Tours Philippines - Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World--Portrait of a Revolutionary
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Manufacturer: Open Hand Publishing, LLC
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.9046092
EAN: 9780940880726
ISBN: 0940880725
Label: Open Hand Publishing, LLC
Manufacturer: Open Hand Publishing, LLC
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2004-09
Publisher: Open Hand Publishing, LLC
Studio: Open Hand Publishing, LLC
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This political biography/autobiography offers a unique look into the political beliefs and motivations of Professor Sison, renowned revolutionary leader, writer, poet and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CCP). This collaboration between Sison and American Book Award winning novelist, Ninotchka Rosca, goes far to illuminate the political climate and history of the United States' role in Filipino politics. In the frank exchange between Sison and Rosca regarding the Filipino revolutionary movement, the issues of women's rights and empowerment within the CCP, as well as ethnicity, class, age and education, are also addressed. In light of the upcoming US presidential election and the controversy surrounding terrorism and the Bush Administration, Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World - Portrait of a Revolutionary is a book that can offer the "other side" of the story, chronicling the life of a Filipino revolutionary, his political party and his country, untouched and unfiltered by outside political propaganda.
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Summary: A one-of-a-kind personal portrayal of an emphatic and forceful personality
Comment: Internationally acclaimed Filipino journalist and novelist Ninotchka Rosca presents Jose Maria Sison: Portrait of a Revolutionary, a political biography of Filipino revolutionary Jose Maria Sison as told in Sison's own words, through question-and-answer format. Sison bore witness to, and suffered from, the extreme corruption of the Marcos regime; ineptitudes of the Aquino regime; and even the failings of the left-wing revolutionary movements that he supported in a desperate effort to bring about positive change for the exploited and impoverished Filipino population. Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World explores Sison's study of Marxism and other political precepts; the many ideological and personal smear attacks leveled against Sison as well as threats, and explains why labeling Sison a "terrorist" for his political views is slander. Furthermore, Sison offers his perspective on the Philippines' tumultuous history from the Marcos regime to the present day. Of special interest are Sison's predictions for the future, as well as his warnings for the United States' failings and complicity in exploiting Filipinos. "The crisis of overproduction in all types of goods - agricultural, mineral, basic industrial and high-tech products - and the ensuing bankruptcies and financial meltdowns cause terrible hardship and suffering for the working people in the US and other imperialist countries and so many in Asia, Africa and Latin America and will probably increase and intensify before a global war can break out among the imperialists or before the proletariat can seize power from the monopoly bourgeoisie in any imperialist country. Nowhere other than in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are there armed revolutionary movements led by the proletariat and actively fighting imperialism and seeking to seize political power in the process. No matter how few these armed revolutionary movements still are, they have the potential of increasing rapidly amidst the grave crisis of the world capitalist system." A one-of-a-kind personal portrayal of an emphatic and forceful personality dedicated to improving the overall human welfare of his home nation at any price.
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Summary: Jurassic Park or Tales from the Crypt
Comment: Reminiscences from the past, nothing has changed except glabalization and Mao's death, the year is still 1967, Joma is a conservative. It is an important book, recommended to all who wants to understand the situation in the Philippines and the other part. There will be no peace with GRP, Joma tells explicitly why. Questions arise what does Joma really mean with democracy, gender, stalinism and the future. The book is co-written with Ninotshka Rosca, acclaimed author and feminist. It is a document over a man who considers himself a statesman and a legend, the question is, does Joma fit in to the modern world, and is he really as important as he consider himself to be?
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