feminist line. You comrades are justified, brave, and supported by revolutionary women and gender-oppressed people everywhere. 

Down with imperialist “feminism”! Proletarian feminism forever!  Long live the women’s struggle!  Long live the international proletariat! 

Signed,  Executive Committee Revolutionary Maoist Coalition – Chicago

[proletarianfeminism]

“As trans people, we have a history of resistance of which we should be proud. Trans warriors stood up to the slave-owners, the feudal landlords, and the capitalist bosses. Today, as trans warriors we are joining the movement for a just society in greater and greater numbers. By raising the demands of our trans movement within the larger struggle for change, we are educating people about our oppression, winning allies, and shaping the society we’re trying to bring into being.

None of us will be free until we have forged an economic system that meets the needs of every working person. As trans people, we will not be free until we fight for and win a society in which no class stands to benefit from fomenting hatred and prejudice, where laws restricting sex and gender and human love will be unthinkable.

Look for us – transgender warriors – in the leadership of the struggle to usher in the dawn of liberation.”

Leslie Feinberg, Transgender Warriors: From Joan of Arc to Denis Roman

[yungblackmaoist]

Happy Birthday to and long live Chairman Mao Zedong, whose revolutionary theory and legacy continues to inspire revolutionaries the world over! 📕

[revolutionarymaoistschicago]

Honoring Mao on his 129th Birthday

Today we celebrate the birthday of late chairman and founder of the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 - September 9, 1976). Chairman Mao is responsible for many of our advancements in Marxist thought and practice, stemming from great achievements in uniting China via the United Front, repelling fascist invaders, and combatting revisionism and the restoration of capitalism via the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Despite the ultimately successful efforts of Deng Xiaoping’s inner party bourgeois hijacking, Mao’s work prevails in impact to this day.

Long live Mao! Long live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism! Long live the international proletariat!

[revolutionarymaoistschicago]

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2022 Statement

Originally posted November 20, 2022

Every year on November 20th, we observe Transgender Day of Remembrance – a day dedicated to remembering and mourning our transgender siblings and comrades who have lost their lives to transphobic violence. 

For many of us in the trans community, this year feels particularly grim. Last year was the most deadly year for trans people since we’ve begun keeping record of the specific violence committed against us – with recently published new data we know we lost at least 59 members of our community to murder in 2021. As of today, we know of at least 32 trans people who have been killed this year. Black trans-women particularly have been victimized by this violence. On top of this, this Day of Remembrance began with bloodshed: Just before midnight, one Anderson Lee Aldrich entered a popular queer establishment, Club Q, in Colorado Springs where he murdered 5 people and injured 25 more on the eve of a drag show for the very occasion of Trans Day of Remembrance. 

Bourgeois pundits – including “Top Cop” Kamala Harris – have already taken the opportunity to proselytize about stronger gun legislation and the “epidemic of gun violence.” However, we know that the real epidemic at play here is not one of gun violence; we are experiencing an epidemic of fascism. These fascists understand the current instability of bourgeois rule – they see the decay of capitalism and the Amerikkkan Empire just as we do – and they will do anything to maintain their class stand. Animalistic, like a rabid dog fearing for its life, fascist america is showing its teeth and attacking anyone it considers a threat. We cannot let the crocodile tears of Kamala Harris fool us – she sees this reality too; she is just as fearful; just as fascist. 

The fascist menace is growing, as is queerphobic patriarchal cis-hetero violence. From the recent so-called “Let Women Speak” Tour led by TERFs and fascists, to the numerous attacks on Drag Shows and queer clubs to the individual violence of would-be brownshirts, it is spreading like a weed across this country. Gun legislation, offered as a solution by these fascist Democrats in the government, would do nothing for us. 

If we are going to mitigate this rising violence, we have to begin organizing for our own defense. The Revolutionary Maoist Coalition – Chicago calls on revolutionary minded queer-folk across the country to begin organizing armed bodies of self-defense teams for the protection of trans lives. We must begin teaching our communities the importance of revolutionary organizing and self-defense while simultaneously training them in this defense and mobilizing security teams. 

These revolutionary self-defense organizations should immediately begin familiarizing themselves with the self-defense laws of their cities/states, learning proper gun safety and unarmed self-defense methods, and putting this knowledge into practice. Patrols nearby known queer spaces – clubs, social centers of whatever type – should be organized. Flyers with contact information for the groups should be distributed to inform the community that these formations can be called upon if they feel endangered. 

