Obsolescence of Maoism
The obsolescence of maoism ✏️ Glenn Junsay Pansensoy · 📁 Philosophy · ⏱️ 4 min read The Obsolescence of Maoism - Critique The Obsolescence of Maoism: A Marxist Critique of the CPP-NPA-NDF amid Chinese Imperialist Ascendancy Marxism insists on ideology rooted in the concrete analysis of concrete conditions. However, the Maoist "protracted people's war" presumes a semi-feudal society where peasants encircle cities—a strategy the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People's Army (NPA), and National Democratic Front (NDF) have clung to since 1968. After nearly six decades, this peasant-centric dogma has failed to spark a national insurrection, revealing its disconnect from the Philippines' actual political economy. This mismatch arises from importing tactics from 1930s warlord China into a 21st-century archipelago reshaped by peripheral capitalism. While CPP ideologues mi...