Revolutionary Workers' Party (Philippines)

The Revolutionary Workers' Party of the Philippines (RPM-P; Tagalog: Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawà ng Pilipinas) is a communist party that split from the Communist Party of the Philippines during the Second Great Rectification Movement.

History

The party was formed in 1995 following a split from the Communist Party due to its ideological differences like rejection of Maoism and preferring the act of insurrection over the Maoist Protracted People's War.

The Party, as well as the armed group Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade, is known to be a "Rejectionist" Faction of the CPP-NPA due to its ideological differences with the latter, especially during the expulsion of 10,000 members from 1992 to 1993, the expulsion of former CPP member Rómulo Tabara, as well as the ex-secretary of the CPP's Metro Manila-Rizal Committee Filemón "Popoy" Lagmán. These events during the "Second Great Rectification Movement" led by the CPP forced the faction to form the party in 1995. Followed by some ideological summits with the MR, CMR, Negros, Panay at Samar on October 1995, virtually rejecting the Protracted People's war.

Today, the Party continues to fight in the Parliamentary struggle; they however remain unrecognised by both the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines.

Splinter group

Its Mindanao branch broke off in 2001 after disagreements with the national leadership during the peace talks with the national government. The Revolutionary Workers' Party-Mindanao (RPM-M) is since 2003 the Philippines section of the Fourth International.^[1]

References

1. "About the RPM-M", website of the Revolutionary Workers' Party-Mindanao.