Philippines: NPA-Southern Tagalog – Support the Indian revolution!
We hereby share a solidarity statement with the People’s War in India, that we received.
The Melito Glor Command-NPA ST joins in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), the Red Army of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). We salute the valiant Red commanders and fighters of the PLGA who continue to strive in their revolution to overthrow the US-Modi regime and pave the path toward a bright socialist future for India.
On this occasion, the proletarian movement gives its highest tribute to recently martyred Comrade Madvi Hidma, a member of the Central Committee of the CPI (Maoist) and PLGA commander. He was captured and summarily executed by the fascist Modi regime on November 18. Comrade Madvi was known for having led many of PLGA’s successful tactical offensives.
Rather than despair, the PLGA has demonstrated its loyalty to advancing the revolutionary aspirations of India’s people to achieve complete liberation from the clutches of imperialism. The PLGA’s courage and bravery in advancing armed struggle in a vast country like India, where the reactionary Modi government holds vastly superior forces and resources, is laudable.
They have thwarted the attacks of Operation Kagaar since January 2024. This is similar to the war launched by the US-Marcos II regime in the Philippines, which is desperately trying to “drain the water to catch the fish.”
Like the movement in the Philippines, the CPI-Maoist and PLGA have suffered great and deep losses in the past year up to November, but the wellspring of the PLGA’s Red commanders and fighters has not been drained—they remain standing by India’s oppressed and exploited masses. By identifying and rectifying errors in the past 22 months, the PLGA advances under the absolute leadership of the Party. They are launching a review and analysis of the objective situation to prevent further losses and weakening.
The life and struggle of our fellow people’s warriors in India inspire the Red fighters of the MGC. Alongside them, our Red fighters strive with all their strength, wisdom, and heart to overcome weaknesses and errors. Like the rectification movement launched in our country, the Red cadres, commanders, and fighters of the revolutionary movement in India are faithful to the pledge to revitalize the Party, consolidate the PLGA, and the mass organizations.
Amid the intensity of facing the attacks of imperialism and reactionary governments, the most correct method is to thoroughly review the basic principles of warfare, guided by Marxism-Leninism-Maoism and its application to concrete conditions. The task of the PLGA and NPA to mount tactical offensives must be positioned to give justice to the state’s bloody abuses and violations of rights. They must advance the people’s war from the strategic defensive stage toward stalemate, until victory.
Various forms of struggle against imperialism and reaction are advancing worldwide amid the conflicts between imperialist powers driven by the unstoppable crisis of the global capitalist system.
In the end, the correctness of taking the path of armed struggle shines even brighter, in order for colonial and semi-colonial countries to establish a genuine democratic government that will serve the interests of the world’s peoples, and establish socialism.
