Commemorate the 115th Year of the Founding of the Katipunan, Continue the Unfinished Revolution of 1896!

Los Angeles -- On July 7, 1892, three dedicated patriot, Andres Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata and Ladislao Diwa founded the Katipunan, the secret society of patriots in a hosue in Azcaraga Street in Manila. The Katipunan was organized after the Spanish authorities clamped down on the La Liga Filipina, founded by Jose Rizal and only lasted for several days until it was outlawed in July 2, 1892.

By August 23, 1896, when the Spanish authorities discovered the organization, it has organized an undeground network of more than 30, 000 members all over the nation it was ready to launch the armed revolution against Spain.

Today, we are not farther from the same unjust and repressive conditions under Spain. The US-Arroyo regime on July 15, 2007 will implement a new martial rule system under a law named Human Security Act or the Anti-Terror Law abhorred by the people.

As we commemorate the 115th anniversary of the founding of Katipunan nearly forgotten by the regime and by many people, we who maintain the legacy of the revolutionary struggle and whose task is to fulfill and consummate the unfinished tasks of the 1896 revolution and take to heart the lessons of 1892:

That only through organized resistance and mass organizing and reliance on the masses can we achieve liberation and independence;

That only through mass struggle can the masses really achieve freedom and democracy and they cannot rely on revisionists and reformist masquerading as revolutionaries and politicians who flip-plopped on every twist and turns of events.

The Alliance –Philippines (AJLPP)-USA , as we honor the Katipunan and all our heroes who fought for our national freedom and our nation, rededicate ourselves to the unfinished tasks they left us. The slogan of the Katipunan then was “Onward, Brothers and Sisters, for Freedom!” Today our calls are:

FIGHT FASCISM, DEFEND OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS!

FULFILL THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION OF 1896!

AJLPP
National Secretariat

July 7, 2007