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Strategy and Tactics

by Dionaea Spouse

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This past Saturday, December 16, was the one-year anniversary of the day that Jose Maria Sison (Joma) died. Joma was so many things - a revolutionary, a philosopher, a political leader, a poet, a teacher, and more.

For decades, he was a leading figure in the National Democratic movement in the Philippines, a 55-year-long revolution for national independence and economic development. His writings about the Philippines, including the ubiquitous Philippine Society and Revolution, have been read by millions of people across the world and will continue to teach activists for many years to come.

Last year around this time, I wrote Strategy and Tactics (which was originally released on Nine Rifles) as a tribute to him. Despite many years of hardship including almost 10 years as a political prisoner, and even though he was forced to spend the last decades of his life in exile in the Netherlands, Joma kept the struggle of his people in mind every single day of his life. We still have so much we can learn from him.

You can read some of his most important works here: relinker.app/l/faH9RFX8

Ka Joma lives!

lyrics

(In G major, no capo)

G G C C
Em D7 G G
x2

I've come to know the seasons here
G G C C
The wilting of tulips by May
Em D7 G G
Six thousand miles from Ilocos
G G C C
My people in mind every day
Em D7 G G

Even if I never see home again
Am D G G
My fury burns hot as the sun
Em D7 G G
And will live on for decades beyond me
Am D G Em
Until our victory is won
Em D7 G G

G G C C
Em D7 G G
x2

There's rain again in Holland
G G C C
But I've grown keen to the sound
Em D7 G G
Of still glowing embers among the wet brush
G G C C
And written where they can be found
Em D7 G G

Even if I never see home again
Am D G G
My words light the way like the sun
Em D7 G G
And will live on for decades beyond me
Am D G Em
Until our victory is won
Em D7 G G

G G C C
Em D7 G G
x2

Advancing strategy all of my life
G G C C
Just a tactical shift while I'm gone
Em D7 G G
Like ten peasant soldiers hiding at night
G G C C
Before attacking at dawn
Em D7 G G

Even if I never see home again
Am D G G
Our struggle is eternal as the sun
Em D7 G G
And will live on for decades beyond me
Am D G Em
Until our victory is won
Em D7 G G
And will live on for decades beyond me
Am D G Em
Until our victory is won
Em D7 G G

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released December 19, 2023
Song written, performed, recorded, and produced by Ryan.
Cover art by Andy (Centre for Philippine Concerns) and @ateagit.

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Indie folk and bluegrass with a socialist perspective.

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