MIM's October 24 2002 interview with Joma Sison, Filipino political refugee in the Netherlands
and U.$. target of the "war on terrorism"
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We have been reading the mainstream press such as the New York Times and Associated Press, which makes it sound like the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) broke off the peace negotiations in December 2001 and furthermore despite the all-out war of the Macapagal-Arroyo regime, they are actually interested in talking peace through back-channels. So what is the situation with the peace negotiations with the U.$.-puppet regime in the Philippines?
Audio response from Jose Maria Sison, on the peace negotations between revolutionaries and the U.$.-puppet regime
in the Philippines (630kb in .mp3 format)
You've said that these charges of "terrorism" and threats against you are designed to intimidate the negotiating panel of the NDFP. Can you comment on any concrete intimidations of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines negotiating panel?
Audio response from Jose Maria Sison, accused founder of a "terrorist" organization regarding attack on him as intimidating peace negotiators (470 kb)
We are wondering if the united $tates is applying its definition of "terrorism" consistently.
For example, in the Philippines, both the Republic of the Philippines and the NDFP have signed this comprehensive agreement on human rights and international humanitarian law, which guarantees incapacitated combatants certain rights. Yet we have seen consistently that the Armed Force of the Philippines have violated this agreement as opposed to the NPA which has upheld it. So maybe you could talk about his, how the U.$. government is applying this hypocritically.
Hear the response from Joma Sison (350kb, .mp3 format)
What is the definition of "terrorism" and does Bush use a consistent definition?
So-called terrorist Joma Sison answers and discusses the "Patriot Act," the spread of fascism (390kb, .mp3)
We know the New People's Army is engaged in protracted People's War in the Philippines. Yet the Macapagal regime in the Philippines holds that up as proof that they are "terrorist." Similarly, the Communist Party of Nepal has been charged with "terrorism" when the government goes abroad to the united $tates or Britain asking for money as part of the "war on terrorism."
Perhaps you could talk about the principles of People's War.
Audio interview (.mp3) response from Joma Sison to the above question (600kb)
The reactionaries are casting a broad net and after September 11th we see thousands of people thrown in prison without access to lawyers, just on the suspicion they were Muslim or came from a country in the Middle East. In Afghanistan there are reports coming out now where they are just going into villages and somebody has a certain poster on their wall: they send in the troops, arrest them and who knows what else happens. George Bush claims that the United $tates must go to war with Iraq to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. What do you think of the claim about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and what is the best thing that can be done to eliminate weapons of mass destruction?
Hear U.$.-labelled communist "terrorist" Joma Sison on the war on Iraq (500 kb, .mp3)
We have a general question about the situation in the Philippines now with a focus on the U.$. role there. We know the Philippines is still semi-feudal and the majority of Filipinos live in the countryside and have to pay rent to a landlord. To what extent is the United $tates directly involved in feudal oppression? And to what extent is it just a matter of choosing a local reactionary class with whom they can ally? (MIM asks about landlord/peasant relations and
why the Philippines did not develop as much economically as the "frontline" provinces known as Taiwan and southern Korea.)
Hear expert Joma Sison on economic development and the classes in the Philippines (540 kb, .mp3)
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