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Jose Maria Sison was a great communist thinker, leader, teacher and guide of the Filipino proletariat and torch bearer of the international communist movement.
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Jose Maria Sison was a great communist thinker, leader, teacher and guide of the Filipino proletariat and torch bearer of the international communist movement. He was a master of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the ideology of the proletariat. Over the course of his life he was prolific in producing works that are an invaluable resource to all seekers of a just society. This repository aims to bring together a comprehensive collection of JMS’ writings for ease of reference and practical use.
The Repository launched in 2025 to compile the more than 50 books written by Jose Maria Sison that have been published in English, Filipino and other languages. Through 2026 we continued our mission of preserving and sharing JMS’ vast catalogue by adding individual articles, statements, and messages so that they are easier to access than downloading and looking through each individual book.
Physical copies of the books may be available from libraries of major Philippine, US and West European universities, Popular Bookstore in Manila and the NDFP International Office in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Information on how to access/purchase are listed under each book, but you may also email info@josemariasison.com if you want assistance sourcing a text.
N.B. In the interests of making JMS’ works as widely and easily accessible as possible, we have been directing users to existing online locations where they have already been made available, or linking them to content that has been uploaded by others. However, this approach has its shortcomings, as these are external sources; their content may be incomplete, early/draft versions, contain errors, or maintained by organizations or individuals that have their own ideological tendencies and political lines that do not always converge with those that Ka Joma espoused. For now we are acting as a directory to these different locations where people can access or purchase these books, but we are working on making vetted versions of individual articles available for reliability and ease of access.
How to navigate the repository
The Repository is now organized according to different collections. We are also compiling other collections that group together the different series and types of material that JMS produced. Watch this space as we further develop these collections.
Essential readings
If you are new to the works of Jose Maria Sison and don’t know where to start, we have compiled collections of JMS’ writings to serve as entry points to his considerable body of work. We recommend starting with a selection of fundamental works that provide a basic foundation of understanding for the national democratic revolution, the basic principles of MLM, and the strategies and tactics of protracted people’s war in the context of the Philippines.
- 1967: Struggle for National Democracy
- 1968: “Rectify Errors and Rebuild the Party” (in Foundation for Resuming the Philippine Revolution)
- 1970: Philippine Society and Revolution
- 1974: “Specific Characteristics of our People’s War” (in Building Strength through Struggle)
- 1976: “Our Urgent Tasks” (in Building Strength through Struggle)
- 1981: “Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism: A Primer” (in Detention and Defiance against Dictatorship)
- 1984: “JMS On the Mode of Production in the Philippines” (in Detention and Defiance against Dictatorship)
- 1992: Stand for Socialism Against Modern Revisionism
- 1992: “Reaffirm our Basic Principles and Rectify Errors“
- 2022: “The Filipino People’s Democratic Revolution is Invincible” (in The Filipino People’s National Democratic Revolution is Invincible)
The Sison Reader Series
Here you can find a collection of Books 1 to 28 of the Sison Reader Series, with Books 29 to 31 coming soon to complete the collection.
Articles
Our current project is to add individual articles to the Repository (encompassing messages, statements, interviews, etc.). Please keep an eye on this section for newly-added texts!
The bookshelf
A catalogue of the various editions and translations of JMS’ books, organized by decade.
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