BOOKS BY PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON, 1961-2022

(Updated on November 16, 2022)

Since 1961, more than 50 books written by Jose Maria Sison have been published in English, Filipino and other languages. The books listed hereunder chronologically are mostly available from libraries of major Philippine, US and West European universities, Popular Bookstore in Manila and NDFP International Information Office in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Books under Part IV Selected Writings of Sison Nos. 11 to 14, from 2019 onwards. and under Part V Sison Reader Series, all numbers, from 2021 onwards are available from such e-publishing outlets as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Scribd, Kobo-Rakuten, Vivlio and Bol.com
Please google search these outlets and find out which ones have copies of the Sison book that you are interested in.

I. EARLIEST BOOKS WITH VARIOUS PUBLISHERS

1. Brothers and Other Poems. Manila: Filipino Signatures, 1961.
2. Struggle for National Democracy. First edition. Quezon City, Progressive Publications, 1967, 280 pages.
3. Patnubay para sa mga kadre at mga kasapi ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas. Ika-3 edisyon, Rebolusyonaryong Paaralan ng Kaisipang Mao Tsetung, 1973.
4. Guide for cadres and members of the Communist Party of the Philippines, (Somewhere in Luzon: Central Publishing House, 1969). Drafts of documents prepared for the Congress of Re-Establishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines on December 26, 1968 and for the organization of the New People’s Army on March 29, 1969. [out of print but included in Foundation for Resuming the Philippine Revolution, Selected Writings, 1968-1991, v1 )
5. Philippine Society and Revolution by Amado Guerrero [nom de guerre] Manila: Pulang Tala, 1971 and Hongkong: Ta Kung Pao, 1971. 296 pages. This book has been translated and published in German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Turkish and other languages.
6. Filipin Toplumu ve Devrimi (ʕeviren:Alkan Arslan, 2019) 232 pages ISBN 9789758674794
7. The First Quarter Storm of 1970 (a compilation of the statements of the Chairman of the CPP Central Committee together with articles and statements by other persons), Manila: Progressive Publications, 1971, 193 pages. Latest edition, 2020, Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies.
8. Lavaite Propaganda for Revisionism and Fascism: Report of the Executive Committee to the CPP Central Committee (Philippines, Central Publishing House, 1972). Draft prepared for and approved by the CPP Executive Committee.
9. Struggle for National Democracy, 2nd rev. ed., edited by the College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines. (Manila: Amado V. Hernandez Foundation, 1972).
10. Pomeroy: Portrait of a Revisionist Renegade (Philippines: Central Publishing House, 1973).
11. Philippine Society and Revolution; including “Specific Characteristics of our People’s War” (California, International Association of Filipino Patriots, 1979) 238 pages
12. Victory to Our People’s War: Anti-Revisionist Essays (Montreal & Quebec: Red Flag Publications, 1980). Reprints of articles from Ang Bayan. ISBN 2-921-45-002
13. Philippinische Gesellschaft und Revolution (Verlag Kommunistische Texte GmbH, 1983) 269 pages ISBN 3-87811–504-0
14. Prison and Beyond; Selected Poems, 1958-1983 (Quezon City: Free Jose Maria Sison Committee, 1984). A second edition has been published by Asphodel Press, 1986, 130 pages.
15. Philippine Crisis and Revolution: Lecture Series delivered at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines, April 15, 1986-6ay 30, 1986, (Quezon City: Lagda Publications, 1986) 132 pages.
16. Krisis at Rebolusyong Pilipino: Serye ng mga Lektyur na binigkas ni Jose Ma. Sison sa Asian Center, University of the Philippines, Abril 15 – Mayo 30, 1986, (Quezon City: Lagda P7blications, 1986) 132 pages. ISBN 971-92080-0-7
17. Most Crucial Documents of the Communist Party of the Philippines. (Tokyo: Renga Publications, 1987). In Japanese.
18. Das Project Befreiung; Widerstand auf den Philippinen (Pahl-Rugenstein,1988) 257 pages
    ISBN 3-7609-1205-2
19. Die Philippinische Revolution; Eine Innensicht (Essen,Verlag Neuer Weg, 1988) 257 pages ISBN3-88021-232-5
20. The Philippine Revolution: The Leader’s View (New York, Crane Russak, 1989) 270 pages. ISBN 08448-1581-0
21. Rebolusyong Pilipino; Tanaw mula sa Loob (Quezon City, Lagda Publications, 1994) 232 pages ISBN 971-8985-00-X
22. US Terrorism and War in the Philippines (Netherlands, Papieren Tijger, 2003) 133 pages ISBN 90-6728-161-1 & (Quezon City, Aklat ng Bayan, 2003) 133 pages ISBN 90-6728-161-1
23. Jose Maria Sison at Home in the World: Portrait of a Revolutionary, Co-authored with Ninotchka Rosca. Open Hand Publishing LLC, 2004. 272 pages. ISBN 0-940880-72-5

