TABLE OF CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE 

 REVIEW OF THE PHILIPPINE HISTORY

      I. THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PEOPLE

     II.THE PEOPLE UPON THE COMING OF THE  SPANISH COLONIALISTS

     III. SPANISH COLONIALISM AND FEUDALISM

     IV. THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION OF 1896

     V. THE  FILIPINO-AMERICAN WAR

     VI. THE COLONIAL RULE OF U.S. IMPERIALISM

    VII. THE PEOPLES STRUGGLE AGAINST JAPANESE IMPERIALISM

     VIII. THE PRESENT PUPPET REPUBLIC OF THE  PHILIPPINES

             A. The Roxas Puppet Regime, 1946-48

             B. The Quirino Puppet Regime, 1948-53

             C. The Magsaysay Puppet Regime, 1954-57

             D. The Garcia Puppet Regime, 1957-61

             E. The Macapagal Puppet Regime, 1962-65

             F. The Marcos Puppet Regime, 1966-

     IX. THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNIST  PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES


CHAPTER TWO 



BASIC PROBLEMS OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE


 I. A SEMICOLONIAL AND SEMIFEUDAL SOCIETY

 II. U.S. IMPERIALISM

       1. The Meaning of Imperialism

       2. Bogus Independence and the Unequal Treaties

       3. U.S. Monopoly Control of the Philippines

       4. The Scheme to prolong U.S. Domination

III. FEUDALISM

        1. The Meaning of Feudalism
     
        2. The Hacienda System

        3. Sham Land Reform
             
                  a. Resettlement and Landgrabbing

                  b. Land Retention Limits and Bogus Expropriation
       
         4. The Extent of Feudal and Semifeudal  Exploitation

                  a. The Magnitude of the Land Problem

                  b. Basic Forms of Exploitation in the Countryside

          5. The Political Power of the Landlord Class


 IV.BUREAUCRAT CAPITALISM

 The Meaning of Bureaucrat Capitalism Source of Graft and Corruption Fascism Reformist and Modern Revisionism



 CHAPTER THREE


 THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION

 BASIC CHARACTER OF THE PHILIPPINE  REVOLUTION

 CLASSES IN PHILIPPINE SOCIETY

      1. The Landlord Class

      2. The Bourgeoisie

          The Comprador Big Bourgeoisie

          The Middle Bourgeoisie

          The Petty Bourgeoisie

      3. The Peasantry

             a. The Rich Peasants

             b. The Middle Peasants

             c. The Poor Peasants
     
       4. The Proletariat The Semiproletariat

           The Lumpen Proletariat

       5. Special Social Groups



CLASS BASIS OF STRATEGY AND TACTICS


       1. Class Leadership and the Party

       2. The Main Force and the Armed Struggle

       3. The Basic Alliance and the National United Front


BASIC TASKS OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION


 1. In the Political Field

 2. In the Economic Field

 3. In the Military Field

 4. In the Cultural Field

 5. In the Field of Foreign Relations


 PERSPECTIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION TABLES