Communist Party of the Philippines

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The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP; Filipino: Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas) is a Marxist–Leninist–Maoist revolutionary organization and communist party in the Philippines, formed by Jose Maria Sison on 26 December 1968 following a split in the original Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas. The CPP has been fighting a protracted people's war against the state since its establishment. Its goal is to carry out a national democratic revolution and establish a people's democracy guided by a communist vanguard party. The CPP's application of Marxism-Leninism to the particularities of the Philippines is captured in its ideology of National Democracy. Although its ranks initially numbered around 500, the party grew quickly, supposedly due to the declaration and imposition of martial law by former president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos. By the end of Marcos' 21-year rule of the country, the number of combatants had expanded to include more than 10,000 fighters. Other sources place the peak...

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