New People's Army

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The New People's Army is a Maoist guerrilla organization in the Philippines engaged in a long-running communist insurgency against the Philippine government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maoist organization
communist insurgent group
guerrilla organization
armedConflictType low-intensity conflict
armedWing New People's Army self-link
armedWingOf Communist Party of the Philippines
classificationByPhilippineGovernment terrorist organization
conflict Communist insurgency in the Philippines
Communist insurgency in the Philippines
surface form: Philippine Civil War
country Philippines
designatedAsTerroristBy Canada
European Union
Philippine government
surface form: Government of the Philippines

United States of America
surface form: United States
financingMethod extortion
revolutionary taxes
foundedBy Bernabe Buscayno
Jose Maria Sison
goal establishment of a people’s democratic state
overthrow of the Philippine government
hasReligion officially atheist
headquartersLocation Philippines
ideology Maoism
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
communism
language Cebuano language
surface form: Cebuano

Filipino
various Philippine languages
militaryStrategy protracted people’s war
motto Serve the People
notableLeader Benito Tiamzon
Jorge Madlos
Luis Jalandoni
Wilma Tiamzon
operatesIn Luzon
Mindanao
Visayas
opposes Armed Forces of the Philippines
Philippine government
surface form: Government of the Philippines

Philippine National Police
partOf Communist Party of the Philippines
politicalWing Communist Party of the Philippines
startTime 1969-03-29
status active
usesTactics ambushes
extortion
guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks
sabotage
youthWing Kabataang Makabayan

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Jose Maria Sison founded New People's Army
this entity surface form: New People’s Army (NPA)
New People's Army armedWing New People's Army self-link
National Democratic Front of the Philippines hasArmedComponent New People's Army
this entity surface form: New People's Army (through alliance)
CPP armedWing New People's Army
subject surface form: Communist Party of the Philippines
Benito Tiamzon associatedOrganization New People's Army
this entity surface form: New People’s Army
Wilma Tiamzon affiliatedOrganization New People's Army
this entity surface form: New People’s Army
Kabataang Makabayan associatedWith New People's Army
this entity surface form: New People’s Army
Ang Bayan subject New People's Army