Philippines: Marxist Insurgency
(see also Philippines & Philippines: Marcos Era)
CIA World Factbook. Includes map.
UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators.
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Philippine Revolution Web Central.
Aguilar, Delia D. "Engendering the Philippine Revolution: an interview with VicVic," Monthly Review 45,4 (9/93):25-37.
Bello, Walden. "Counter-insurgency’s proving ground: Low-intensity warfare in the Philippines," in Klare & Kornbluh (eds.) Low Intensity Warfare (NY, 1988), pp. 136-57.
Borja, Q.M. "The situation in the Philippines: an interview with José María Sisón," Monthly Review 39,1 (5/87):14-22.
Editors. "Philippine workers strike for press freedom in Britain," Monthly Review 42,10 (3/91):56-7.
Grossman, Zolton. "Inside the Philippine resistance," Race & Class 28 (aut 1986):1-30.
Kerkvliet, Benedict J.. "Claiming the land: take-overs by villagers in the Philippines with comparisons to Indonesia, Peru, Portugal & Russia," Journal of Peasant Studies 20,3 (apr 1993):459-93.
Sisón, José María. "Revolutionary prospects in the Philippines," Monthly Review 40,7 (12/88):1-9.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Abinales, Patricio (ed.) The Revolution Falters: The Left in Philippine Politics after 1986 (Ithaca, 1996).
Bain, David H. Sitting in Darkness. Americans in the Philippines (NY, 1984).
Bello, Walden & Severina Rivera. The Logistics of Repression & Other Essays. The Role of U.S. Assistance in Consolidating the Martial Law Regime in the Philippines (Washington, 1977).
Berlow, Alan. Dead Season. A Story of Murder & Revenge on the Philippine Island of Negros (NY, 1996).
Bresnan, John. Crisis in the Philippines. The Marcos Era & Beyond (Princeton, 1986).
Chapman, William. Inside the Philippine Revolution. The New People’s Army & its Struggle for Power (NY, 1987).
Collins, Joseph. The Philippines: Fire on the Rim (San Francisco, 1989).
Constantino, Renato. Roots of Subservience (n.p., 1969?).
__________. Neocolonial Identity & Counter-Consciousness. Essays on Cultural Decolonization (White Plains NY, 1978).
__________. A History of the Philippines (NY, 1975).
de la Torre, Edicio. Touching Ground, Taking Root: Theological & Political Reflections on the Philippines Struggle (London, 1986).
Friesen, Dorothy. Critical Choices. A Journey with the Filipino People (Grand Rapids, 1988).
Garcia, Ed. The Filipino Quest: A Just & Lasting Peace (Quezon City, 1988).
Gaspar, Karl. How Long? Prison Reflections from the Philippines (Maryknoll NY, 1984).
Goodno, James B. The Philippines. Land of Broken Promises (London, 1991).
Hedman, Eva-Lotta E. & John Sidel. Philippine Politics & Society in the 20th C.: Colonial Legacies, Post-Colonial Trajectories (NY: Routledge, 2001).
Jones, Gregg R. Red Revolution. Inside the Philippine Guerrilla Movement (Boulder, 1989).
Kerkvliet, Benedict J. The Huk Rebellion: A Study of Peasant Revolt in the Philippines (Berkeley, 1977).
__________. Everyday Politics in the Philippines. Class & Status Relations
in a Central Luzon Village (Berkeley, 1990).
Kessler, Richard J. Rebellion & Repression in the Philippines (New
Haven, 1989).
Lane, Max R. The Urban Mass Movement in the Philippines (Canberra, 1990).
Lansdale, Edward G. In the Midst of Wars: An American's Mission to Southeast Asia (NY, 1991).
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. Vigilantes in the Philippines: A Threat to Democratic Rule (NY, 1988).
__________. Out of Control. Militia Abuses in the Philippines (NY, 1990).
McCoy, Alfred W. Priests on Trial (Ringwood, Victoria, 1984).
O’Brien, Niall. Revolution from the Heart (NY, 1987).
__________. Island of Tears, Island of Hope: Living the Gospel in a Revolutionary Situation (Maryknoll, 1993).
Pimentel, Benjamin. Rebolusyon! A Generation of Struggle in the Philippines (NY: Monthly Review, 1992).
Putzel, James. A Captive Land: The Politics of Agrarian Reform in the Philippines (NY: Monthly Review, 199?).
San Juan, E. Crisis in the Philippines. The Making of a Revolution (South Hadley MA, 1986).
Schirmer, Daniel B. & Stephen R. Shalom (eds.) The Philippines Reader. A History of Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Dictatorship, & Resistance (Boston, 1987).
Scott, James & B. Kerkvliet (eds.) Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance in Southeast Asia (London, 1986).
Sison, Jose Maria. The Philippine Revolution: The Leader’s View (NY, 1989).
Walton, John. Reluctant Rebels. Comparative Studies of Revolution & Underdevelopment (NY, 1984).
West, Lois. Militant Labor in the Philippines (Philadelphia: Temple, 1997).
In the Library: Fiction
Cruz, Neni Sta. Romana. Tales from EDSA (ed. Lorna Kalaw-Tirol; Pasig City: Anvil, 2000).
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Photography