This is the only option we have to begin ensuring our safety. We know the pigs won’t do anything; they didn’t last night. Historically, the police are at best unresponsive to instances of queerphobic violence, and at worst they are active participants in it. It’s up to us. 

It’s worth mentioning that murder by means of knives and bullets are not the only methods used to exterminate us. The capitalist system that we live under also kills us by means of starvation, addiction, homelessness, lack of healthcare, etc. It is the unfortunate reality of our existence under capitalism that the onus of solving these issues, too, falls on us. The same organizations that should begin mobilizing for the militant defense of trans people should begin organizing various distributions of things like clothes, food, contraceptives, hormones, and harm reduction materials as well as eviction defense teams and squatting movements. 

We need our transgender warriors to rise to the occasion – organize for the defense of our community; organize for the destruction of the capitalist system. If we dare to struggle, we dare to win! 

In accordance with the tradition of Trans Day of Remembrance, we shall print the names of those we have lost this year. 

Amariey Lei, 20 Duval Princess, 24 Cypress Ramos, 21 Naomi Skinner, 25 Matthew Angelo Spampinato, 21 Paloma Vazquez, 29 Tatiana Labelle, 33 Kathryn “Katie” Newhouse, 19 Kenyatta ‘Kesha’ Webster, 24 Miia Love Parker, 25 Ariyanna Mitchell, 17 Fern Feather, 29 Ray Muscat, 24 Nedra Sequence Morris, 50 Chanelika Y’Ella Dior, 30 Sasha Mason, 45 Brazil Johnson, 28 Shawmaynè Giselle Marie, 27 Kitty Monroe, age unknown  Martasia Richmond, 30 Keshia Chanel Geter, 26 Cherry Bush, 48 Marisela Castro, 39 Hayden Davis, 28 Kandii Reed, 29 Aaron Lynch, 26 Maddie Hofmann, 47 Dede Ricks, 33 Mya Allen, 35 Acey Morrison, 30 Semaj Billingslea, 33 Tiffany Banks, 25

May all these siblings – and the countless nameless or misgendered people we’ve lost – rest in peace. 

Protect trans lives!  Transgender warriors, rise! Death to cis-hetero patriarchy!  All power to the people!

[radiofreederry]

I think it’s beyond obvious by now that a private rail industry is simply, fundamentally, unsustainable in the long term. You can either nationalize the lot or watch the problems get worse over time. No other options.

[connorthemaoist]

On “foreign monsters” and the people’s war that persists

An Interview with Jose Maria Sison, Founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines Commissioned by the kites Editorial Committe

An Interview with Jose Maria Sison, Founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines

Commissioned by the kites Editorial Committee (September 2022)

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

I don't want to be dramatic but it's actually dangerous for young LGBT people to think their rights came from media representation lol. They didn't decriminalize homosexuality or crossdressing because of a handful of rich gay celebrities or famous drag queens being sufficiently Visible™️. If you actually think that you're wholly unprepared to fight back against what's here and what's coming.

[connorthemaoist]

I would like to say a few words about the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. I think there are two "swords": one is Lenin and the other Stalin. The sword of Stalin has now been discarded by the Russians. Gomulka and some people in Hungary have picked it up to stab at the Soviet Union and oppose so-called Stalinism. The Communist Parties of many European countries are also criticizing the Soviet Union, and their leader is Togliatti. The imperialists also use this sword to slay people with. Dulles, for instance, has brandished it for some time. This sword has not been lent out, it has been thrown out. We Chinese have not thrown it away. First, we protect Stalin, and, second, we at the same time criticize his mistakes, and we have written the article "On the Historical Experience of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat". Unlike some people who have tried to defame and destroy Stalin, we are acting in accordance with objective reality.

As for the sword of Lenin, hasn't it too been discarded to a certain extent by some Soviet leaders? In my view, it has been discarded to a considerable extent. Is the October Revolution still valid? Can it still serve as the example for all countries? Khrushchov's report at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union says it is possible to seize state power by the parliamentary road, that is to say, it is no longer necessary for all countries to learn from the October Revolution. Once this gate is opened, by and large Leninism is thrown away.

—Mao Tsetung, Speech at the Second Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

[oceanicmarxist]

Combat Liberalism (1937)

Combat Liberalism is a pamphlet written by Mao Zedong in 1937, on the topic of the continuous ideological struggle between Communism and Liberalism within the Communist Party of China.

We stand for active ideological struggle because it is the weapon for ensuring unity within the Party and the revolutionary organizations in the interest of our fight. Every Communist and revolutionary should take up this weapon.

