The NPA cannot be destroyed by guns.
Guided by the foundations of Marxism, Leninism, and Maoism, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) named the New People’s Army (NPA), continues to battle their 54-year long protracted people’s war in the countryside. Even with the continuous civil war that the government imposes to the rebellion, their numbers have not dwindled with time. The death of their Founder Jose Maria Sison has not made them lose sight of what is to be won: national democracy and a socialist tomorrow. Amidst the economic and political turmoil of the 21st Century Philippines, the Maoist NPA continue to persist with their Communist Revolution. What sets the New People’s Army from the Philippine Army is its long history of struggle against colonialism and imperialism. Whereas the Armed Forces of the Philippines is bound to the military history of serving foreign powers such as Spain with the Guardia Civil and the United States with the Macabebe Scouts, the NPA derives its history from ...