II. AKLAT NG BAYAN SERIES, 1991 – 2009

1. Philippine Economy and Politics. Co-authored with Julieta de Lima. Philippines: Aklat ng Bayan Inc.,1998, 175 pages. ISBN 971-92460-1-4
2. For Justice, Socialism and Peace, Volume 1: Selected Writings 1991-1994. (Philippines, Aklat ng Bayan, Inc., 2009) 293 pages. ISBN 978-971-92460-9-1
3. For Democracy and Socialism Against Imperialist Globalization, Volume 2: Selected Writings 1995-2001. (Philippines, Aklat ng Bayan, Inc., 2009) 214 pages ISBN 978-971-92460-6-0
4. Crisis of Imperialism and People’s Resistance, Volume 3: Selected Writings 2001-2006. (Philippines, Aklat ng Bayan, Inc., 2009) 270 pages. ISBN 978-971-92460-7-7
5. People’s Struggle Against Imperialist Plunder and Terror, Volume 4: Selected Writings 2006-2009, (Philippines, Aklat ng Bayan, Inc.,2009) 269 pages. ISBN 978-971-92460-8-4

III. SELECTED WRITINGS 1968 – 1991 SERIES

1. Foundation for Resuming the Philippine Revolution, Volume 1: Selected writings 1968-1972. (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies and Philippines, Aklat ng Bayan, Inc.. 2013) 435 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-920-1
2. Defeating Revisionism, Reformism & Opportunism, Volume 2: Selected Writings, 1969-1974 (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies and Aklat ng Bayan, Inc., 2013) 664 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-921-8
3. Building Strength through Struggle, Volume 3: Selected Writings, 1972-1977 (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies and Philippines, Aklat ng Bayan, Inc. 2013) 547 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-922-5
4. Detention and Defiance against Dictatorship, Volume 4 1977-1986 . (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies and Philippines, Aklat ng Bayan,, 2013) 664 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-923-2
5. Continuing the Struggle for National and Social Liberation, Volume 5: 1986-1991 . (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies and Philippines, Aklat ng Bayan, 2015) ISBN 978-1-62847-924-9

IV. SELECTED WRITINGS 2009 -2022 Published by the I.N.P.S. and more than other ten foreign publishers

1. Crisis Generates Resistance, Volume 1: People’s Struggle Against Oppression and Exploitation, 2009-2010. (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2015) 399 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-925-6
2. Building People’s Power, Volume 2: People’s Struggle Against Oppression and Exploitation, 2010-2011. (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2016) 482 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-925-3
3. Combat Neoliberal Globalization,Volume 3: People’s Struggle Against Oppression and Exploitation, 2012. (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2017) 396 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-927-0
4. Develop the People’s Power, Volume 4: People’s Struggle Against Oppression and Exploitation, 2013. (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2018) 388 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-928-7
5. Strengthen the People’s Struggle against Imperialism and Reaction, Volume 5: People’s Struggle Against Oppression and Exploitation, 2014-15 (Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2018) 618 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-929-4
6. The Guerrilla Is Like a Poet/ Ang Gerilya Ay Tulad ng Makata (Tirana & The Hague, Uitgeverij, 2013) 293 pages.ISDN 978-90-817091-8-7
7. Combat Tyranny and Fascism; Selected Writings, 2017 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2019) 461 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-931-7
8. Struggle against Terrorism and Tyranny, Volume 1 January-July 2019 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2019) 444 pages ISBN 978-1-62847-932-4
9. Struggle against Terrorism and Tyranny, Volume 2, August-December 2018 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2019) 350 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-933-1
10. First Quarter Storm of 1970, 2nd edition (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2020) 168 pages ISBN 978-1-62647-936-2
11. Reflections on Revolution and Prospects. Co-authored with Dr. Rainer Werning. (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2019) 340 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-9379-5 (Available as Ebook and Paperback)
12. Resist Neoliberalism, Fascism and Wars of Aggression; Selected Writings, 2019, (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2021) 538 pages. ISBN9798703594810 ( (Available as Ebook and Paperback)
13. Upsurge of People’s Resistance in the Philippines and the World; Selected Writings, 2020, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2021, 817 pages. ISBN 9798714753541 (Available as Ebook and Paperback)
14. Imperialism in Turmoil, Socialism in Prospect, January-December 2021, (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2021) 682 pages. (Available as Ebook and Paperback)

