Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataang Pilipino
Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino ('Free Union of Filipino Youth', abbreviated MPKP) was a youth organization in the Philippines. It was the youth wing of the pro-Soviet Communist Party of the Philippines (PKP). MPKP was founded on November 30, 1967, as the PKP broke its links with the Kabataang Makabayan (Patriotic Youth).[1][2] Whilst the KM developed a Maoist orientation under the leadership of Jose Maria Sison, the MPKP argued that protracted revolutionary war was not feasible considering the geography of the Philippines (a scattered archipelago, not bordering any socialist state).[3] Some six hundred delegates took part in the founding congress of MPKP, held in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija.[2] The leading group of MPKP had belonged to the KM in Central Luzon.[2]
MPKP participated in the Movement for a Democratic Philippines (MDP), a coalition of student movements born out of the protests against the 1969 elections.[4][5] As of 1972 the estimated MPKP membership stood at around 10,000.[6]
References
- ^ Benigno S. Aquino; Simeon G. Del Rosario (1977). Surfacing the Underground, Part II: The Involvements of Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. with 29 Perpetuated Testimonies Appended. Manlapaz Pub. p. 67.
- ^ a b c Samantha Christiansen; Zachary A. Scarlett (2013). The Third World in the Global 1960s. Berghahn Books. p. 203. ISBN 978-0-85745-573-4.
- ^ Philippines Free Press. Vol. 64 (14 ed.). Free Press. April 1971. p. 7.
- ^ Earl Browder; Herbert Aptheker; Gus Hall (1972). Political Affairs. Vol. 51. New Century Publishers. p. 31.
- ^ Solidarity. Vol. 7. Solidaridad Publishing House. 1972. p. 61.
- ^ United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations; James G. Lowenstein; Richard M. Moose (1973). Korea and the Philippines: November 1972: A Staff Report. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 30.