A New Party for the Filipino People

A New Party has risen from the loins of the Filipino Masses---the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM). Today, I was fortunate to meet a long-time friend. Seven years ago, we were the very first ones who shouted "Oust Gloria!" when everybody was still mesmerized by her. We came out with a Worker's paper (I think it was "Iskra" or something like that) which we distributed to various labor unions using our scant personal savings. We did'nt get anything from it. In fact, it even led to my financial distress. Yet, the very thought of being the first to have realized that we propped up a demonic entity in Malacanang in place of a mischievous womanizer was more than enough for me. I remember those times lucidly because it was the time when the embers of revolutionary spirit suddenly burst forth from my soul, consuming me and until now, guiding, shaping and molding me into Patricio Mangubat.

I am older now, a thirty eight year old man, pass the age where Andres Bonifacio offered his life for his country. Yet, I would die willingly for the Fatherland if need be. Unlike my batchmates who went to the Senate and became "distinguished" sellers of prime Philippine real estate, I am happy in what I have decided to thread. Those who already committed themselves slaves to the altar of the Filipino People know that their fate wrest in either an early death or the ignominy of old age. For it is a curse for a revolutionary to die an old man, a curse, says Emilio Aguinaldo, worst than a thousand defeats in the battlefield. For all my life, I long to see a New Morning rise from the ashes of the old regime. I still feel very strongly that this will happen in my lifetime. I will not rest until Justice is served to the Filipino People.

My friend looked older. Yet, I felt that same fire which shared with mine still very much alive in his soul. He told me of the new party. I remembered our talks before and how they struggled to form this party while I was away. Now, the very same vision which I just wrote in my diaries is now, here, alive and ready to fight.

Knowing that I have changed and feel stronger than before, I smiled. The fight for a True, Just and Humane Society shines brightly amidst a darkened and sinister sky.

I seek the liberation of the Filipino People from the chains of slavery.

I will fight for the restoration of Truth, Justice and Values that has been bastardized and made irrelevant by this ruling class of barong-clad thieves.

I, and a million more Patricios of the New Generation, salute this New Party of the Filipino People!

It is time for the Filipino People to rise from their unfortunate situation and fight for what is inherently theirs. The Partido Lakas Ng Masa aims to lead the Vanguard Class towards the penultimate liberation of the Masses from neo-capitalist slavery. Time to rise up and work towards the victory of the New Philippine Revolution!