Foundation News

The story of the Filipino people’s struggle for national and social liberation has always owed a great debt to militant and progressive-minded youth. It was youth like Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, and Gregorio del Pilar who led the Katipunan in the unfinished 1896 revolution against the Spanish colonizers. It was youth like Liliosa Hilao, Edgar Jopson, Emmanuel Lacaba, Lean Alejandro, and Lorena Barros who stood up to the US-backed dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. Like generations before them, today’s youth are actively fighting for a better world through a wide range of forms, from the legal democratic movement to the armed struggle in the countryside. These youth endure state-sponsored attacks and repression, yet steadfastly continue to carry forward the struggle for freedom and justice. Among the youth who have served the people as Red fighters, many have made the ultimate sacrifice, including such martyrs as Kamil “Ka Alex” Manangan, Graiela Mae “Ka Alena” Pacaldo, Josephine “Ka Ella” Lapira, Wendell “Ka Waquin/Wanda” Gumban, Joy “Ka Kyrie” Mercado, and many more. | Read more...

Ka Joma was an exemplary Filipino revolutionary who - for nearly his entire life (8 Feb 1939 – 16 Dec 2022) - contributed to the national democratic revolution as a guide, torch bearer, beloved warrior and comrade. His insight provided, and continues to provide, clarity of vision and purpose through different rectification movements. He fought for the life and line of the Party including at times fighting for his own life in the process. In this he was always in service to the people. | Read more...