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#59: The Philippines and its Left: What the Global Left Needs to Know

#59: The Philippines and its Left: What the Global Left Needs to Know

Update: 2025-11-27
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The Philippines and its Left: What the Global Left Needs to Know
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The Philippines has one of the largest populations in the world, there are large diasporic Filipino communities in North America, and there's a sizeable left that's also present in the diaspora. This episode is an interview with a guest in the Philippines who's active in the anti-Stalinist radical left.
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If you're unfamiliar with the history of the Philippines, this timeline is useful:
Philippines profile - Timeline
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15581450
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To learn more:
Alex de Jong, After decades, an insurgency falters
https://tempestmag.org/2025/01/after-decades-an-insurgency-falters/
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Rasti Delizo, Priming the Philippines for a “globalized NATO”
https://tempestmag.org/2024/01/priming-the-philippines-for-a-globalized-nato/
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Hunting Specters: A Political History of the Purges in the Communist Party of the Philippines
https://libcom.org/article/hunting-specters-political-history-purges-communist-party-philippines
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Two Filipino anti-Stalinist socialist political organizations:
Partido Sosyalista
https://sosyalista.ph/
» About the RPM-M
https://www.grenzeloos.org/jl/?page_id=2
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#59: The Philippines and its Left: What the Global Left Needs to Know

#59: The Philippines and its Left: What the Global Left Needs to Know

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