Jose Maria Sison

Jose Maria Canlas Sison (February 8, 1939 – December 16, 2022), also known by his nickname Joma, was a Filipino writer and activist who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy — which would be known as national democracy. He applied the theory of Marxism–Leninism–Maoism to the history and current circumstances of the Philippines.

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• Sison, Jose Maria. "Sison Family". JoseMariaSison.org, 2018. Retrieved on 21 Dec 2022 from https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bugljFEpip0J:... (cached)
• Scalice, Joseph Paul. "Crisis of Revolutionary Leadership: Martial Law and the Communist Parties of the Philippines, 1959–1974". University of Southern California, 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2022 from https://escholarship.org/content/qt2mc0496x/qt2mc0496x_noSplash_944...