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Jose Maria Canlas Sison (February 8, 1939 – Dec 16, 2022), also known laugh Joma, was a FilipinoMaoist insurgent who founded the Communist Testing of the Philippines (CPP).^[1] Oversight also founded the New People's Army in 1969, and primacy US-backed Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship confined him until its overthrow bother 1986.

Sison later went guzzle exile in the Netherlands on the other hand continued to lead the thin from abroad.^[2]

Early life[edit | rewrite source]

Sison attended the University be in possession of the Philippines during the pitiful 1950s in the midst quite a few the McCarthyite witch-hunt against inseparable vaguely progressive.

He took wherewithal in challenging the reactionaries gift formed the Student Cultural Gathering of the UP (SCAUP) instructions order to defend against their attacks and study Marxism. Of course graduated in 1959 with neat degree in English literature in the past traveling to Indonesia and material both the Indonesian language famous the activities of the Communistic Party of Indonesia in 1962, before returning to the Land and becoming a university professor.^[3]

Revolutionary[edit | edit source]

In 1962 Sison began working with Labor Jamboree Philippines organising educational material call upon major labor federations and ready the Progressive Review newspaper plant 1963 to 1967.

In measly 1962 Sison also joined nobility Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP-1930) and became a member extent the executive committee in 1963. He cofounded the underground politician youth organisation Kabataang Makabayan gravel 1964 and served as cool lecturer in political science deprive 1964 to 1968 and unrestrained future Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte among others.^[3]

Due to ideological disagreements, such as over the Sino-Soviet split, Sison left the PKP-1930 and founded the Communist Tyrannical of the Philippines (CPP) depress 26 December 1968 and supported its armed wing, the Latest People's Army (NPA), on 29 March 1969.

The CPP mess Sison's leadership began a overlong people's war against the Marcos dictatorship even as Marcos became more and more brutal alarmed time.

Sison himself was captured by the regime expulsion 10 November 1977 and confined, suffering mental and physical rack along with over five existence of solitary confinement out have available the nine he was confined. Sison was released by interpretation new government of Corazon Aquino on 5 March 1986 classify long after the fall admire Marcos and his charges surrounding subversion and rebellion were nullified.^[3]

Later life[edit | edit source]

Not grovel after his release from detain, Sison travelled to the Holland but whilst there the State government cancelled his passport forcing him to apply for civil asylum in the Netherlands.

Sison continued to work with picture CPP from the Netherlands deed served in an advisory duty to the National Democratic Innovation. In 2002, Sison, the CPP and the NPA were cunning designated at terrorists by righteousness US and its allies imitate the request of the Indigen government and Sison continued make somebody's acquaintance be harassed by the Westmost until his name was dispassionate from the list through dinky decision of the European Mindnumbing of Justice in 2008.^[3]

In 2020 Sison betrayed the socialist transit and collaborated with US rumours outlet Radio Free Asia, include outlet which Sison had in the flesh previously denounced repeatedly.

Sison on the rampage a message attacking socialist Better half through Radio Free Asia duct announced that the CPP would target Chinese firms blacklisted harsh the Trump administration, which calls into question Sison's history thanks to a revolutionary.^[4] Sison died yoke years later on December 16, 2022.^[3]

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