1917 - Vladimir Lenin took over political party in Russia 1949 - in China, Mao Tse-Tung took over the

government Exported Revolution - the Philippines has been a victim of this doctrine Before 1930 - Communist world power sent to the Philippines an Indonesian communist partycadre by the name of Tan Malacca, recruited local labor leaders like Crisanto Evangelista, JacintoManahan and others.

November 17, 1930 - PartidoKomunistangPilipinas was founded. December 26, 1968 - Jose Maria Joma Sison somewhere in Pangasinan, Province, founded there established Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) March 29, 1969 - the military arm, the New Peoples Army (NPA) was founded in Tarlac withBernabe Dante Buscayno as its first commander. January 25, 1972 - the communist revolutionary machinery was completed with the forming of preparatory committee for the National Democratic Front (NDF), its political arm. The NDF wasfounded on April 24, 1973. Baring the Vital Statistics

The CPP/NPA/NDF - constitute the local communist movement in the Philippines; beforehand, itshould be emphasized that not everybody in the three organization are communist. CPP - everybody is a full blooded communist since they are full members of the communistparty NPA - only about thirty (30) percent are members of the communist party; while the main bulkof seventy (70) percent are grievance guerillas who join the NPA for various reasons otherthan communism. NDF - only about three (3) to five (5) percent are members of the communist party; while theoverwhelming majority of about ninety five (95) to ninety seven (97) percent are not.

GOALS The CPP/NPA/NDF have three successive goals to be attained; that is one after the other: First - the overthrow of our duly-constituted government Second - complete seizure of state power

Third - socialist revolution, whereby, they will totally overhaul the entire societyEssence or Nature of Communism Totalitarianism State Capitalism Atheism Machiavelism Utopianism Anarchism Hegemonism The Aftermath of Communist Takeover:

What to Expect Based on the experiences of all countries that were taken over and ruled by communist regimes,we should likewise expect, among others, as aftermath of communist take over, the following: 1.Mass Liquidation Human Cost of Communism USSR (Russia) ------------- 70,000,000.00 RED China ------------- 67,000,000.00 Cambodia ------------- 3,000,000.00 Others ------------- 10,000,000.00 150,000,000.00

The Aftermath of Communist Takeover: 1.Mass liquidation 2.Mass exodus 3.Banning and destruction of religion 4.Abolition of family 5.Setting up barriers

6.Confiscation and abolition of private property 7.Re-education KNOWING THE ENEMY WAR PLAN and DYNAMICS: The Communist Overthrow of Our Government The CPP:Characteristics, Roles, Grand Strategy and Dynamics Main Characteristics of the CPP What distinguishes the CPP from other political parties, and the civil government that it would like to overthrow and replace with a totalitarian dictatorship. Composition/Membership It is an organization of professional, committed and iron-willed and disciplines revolutionaries, who are armed with the revolutionary theory of Marxism-Leninism-Mao TseTungs thought. It is made up of one hundred percent hard-core communist. MINDSET As stated in the CPP constitution, the communist revolutionaries are under the supremeguidance of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tse-Tungs thought, especially the revolutionary theory. Itsmembers are imbued with the Proletarian standpoint of subordinating personal interest to theparty, masses and revolution; believe in the materialist viewpoint of fighting to change thesociety and attain communism. ROLES/TASKS The revolutionary task of the CPP, include among others: Vanguard, General Staff and Cadres.1.

1. Vanguard - the party serves as the leading element of the revolutionary forces that
shallprovide leadership and crowns of the whole edifice of the revolutionary organization. In thisrole, the most important task of the party is the formulation or conceptualization andoperationalization/implementation of the strategy of the revolutionary war.2.

2. General

Staff - the party is likewise the general staff of the revolutionary war, it includes:keeping the leadership informed, making estimates/studies, making recommendations,preparing and issuing orders upon approval and supervising the implementation of the orders ordirectives.

3. Cadres- the party with its committed, professional, iron-willed and highly disciplines
communist revolutionaries, shall serve as the nucleus around which the revolutionary forces

will gradually expand and carry out the task of a revolutionary war, as conceptualized and rectifiedin the strategy. Structure/Principle The structure of the CPP is based on the principle of democratic centralism; centralism based ondemocracy and democracy under centralized leadership. Rectification Campaign This is the continuing effort of the party to rid its ranks opportunist, maintain party unity,estimate challenges to party leadership, and correcting and avoiding repetition of the same mistakes. Bases for G r a nd Str a tegy F ormul a tion The formulation of the CPPs grand strategy for a revolutionary war is based on the ClassStruggle Revolutionary Theory and its estimate of the national situation on objective analysis of concretecondition. C l a ss Struggle Revolution a ry T heory As theorized by Marx, communist believe that the historical development of the society shall gothrough the following stages: starting from primitive communism to slavery, feudalism, capitalism withimperialism as its highest stage, socialism, and finally back to modern communism.The class struggle is between the following: y Masters versus slaves in slavery y Landlords versus tenants in feudalism y Bourgeoisie or capitalist to include imperialist versus the proletariat or working class incapitalism Estim a

te of the Situ a tion The CPPs analysis whose end product is their estimate of the national situation, briefly consist of thefollowing:1. B a sic Condition of the Philippines Being a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country makes M-L-MTT revolutionary theory applicablein the Philippines2. S pecific Objective Condition H ow the theory is being applied, will be governed by the following specific conditions asperceived by the CPP 4.