But liberalism rejects ideological struggle and stands for unprincipled peace, thus giving rise to a decadent, Philistine attitude and bringing about political degeneration in certain units and individuals in the Party and the revolutionary organizations.

Liberalism manifests itself in various ways.

To let things slide for the sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong, and refrain from principled argument because he is an old acquaintance, a fellow townsman, a schoolmate, a close friend, a loved one, an old colleague or old subordinate. Or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms. The result is that both the organization and the individual are harmed. This is one type of liberalism.

To indulge in irresponsible criticism in private instead of actively putting forward one's suggestions to the organization. To say nothing to people to their faces but to gossip behind their backs, or to say nothing at a meeting but to gossip afterwards. To show no regard at all for the principles of collective life but to follow one's own inclination. This is a second type.

To let things drift if they do not affect one personally; to say as little as possible while knowing perfectly well what is wrong, to be worldly wise and play safe and seek only to avoid blame. This is a third type.

Not to obey orders but to give pride of place to one's own opinions. To demand special consideration from the organization but to reject its discipline. This is a fourth type.

To indulge in personal attacks, pick quarrels, vent personal spite or seek revenge instead of entering into an argument and struggling against incorrect views for the sake of unity or progress or getting the work done properly. This is a fifth type.

To hear incorrect views without rebutting them and even to hear counter-revolutionary remarks without reporting them, but instead to take them calmly as if nothing had happened. This is a sixth type.

To be among the masses and fail to conduct propaganda and agitation or speak at meetings or conduct investigations and inquiries among them, and instead to be indifferent to them and show no concern for their well-being, forgetting that one is a Communist and behaving as if one were an ordinary non-Communist. This is a seventh type.

To see someone harming the interests of the masses and yet not feel indignant, or dissuade or stop him or reason with him, but to allow him to continue. This is an eighth type.

To work half-heartedly without a definite plan or direction; to work perfunctorily and muddle along--"So long as one remains a monk, one goes on tolling the bell." This is a ninth type.

To regard oneself as having rendered great service to the revolution, to pride oneself on being a veteran, to disdain minor assignments while being quite unequal to major tasks, to be slipshod in work and slack in study. This is a tenth type.

To be aware of one's own mistakes and yet make no attempt to correct them, taking a liberal attitude towards oneself. This is an eleventh type.

We could name more. But these eleven are the principal types.

They are all manifestations of liberalism.

Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is a corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy and creates dissension. It robs the revolutionary ranks of compact organization and strict discipline, prevents policies from being carried through and alienates the Party organizations from the masses which the Party leads. It is an extremely bad tendency.

Liberalism stems from petty-bourgeois selfishness, it places personal interests first and the interests of the revolution second, and this gives rise to ideological, political and organizational liberalism.

People who are liberals look upon the principles of Marxism as abstract dogma. They approve of Marxism, but are not prepared to practice it or to practice it in full; they are not prepared to replace their liberalism by Marxism. These people have their Marxism, but they have their liberalism as well--they talk Marxism but practice liberalism; they apply Marxism to others but liberalism to themselves. They keep both kinds of goods in stock and find a use for each. This is how the minds of certain people work.

Liberalism is a manifestation of opportunism and conflicts fundamentally with Marxism. It is negative and objectively has the effect of helping the enemy; that is why the enemy welcomes its preservation in our midst. Such being its nature, there should be no place for it in the ranks of the revolution.

We must use Marxism, which is positive in spirit, to overcome liberalism, which is negative. A Communist should have largeness of mind and he should be staunch and active, looking upon the interests of the revolution as his very life and subordinating his personal interests to those of the revolution; always and everywhere he should adhere to principle and wage a tireless struggle against all incorrect ideas and actions, so as to consolidate the collective life of the Party and strengthen the ties between the Party and the masses; he should be more concerned about the Party and the masses than about any private person, and more concerned about others than about himself. Only thus can he be considered a Communist.

All loyal, honest, active and upright Communists must unite to oppose the liberal tendencies shown by certain people among us, and set them on the right path. This is one of the tasks on our ideological front.

Sourced from Marxists.org.

[revolutionarymaoistschicago]

Honoring Chairman Jose Maria Sison

The Revolutionary Maoist Coalition has just learned that the great revolutionary leader, Jose Maria Sison (Feb. 8, 1939 – Dec. 16, 2022), has passed away at the age of 83 following a two week confinement in a Utrecht hospital in the Netherlands. 

This tragic news brings great sadness to our hearts, and we extend the sincerest condolence to Sison’s family and comrades in this painful time of mourning. 

