Last of 2 partsI WROTE last Monday that, borrowing from the French poet Baudelaire’s aphorism referring to the devil, the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) greatest trick is to convince the world that it doesn’t exist. Connecting Dante with Sison presented Aquino the possibility of expanding his base of armed support to a national scale. Corazon Aquino freed Sison and Dante from prison while all anti-CPP initiatives were stopped during the rule of her son, Benigno 3rd’s administration. Lumbera was captured in 1974 (and released that same year) together with other members of the party’s cultural and translation bureau. Do you still wonder now, dear reader, why the communist insurgency has persisted for the past 50 years?

Source: Manila Times November 10, 2020 16:18 UTC