Jose Maria Sison
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Jose Maria Canlas Sison, also known as Joma, was a Filipino writer, poet, and activist who founded and led the Communist Party of the Philippines and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy—which w
Sison in 2020
Sison in 2017, meeting with Mick Kelly of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.
De Lima giving tribute in front of her late husband in Utrecht.
Tribute given to Sison, 2022.
Plaza Miranda bombing
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The Plaza Miranda bombing occurred during a political rally of the Liberal Party at Plaza Miranda, Quiapo district, Manila, the Philippines on August 21, 1971. It caused nine deaths and injured 95 oth
Jose Maria Sison
…poems from the Crown Prince of Thailand in Bangkok. In 1989, Sison was cited in journalist Gregg Jones' book Red Revolution as having coordinated the Plaza Miranda bombing in August 1971 based on interviews with members of the CPP and the NPA. Since 1987, Sison had based himself in the Netherlands for his European lecture…
A still from the documentary film Batas Militar, showing Liberal Party members onstage at the Plaza Miranda, moments before the bombing.
National Historical Commission of the Philippines' historical marker commemorating Plaza Miranda, unveiled on the 50th anniversary of the bombing.