Chairman Sison was a prolific writer, revolutionary fighter, and incredible leader in the struggle for proletarian democracy. The loss of his life is felt by all those around the world who share his fight for global emancipation from the brutal capitalist-imperialist machine. 

Comrade Joma Sison was a lifelong fighter of the revolutionary cause in the Philippines. As a youth, he participated in union organization efforts and founded the Student Cultural Association of the University of the Philippines in 1959, from which Kabataang Makabayan would be founded in 1964. These formations organized students and youth around national democracy and Marxism-Leninism. Kabataang Makabayan continues to be a major force of Filipino communist youth today. 

In 1961, comrade Sison joined the old Philippine Communist Party (Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930 or PKP-1930) and was appointed as a member of the Youth Bureau and Executive Committee. From these positions, Joma attempted to correct the revisionist political line of the Lava-clique by preparing political reports on the Party’s errors. 

As the old PKP-1930 showed it was unwilling to rectify errors in political line and military strategy, Joma Sison, using the alias of Amado Guerrero, spearheaded the founding of the Communist Party of the Philippines in 1968 under the red banner of Marxism-Leninism Mao Zedong Thought. One year later, he oversaw the formation of the New People’s Army and the initiation of a Protracted People’s War in the Philippines, which continues fighting for new democracy and the liberation of workers and peasants in the country to this day. 

Later, in 1977 he and his wife, Julie, were arrested and exposed to brutal torture by the fascist Marcos dictatorship. Sison would continue providing political leadership to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People’s Army (NPA), and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) while incarcerated until his release in 1986, following the collapse of the Marcos dictatorship and the installation of the Aquino regime. 

The revolutionary principles of Sison were not abandoned, or even dampened, by his nearly decade long prison stint. Once released, Sison continued the struggle for socialist democracy by taking on the Aquino regime; exposing it for its corruption and class affiliation to the comprador bourgeois class. The Aquino government responded by exiling Joma in 1987, at which point he made his way to Utrecht, where he remained until his death. 

In the years since his exile, he has continued writing books which are invaluable to the education of Marxist-Leninist-Maoists across the world, and his continued leadership of the CPP, NPA, and NDFP have led to major gains in their fight for national democracy. 

Joma Sison will forever be regarded as one of the greatest revolutionaries of our era. We remember what another great revolutionary, Mao Zedong, once said: to die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai, but to work and die for the fascists is lighter than a feather — comrade Joma’s death is certainly weightier than Mount Tai. We encourage all members of the RMC, and Maoists everywhere, to make an in-depth study of his life and theoretical contributions, which include great works such as: “Organizational Guide and Outline of Reports”, “Rectify Errors and Rebuild the Party​​​​​​​”, Stand For Socialism Against Modern Revisionism, Specific Characteristics of Our People’s War, Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism: A Primer, Philippine Society and Revolution, Upsurge of People’s Resistance in the Philippines and the World, On the Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, and countless others. 

We are confident that the revolutionary forces of the Philippines will carry on the legacy of comrade Sison by continuing their fight against capitalism-imperialism, semi-feudalism, and modern revisionism in order to establish true democracy by means of proletarian revolution. We, too, must carry on this legacy of the great Sison if we are to truly honor his life and convictions. Whether we be in the Philippines, the so-called united states, Peru, Ghana, Puerto Rico, or Palestine; Joma Sison is an inspiration and model for the type of people we must be in order to win our liberation.  

Jose Maria Sison, rest in power!​​ Long live Joma Sison!  Long live the Filipino masses!  Long live People’s War in the Philippines! 

Signed, 

Revolutionary Maoist Coalition – Chicago Revolutionary Maoist Coalition – District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia Revolutionary Maoist Coalition – New York/New Jersey Revolutionary Maoist Coalition – Arkansas

[chrisdornerfanclub]

I just saw news that Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, just died at the age of 84.

[chrisdornerfanclub]

[milkboydotnet]

“U.S. imperialism is using both peaceful and violent methods of suppressing the Filipino people’s clamor for national liberation and democracy. The C.I.A. and other subversive agencies of U.S. imperialism are subsidizing and manipulating various branches of the puppet government, ‘civic’ and ‘reform’ organizations, educational and cultural institutions and the reactionary mass. media to wage a propaganda campaign designed to whip up a ‘climate for foreign investments’ and an atmosphere of anti-communist hysteria. At the same time, all-out violent efforts are being exerted to 'nip in the bud’ the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army, meaning to say, the broad masses of the people who have risen to shake off their colonial shackles. Increased military supplies and training in counterinsurgency techniques are being extended to local police forces through the A.I.D. Office of Public Safety and to the reactionary armed forces through the JUSMAG. So many fascist crimes are being committed in the name of anticommunism against the people. The Marcos fascist puppet regime daily promotes the rise of fascism in an attempt to cow the people.”

