José María Sison

José María Sison was a Filipino Marxist-Leninist revolutionary who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines and helped establish the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.

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Communist Party of the Philippines: A Philippine Marxist-Leninist party founded in 1968 to pursue revolution and national democracy. Sison founded the party and supplied its ideological direction.
New People's Army: The armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, established in 1969. Sison's party founded the guerrilla force to pursue protracted people's war.
University of the Philippines Diliman: A public research university in Quezon City and the flagship campus of the University of the Philippines System. Sison studied and organized politically at the university before founding the party.
Communist insurgency in the Philippines: An armed conflict between the Philippine government and communist insurgent groups that began in 1969. The insurgency grew from the party and armed movement Sison helped establish.
Bernabe Buscayno: A Filipino revolutionary who led the New People's Army during its early years. Buscayno led the armed organization associated with Sison's party.
National Democratic Front of the Philippines: A coalition of revolutionary organizations founded in 1973 to oppose the Philippine government. Sison helped build this united-front organization alongside the party and its armed wing.
Kabataang Makabayan: A Filipino national-democratic youth organization founded in 1964. Sison founded this organization as an early vehicle for youth activism.
Human rights abuses under Ferdinand Marcos: Violations including torture, detention, disappearances, and killings committed during Marcos's authoritarian rule. Repression against activists and insurgents formed part of the conflict confronting Sison's movement.
Amado Guerrero: The nom de guerre José María Sison used in his revolutionary writings. Sison published foundational party texts under this name.
Protracted people's war: A revolutionary strategy that builds rural armed struggle over time before seeking national power. The Communist Party under Sison adopted this strategy for revolution in the Philippines.