31/03/2026
EMBODY THE MILITANT TRADITION OF THE FILIPINA WOMAN: OVERTHROW IMPERIALISM, FEUDALISM, AND BUREAUCRAT CAPITALISM!
ANAKBAYAN USC stands in firm solidarity with the women of the working class and the peasantry. We recognize that genuine women’s liberation is not a mere struggle for policy reform or cultural recognition, but a radical necessity that requires the total overthrow of the capitalist system. There can be no true emancipation for women as long as their labor, bodies, and resources are treated as commodities for the profit of a few. As the chronic crisis of the imperialist and feudal system worsens, the Filipino woman is bound to rise in greater numbers to challenge the structures that have long held her in chains.
In Cebu, we see the violent imposition of "redevelopment" in the Carbon Public Market, through a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) designed to privatize public space. This scheme displaces women vendors who have spent decades sustaining their families, trading their livelihood for the interests of big-business monopolies. This urban displacement mirrors the deep-seated oppression experienced by women in the countryside. In peasant communities like Aloguinsan, women continue to suffer under the weight of feudalism, where land-grabbing and militarization ensure that those who till the soil never own the fruit of their labor. Whether through the imposition of VAT on basic services or the denial of land reform, the state consistently prioritizes the interests of bureaucrat capitalists over the survival of the masses.
It is from these very conditions of exploitation: the displacement of the vendor and the landlessness of the peasant, that the militant woman is born. We offer our highest revolutionary salute to the women across the globe who tirelessly resist the triad of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism! We honor the brave Filipinas who have traded the comforts of home for the rigors of the armed struggle and the perils of the urban underground to achieve national liberation. The revolutionary spirit of Myrna Sularte, Co**ha Araneta, Hannah Cesista, and countless others who remain at the frontlines continues to fuel the resistance.
Furthermore, we stand in firm defiance alongside the people of Iran and Palestine against the genocidal and expansionist maneuvers of the US-Israel alliance. We condemn the Marcos administration for its subservience to these imperialist interests, acting as a puppet state that provides a platform for foreign aggression while ignoring the plight of the Filipino people. The Marcos regime directly endangers millions of our fellow citizens, including overseas Filipino workers caught in the crossfire of West Asia, by allowing the Philippines to be used as a strategic base for US war-mongering. Today’s intensifying conditions of poverty call on the national democratic movement and the women’s mass movement to consolidate their ranks. We must draw more women into the struggle, developing not only the bulk of the membership but also the next generation of commanders and leaders.
The revolution cannot triumph without the emancipation of women. We call on the youth and the masses to embody the "New Woman" envisioned by Lorena Barros—a woman whose identity is forged in the fire of the national democratic struggle. The liberation of women is inseparable from the liberation of the nation.
The struggle of women cannot be contained within the symbolic bounds of Women’s Month. The oppression endured by Filipino women is not confined to a single date or celebration, rather it is embedded in the daily violence of a system that thrives on exploitation and inequality. As long as imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat capitalism persist, the lives and labor of women will remain targets of plunder and control. Thus, women’s struggle must be equally enduring—unceasing, militant, and rooted among the masses.
Each day that women workers are underpaid, each day that peasant women remain dispossessed of land, each day that mothers, daughters, and sisters bear the burden of a crisis-ridden society, the call to resist grows louder. The militant legacy of Filipino women reminds us that liberation is not merely commemorated, but forged through collective struggle.
Beyond March and beyond mere recognition, the task before us is to deepen the movement, to organize among the oppressed, and to carry forward the fight until genuine national and women’s liberation is finally won.
Together with all the women and toiling masses, the women’s movement must stand as a pillar of the united front against US imperialism, the number one enemy of women in our country and across the world.
LONG LIVE THE FILIPINO PEOPLE’S STRUGGLE AGAINST IMPERIALISM, FEUDALISM, AND BUREUCRAT CAPITALISM!
LONG LIVE THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN’S LIBERATION!
OPPRESSED WOMEN OF THE WORLD, UNITE!
BABAE, ANG LUGAR MO AY SA PAKIKIBAKA!
ABANTE, BABAE! PALABAN, MILITANTE!
𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍 𝐔𝐒𝐂 calls on all youth ready to carry the fire and shape the struggle!
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