MIM Notes No. 202      January 15, 2000

MIM wishes Communist Party of the Philippines "Happy Birthday"

The Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM) hails the thirty-first 
anniversary of the re-establishment of the Communist Party of the 
Philippines (CPP) under the guidance of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the acme 
of proletarian revolutionary ideology in the present era when imperialism 
is heading for total collapse and socialism is marching toward victory. 
Because of its firm grounding in Maoism, its concrete grasp of the 
problems facing the Filipino people (especially its analysis of the 
Philippines as semi-feudal and semi-colonial and its strategy of 
protracted people's war), its reliance on the basic masses, and its 
perseverance in the face of hard struggle, the CPP has grown from a few 
core members to a Party of thousands, with a mass base reaching into the 
millions. Even now, the CPP is helping organize a revolutionary people's 
democratic government, which looks after the social needs of the people.

Protracted people's wars such as that led by the CPP are currently 
delivering the strongest blows against imperialism. For those of us in 
imperialist countries, where armed struggle will not be possible until 
the imperialists are truly helpless, these armed struggles are reminders 
that the seizure of power by armed force is the highest form of 
revolution -- reminders which keep us from straying into the swamp of 
opportunism. The blood shed by our comrades in this struggle deepens our 
resolve to have done with the evils of imperialism, once and for all.

We take this opportunity to reiterate our commitment to support the 
revolution in the Philippines. We also reiterate our commitment to wage a 
socialist revolution here, which will overthrow our common enemy, u.$. 
imperialism. We wish our comrades in the CPP the utmost success in their 
struggle against imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism and 
for socialism.

Central Committee

Maoist Internationalist Movement

26 December, 1999