— Amado Guerrero (Jose Maria Sison), Philippine Society and Revolution (1971)

[milkboydotnet]

The GPCR was started in 1966 and was conducted in accordance with what Mao and the Chinese communists themselves considered as Mao’s highest theoretical and practical achievement in combatting modern revisionism, preventing capitalist restoration and consolidating socialism. The GPCR was optimistically regarded as the guarantee for the worldwide victory of socialism and even for the imminent collapse of imperialism.

But after the Shanghai Commune, factional struggles and allegations against and death of Lin Piao surfaced, policy shifts were initiated by a Centrist-Rightist combination veering away from the proletarian class struggle and leading to the Nixon diplomatic visit, the rehabilitation and promotion of Deng Xiaoping, reinterpretations of the GPCR and the three-worlds theory by Deng and the increasing calls for modernization through capitalist reforms and opening up for integration with the US and world capitalist system.

After the death of Chou Enlai in February 1976, Deng was removed from office for promoting big comprador ideology. But after the death of Mao in September 1976, the October coup resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of the so-called Gang of Four by the combination of Hua Guofeng and Deng.

After the latter gained the upper hand over the former who resigned, the GPCR was declared a complete catastrophe, Mao no less was castigated for it and millions of CPC cadres and members were expelled. Liu Xiaoqi the No. 1 capitalist-roader was rehabilitated. The communes were dismantled and public assets were privatized in earnest. The sweat shop operations for the US market began.

Jose Maria Sison, On the Historic Mission of the Proletariat to Defeat Capitalism and Build Socialism

[transitioningforthebit]

From Philippine Revolution Web Central

[transitioningforthebit]

The greatest Filipino of the past century bereaved us peacefully last night.

Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines, passed away at around 8:40 p.m. (Philippine time) after two weeks confinement in the hospital. He was 83.

The Filipino proletariat and toiling people grieve the death of their teacher and guiding light.

The entire Communist Party of the Philippines gives the highest possible tribute to its founding chairman, great Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thinker, patriot, internationalist and revolutionary leader.

Even as we mourn, we vow continue to give all our strength and determination to carry the revolution forward guided by the memory and teachings of the people’s beloved Ka Joma.

Let the immortal revolutionary spirit of Ka Joma live on!

December 17, 2022

[bifauxnenbitch-deactivated20241]

Let the bourgeoisie and the pacifists, the generals and the petty bourgeoisie, the capitalists and the phillistines, the pious Christians and the knights of the Second and the Two-and-a-Half Internationals vent their fury against that revolution. No torrent of abuse, calumnies and lies can enable them to conceal the historic fact that for the first time in hundreds and thousands of years the slaves have replied to a war between slave-owners by openly proclaiming the slogan: "Convert this war between slave-owners for the division of their loot into a war of the slaves of all nations against the slave-owners of all nations."

For the first time in hundreds and thousands of years that slogan has grown from a vague and helpless waiting into a clear and definite political programme, into an effective struggle waged by millions of oppressed people under the leadership of the proletariat; it has grown into the first victory of the proletariat, the first victory in the struggle to abolish war and to unite the workers of all countries against the united bourgeoisie of different nations, against the bourgeoisie that makes peace and war at the expense of the slaves of capital, the wage-workers, the peasants, the working people.

This first victory is not yet the final victory, and it was achieved by our October Revolution at the price of incredible difficulties and hardships, at the price of unprecedented suffering, accompanied by a series of serious reverses and mistakes on our part. How could a single backward people be expected to frustrate the imperialist wars of the most powerful and developed countries of the world without sustaining reverses and without committing mistakes! We are not afraid to admit our mistakes and shall examine them dispassionately in order to learn how to correct them. But the fact remains that for the first time in hundreds and thousands of years the promise "to reply" to war between the slave-owners by a revolution of the slaves directed against all the slaveowners has been completely fulfilled - and is being fulfilled despite all difficulties.

We have made the start. When, at what date and time, and the proletarians of which nation will complete this process is not important. The important thing is that the ice has been broken; the road is open, the way has been shown.

- Lenin, Fourth Anniversary of the October Revolution, October 14th, 1921