MIM condemns Hacienda Looc murders

The Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM) condemns the murders of 
Terry Sevilla and Roger Alla, who opposed the Harbortown luxury 
golf development. The Harbortown development would evict hundreds 
of peasants from their land in Hacienda Looc, the Philippines.

Unidentified men believed to be private security guards ambushed 
Sevilla and Alla on their way home from work in the evening of 
March 4. A third man escaped alive and reported the incident to 
local farmers.

This is not the first time opponents of the Harbortown development 
have faced violent repression. On February 13, 1997 security 
guards killed Francisco Marasigan and Maximo Carpinter. Armed 
guards and the Philippine National Police have occupied Hacienda 
Looc for several years. The leader of the peasant organization 
Umalpaska also reports that developers' guards have recently 
burned down peasants' huts. 

Umalpaska has fought against the development, using non-violent 
tactics such as demonstrations and humyn barricades.

After corrupt local authorities excused the murderers of Marasigan 
and Carpinter, the revolutionary New People's Army (NPA) 
threatened retaliation against the developers should the killings 
continue. As seen in the documentary film "The Golf War," this 
declaration stopped the murders for a while. MIM recognizes the 
right and necessity of the NPA to use revolutionary armed force to 
counter reactionary armed force, which oppresses the people.

MIM pledges to continue its support of the farmers of Hacienda 
Looc by publicizing their struggle. MIM also pledges to continue 
its support the revolutionary movement led by the Communist Party 
of the Philippines, which strives to liberate the people of the 
Philippines from imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat 
capitalism.

MIM pledges to develop the revolutionary movement inside u.$. 
borders, as this is the most substantial aid we can give our 
brothers and sisters abroad. Where Amerikan imperialism is not 
directly oppressing the peoples of the world, it is supporting the 
corrupt rule of local capitalist and feudal elites for its own 
crass interests.

Central Committee 
Maoist Internationalist Movement
6 March 2000