Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas
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Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930
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| Chairman | Pedro P. Baguisa |
| Secretary-General | Antonio E. Paris |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism-Leninism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation |
International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties International Communist Seminar Comintern (Formerly) |
| Colors | Red |
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| http://www.pkp1930.org/ | |
The original Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (Filipino for 'Communist Party of the Philippines Since 1930.') was established on November 7, 1930, and it is now often called PKP-1930 to separate it from its far more known splinter group, the Communist Party of the Philippines.
The party was established on November 7, 1930 (the Gregorian anniversary of the October Revolution). The founders of PKP came out of the Partido Obrero, a left-wing worker-centred faction of the Nacionalista Party, followed by the Progressive Workers Party, which had been established in the 1920s. The PKP was initially headed by Crisanto Evangelista.
On October 26, 1932 the PKP was banned by the Supreme Court, in which five of the nine sitting judges were American. This caused the PKP to go underground. In late 1932, a legal Marxist party, the Socialist Party, was created under the leadership of Pedro Abad Santos. In 1935, PKP was accepted into the Comintern. In 1937 the PKP was legalized again, under the Commonwealth in response to the growing threat of fascism in Germany and militarist Japan. And in 1938 the Socialist Party was merged into the PKP. The PKP participated in a Popular Front for municipal elections in 1940, which did well on the island of Luzon, where six communist mayors were elected.
During World War II the PKP helped organize the fight against the Japanese invasion. Under PKP leadership, the Hukbalahap (People's Army against Japan) was created in 1942 under the leadership of Luis Taruc and Vicente Lava. The Hukbalahap carried on a struggle against the Japanese occupation for the next three years. After the end of Japanese occupation, the PKP found itself in a considerably strengthened position in the working class and peasant movements. The Congress of Labor Organizations was created in July 1945 under PKP management. In 1946 PKP participated in the presidential elections within the Democratic Alliance.
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