Internal contradictions: support for communists wanes as party splits

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The Communist Party of the Philippines broke up into two factions in Jul 1993. Party Sec Filemon Lagman and the Manila-Rizal regional committee, who want to focus on defending the country's urban poor, now openly disagree with party founder Jose Maria Sison and his traditional Maoist preference for a drawn-out, peasant-based struggle. Moreover, many members believe that Sison, in exile in the Netherlands since 1986, must return home. Several trends, such as the declining strength of the communist New People's Army, suggest that the split is weakening the party.

Sison, Jose Maria

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Ghosts of the past; is the army chasing communists or shadows?

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The Indonesian military routinely labels as leftist or communist any person or group it sees as a threat to social and political stability, but most of the current threats come from right-wing Islamic extremists. Many experts doubt even those could be a threat because they are so splintered, but others acknowledge the rise of religious sentiment in the countryside and say it is poorly channeled, creating opportunities for organized unrest. One persistent military concern is the resurgence of Negara Islam Indonesia.

Analysis, Indonesia, Islam and politics, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism

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Unnatural allies: rebel officers, communists unite to seek peace

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The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the Reform of the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), an organization of anti-status quo military officers, have formed an unlikely alliance called Warriors for Peace. The new movement, initiated when CPP and RAM supporters were confined in the same police stockade after the failed anti-government coup of 1989, will seek to bolster Pres Fidel Ramos's new campaign to bring the country together.

Military personnel

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