A People's Calendar
A People's Calendar (aPC) is an open-source project that seeks to promote the worldwide history of working class movements and liberation struggles in the form of a searchable "On This Day" style calendar.
Event of the Day
![Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Pary of the Philippines, from the documentary "Semifeudalism in the Philippines" [Wikimedia Commons]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/joseMariaSison.jpg)
Jose Maria Sison (1939 - 2022)Feb 8th, 1939
Jose Maria Sison, born on this day in 1939, was a revolutionary Filipino writer who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People's Army (NPA), which fought for decades against the Marcos dictatorship.
Image: Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Pary of the Philippines, from the documentary "Semifeudalism in the Philippines" [Wikimedia Commons]