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The New People's Army rebellion (often shortened to NPA rebellion, among other acronym-based names) is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA), which is the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
The NPA was immediately tasked with the role of implementing the CPP's program for a People's Democratic Revolution. In the Declaration of the New People's Army, Amado Guerrero outlined the following as its main tasks: [1] : 113–117. The New People's Army Must Engage in Party Rebuilding.
Nov 28, 2023 · Since 1969, the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, have fought successive Philippine governments. The rebellion, which opposes the Philippines’ close ties with the United States and wants left-wing parties to be part of the government, has left about 40,000 combatants and civilians dead.
Nov 28, 2023 · Since 1969, the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, have fought successive Philippine governments. The rebellion, which opposes the Philippines’...
The NPA soon began guerrilla warfare against the regime of President Ferdinand Marcos, assassinating government officials and ambushing army troops. It gradually increased its strength through the 1970s and ’80s, growing from about 350 armed members in 1971 to more than 20,000 by the late 1980s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 4, 2023 · May 4th 2023 | MANILA. L aST MONTH the guerrilla leaders of the New People’s Army ( NPA) ordered its units all over the Philippines to give a 21-gun salute to two fallen heroes.
2024. References. Timeline of the New People's Army rebellion. The following is the timeline of events of CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion, a conflict between the government of the Philippines, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People's Army (NPA) and the National Democratic Front (NDF).
