Philippines: LAB Statement on the Rotten Bureaucrat Capitalist System
A Statement from the Liga ng Agham para sa Bayan (League of Scientists of the People – LAB), part of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have been posted on Philippine Revolution Web Central (PRWC), where they speak about the current political situation in the Philippines, the deepening crisis within the bureaucrat capitalist system, and how the only way forward is through national democratic revolution with a socialist perspective.
They write that the “growing calls of broad segments of Philippine society to oust Marcos and the similarly-corrupt Sara Duterte reflects the long-standing clamor for fundamental changes in Philippine society.” They go on to write on their particular role in the current situation: “we must all grasp the situation firmly and with conviction to forward the national democratic aspirations of the Filipino people. The situation presents us with the opportunity to agitate, organize, and mobilize ever-increasing numbers of scientists, engineers, professionals, and students against bureaucrat capitalism, feudalism, and imperialism.”
LAB writes that the people are prepared to reject the reactionary election process and to establish a national transition council in the wake of a successful ouster. They go on: “Should this opportunity present itself, this council will become a new battleground to forward critical reforms in line with genuine agrarian reform, national industrialization, and other national democratic demands.”
LAB concludes their statement with a call for the people: “As the mass movement against corruption grows with each passing day, we must continue to forward the only real alternative to the rotten state of affairs of our country under imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism—national democratic revolution with a socialist perspective.”
You can read the whole statement here:
