Jose Maria Canlas Sison (born February 8, 1939), 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 on Philippine history and current circumstances.
Born of a landed family in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, Philippines, on February 8, 1939. He finished with honors the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in the University of the Philippines in 1959 and took masteral studies in comparative literature in 1959-61. He taught English grammar and literature in the University of the Philippines in 1959-61. He became press relations officer of the Araneta University in 1962-63 and professorial lecturer in political science in the Lyceum of the Philippines, 1964-67. He became an associate professor in political science in the Center of Asian Studies of the University of the Philippines in 1986-87. He was research consultant on development and socialization in the University of Utrecht, 1987-89.
Fearless of the Cold War and the Anti-Subversion Law of 1957 which penalized with death political dissent and revolutionary activity, Prof. Sison initiated Marxist study circles and the formation of mass organizations of youth, workers and peasants in order to revive the national democratic movement against US imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat capitalism in the Philippines in the 1960s. He started as a student political activist in the University of the Philippines, where he formed study circles in Marxism and the Philippine revolution from 1958 onwards. He was the founding chairman of the Student Cultural Association of the University of the Philippines, 1959-62. He used this as a base for forming similar organizations in other universities and promoting student mass protests.
He joined the old merger party of the Communist and Socialist parties and became a member of its Central Executive Committee, 1962-67. He edited the Progressive Review, a Marxist journal of ideas and opinions on Philippine society, economy, politics, culture and foreign policy, from 1963 to 1968. He was in charge of research and education in the legal Workers’ Party (Lapiang Manggagawa) and carried out study courses among the leaders and activists of the trade union, peasant and youth movements from 1962 onwards. He was founding chairman of Kabataang Makabayan (Patriotic Youth) in 1964. He became general secretary and then vice chairman of Socialist Party of the Philippines (formerly Worker’s Party) in 1965. He promoted the national united front and became general secretary of the anti-imperialist united front, Movement for the Advancement of Nationalism in 1966-68.
Prof. Sison led the First Great Rectification Movement among the Filipino communists from 1966 to 1968 in order to criticize, repudiate and rectify the major ideological, political and organizational errors and weaknesses of the leadership of the old communist party from 1930 onwards and thereby lay the basis for the reestablishment of the communist party under the guidance of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought. He advocated the general line of new democratic revolution under working class leadership through protracted people’s war and with socialist perspective. He became the founding Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines, which was reestablished on December 26, 1968.
He was chairman of the CPP Military Commission that founded the New People’s Army on March 29, 1969. In representation of the CPP, he co-founded the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on April 24, 1973 as an undergound united front organization against the Marcos fascist dictatorship. He was responsible for the mobile office of the central leadership and marched with the revolutionary cadres, Red fighters and masses in various regions of the Philippines. He shared the fighting tasks, the difficulties, the risks and the victories of the armed revolution during its foundational period. He was captured by the Marcos fascist dictatorship on November 10, 1977, subjected to various forms of torture (including punching, water cure, in shackles and fetters for more nearly two years and solitary confinement for than five years) and detained until the fall of Marcos in February 1986.
Philippine authorities were angered by the lectures of Prof. Sison, canceled his passport and subjected him to false charge of subversion and threats of arbitrary arrest and torture. He applied for political asylum in The Netherlands in 1988. As a result of lobbying by the US and Philippine governments, he has been blacklisted as a Terrorist by the Dutch government and then by the Council of European Union since 2002. He was released on September 13, 2007 due to lack of evidence and due to worldwide public outrage over the false charge. . The US, Philippine and Dutch governments continue to oppress him with threats of prosecution and imprisonment with the use of false charges in a brazen bid to pressure the NDFP to capitulate to the Philippine government.
On December 16 2022, the Communist Party of the Philippines, alongside its news organ Ang Bayan, announced the death of Sison after having been confined in a hospital in Utrecht, Netherlands, for two weeks. NDFP executive Luis Jalandoni disclosed that Sison died due to heart failure, after almost three weeks of hospital treatment, although he did not provide more details about Sison's death.
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Hey, that sounds really tough. However, I would say that you are more self-aware than any reactionary I've heard from, and that is way better than being a totally unaware one. Also, I think that maybe you aren't as fundamentally bad or broken as you think you are.
I had a similar realization about myself recently, that my C-ptsd and emotional responses to authority make it really hard for me to be in a leadership role of a union or union drive. I wouldn't betray anybody, but it would be hard on me emotionally and burnout would set in quickly.
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So regular PTSD from one or a few Big Traumatic Events tends to result in very vivid, all-consuming flashbacks, among other symptoms. I don't know a lot about regular PTSD.
In contrast, Complex-PTSD comes from a large number of smaller traumas (some can be big too). And for me, it causes what Dr. Pete Walker calls "emotional flashbacks." These are periods of time that can last anywhere from an hour to months long where you feel emotionally like you did when you were experiencing trauma, but unlike normal PTSD, there is no visual or audio component. This makes them especially difficult to recognize or identify while you're in one. So, you may feel helpless, angry, self-hating, walking on eggshells, scared, hyper-vigilant, or compliant/anxious with authority figures AS IF you are still the scared child or person who could not protect yourself or escape.
The four main categories of trauma response are Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn, and you can have a mix of more than one. For me, it looks like staying in bed with no motivation to leave, having very muted/dulled emotions. Also, I have an overactive inner critic that loves to yell at me internally about
and also echoes criticisms my abuser used to say. And to avoid facing problems, I distract myself any way possible, with music, games, streaming video, podcasts, etc.
Pete Walker's website has a lot of free articles and pdfs on this topic. Look at the sidebar on the top left of the page and you can learn more about what I've mentioned. He also has a book called "Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving" that has helped me a lot, and it is basically a more detailed version of his website. He also wrote a book called "The Dao of Fully Feeling" which I have not read. You can find these books on www.annas-archive.org to download for free.
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for me my therapists (i changed cuz different needs) just started using the term after i mentioned stuff that happened to me that i would always remember and couldn't get out of my head. i thought a ton of stuff was normal or obvious and uhh yeah turns out getting drowned 'for fun' at 8 and remembering the sensation of being close to death isn't a thing everyone who swims does, who knew. and at 15 getting pantsed and having your 'friends' laugh at your sex organ is also not something that appears to happen to too many people.
i still can't accept it, it's just so alien, obviously now after being informed i understand that others haven't had the exact same or similar experience, and even though i'm more aware of stuff my behaviour and actions aren't keeping up. apparently that's normal too, and it's supposed to be confusing, i just don't know why :/
it's so lame
to give a material analysis; your actions and behaviours (i.e. the internal and external observations of yourself in your interactions; empirical evidence) must be accepted as reasonable in a given context or environment, one in the past which has a causal link to your current behaviour and mode of interaction. they are referred to as maladaptive in cognitive behavioral psychology, the term is used for addictions as well, no need to sweat the details. Relevant paper & definition below, note the bolded bit, don't sweat the specificity of the paper, or the disorder, or the treatment paradigm or the specific scientific underpinnings, the ontology shines through anyways. Oh and different schools of psychological thought use different terms to describe more or less the same thing (differences only really matter to researchers or practitioners).
The role of maladaptive beliefs in cognitive-behavioral therapy: Evidence from social anxiety disorder
After the validity can be established, i.e. that they make complete sense given your circumstances, they can be more easily worked on and adjusted for your current material environment, which from your statements seems like you would rather have a different way of interacting. Hardest part is accepting & validating, therapy helps; community is better; friends & family work too.
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oh, well if there was anything you thought was interesting i'm so glad i could have shared that with you! it's tough comrade, real tough. and the people who can and would help may not be close-by or even know they could do something :/
always here to answer anything you desire, dms or comments or w/e
chinese new year is tomorrow, i'll prob forget, so i'll wish you a happy chinese new year now!