Awakening

Source: Captured enemy-documents

Victor, having realized a lot of contradictions in CPP’s doctrine and practices, started contemplating on many things – mostly of existential consequences. He was torn emotionally, as
well as intellectually.

Imagine being a father of growing family and being supposedly the breadwinner of your immediate and extended family. Imagine having to live on less than PHP 10,000 a month and then having to deal with the hospitalization of your children. Where will you get the money? What are you willing to do to get what your family needs?

These questions regularly haunted Victor in the latter half of his involvement with the CPP-NPA-NDF. His patience, perseverance, and capacity to endure sacrifices were all tested. His greatest challenge – as ironic to the ideals of the revolution as it sounds – was money: providing sustenance for his family.

“We didn’t have any other sources of income aside from the support provided by the Party. It’s not enough whenever you face a crisis, and it definitely affected my work,” Victor said. 

--THE WARS WITHIN (2020 / Copy&Share)