V. SISON READER SERIES, 2021 ONWARD (Most current and all available as Ebook and Paperback)

1. On Culture, Art and Literature, Sison Reader Series Book 1 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2021) 324 pages. ISBN 9798743126330
2. On the Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, Sison Reader Series Book 2 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2021) 476 pages. ISBN 9798509820182
3. Critique of Philippine Economy and Politics, Sison Reader Series Book 3 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2021), 779 pages. ISBN 9798533189149
4. On the People’s Democratic Revolution, Sison Reader Series Book 4, (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2021) 513 pages. ISBN
5. On the Communist Party of the Philippines 1968-1999, Sison Reader Series Book 5 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2022) 619 pages. ISBN 9794796891774
6. On the Communist Party of the Philippines, 2000-2022, Sison Reader Series Book 6, (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2022) 697 pages ISBN-13 : ‎ 979-8401689481
7. On People’s War, Sison Reader Series Book 7 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2022), 591 pages. ISBN-13: 979-8806751783
8. On the United Front, Sison Reader Series, Book 8 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2022) 618 pages : ‎ISBN-13: ‏ 979-8435213065
9. On the GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations, Sison Reader Series Book 9 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2022) 590 pagesISBN-13 979-8836596002
10. Socialism: Resistance and Resurgence, Sison Reader Series Book 10 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2022) 577 pages ISBN-13 979-8847964999
11. On the Marcos Fascist Dictatorship, Sison Reader Series Book 11 (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2022) 596 pages ISBN-13 979-8848949711

In addition to the above, 30 more book titles are projected to be published under the Sison Reader Series in the next two years.

VI. BOOKS OF POEMS (culled from above)

1. Brothers and Other Poems. (Manila: Filipino Signatures, 1961)
2. Prison and Beyond: Selected Poems, 1958-1983 (Quezon City: Free Jose Maria Sison Committee, 1984). A second edition has been published by Asphodel Press, 1986. 130 pages.
3. The Guerrilla Is Like a Poet /Ang Guerilya ay Tulad ng Makata (bilingual: English and Tagalog). Uitgeverij, 2013, 293 pages.

VII. BIOGRAPHIES OF JOSE MARIA SISON (culled from above)

1. The Philippine Revolution: The Leader’s View. Co-authored with Rainer Werning. New York, Crane Russak, 1989. 270 pages. ISBN 08448-1581-0
2. At Home in the World: Portrait of a Revolutionary. Co-authored with Ninotschka Rosca. (Greenboro, NC, Open Hand Publishing LLC, 2004). 260 pages. ISBN 0-940880-72-5
3. Reflections on Revolution and Prospects. Co-authored with Dr. Rainer Werning. (The Netherlands, International Network for Philippine Studies, 2019) 340 pages. ISBN 978-1-62847-9379-5
4. Ein Leben im Widestand; Gesprache uber Imperialismus, Sozialismus und Befreiung(Verlag Neuer Weg, 2019) 340 pages ISBN 978-3-88021-558-0

VIII. BOOKS PUBLISHED BY FOREIGN LANGUAGES PRESS, PARIS & EDITIONS SOLEIL ROUGE

1. Stand for Socialism Against Modern Revisionism, 2017, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 110 pages. ISBN: 9781544057750 Also available as audiobook: https://anchor.fm/…/Stand-For-Socialism-Against-Modern… German translation: Für Den Sozialismus Gegen den Modernen Revisionismus, 2022, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 112 pages. ISBN: 978-2-493844-32-3
2. Specific Characteristics of Our People’s War, 2017, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 80 pages. ISBN: 978-2-491182-19-9 Also available as audiobook: https://anchor.fm/…/Specific-Characteristics-of-Our… French translation: Notre Guerre Populaire et ses Particularités, 2021, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 96 pages. ISBN: 978-2-491182-91-5 Spanish translation: Características Específicas de Nuestra Guerra Popular, 2022, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 96 pages. ISBN: 978-2-491182-97-7
3. La Societe et la Revolution Philippines, 2019, Editions Soleil Rouge, 206 pages. ISBN: 978-2-491182-03-81.
4. Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism: A Primer, 2020, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 176 pages. ISBN: 978-2-491182-22-9 Also available as audiobook: https://anchor.fm/foreign-languages-press/episodes/Basic-Principles-Of-Marxism-Leninism-A-Primer—Jose-Maria-Sison-eporls Large-print edition for visually impaired comrades. ISBN: 978-2-491182-33-0 French translation: Introduction aux Principes de base du Marxisme-Léninisme, 2021, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 192 pages. ISBN: 978-2-491182-61-8 German translation: Grundprinzipien des Marxismus-Leninismus: Eine Einführung, 2022, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 208 pages. ISBN: 978-2-493844-14-9
5. Introduction aux Principes de Base Du Marxisme-Leninisme 2021, 192 pages.
6. Selected Readings from the Works of Jose Maria Sison, 2021, Foreign Languages Press, Paris, 480 pages. ISBN: 978-2-491182-54-0 Also available as audiobook: https://anchor.fm/…/Selected-Readings-From-The-Works-Of…

IX. SPANISH EDITIONS OF PHILIPPINE SOCIETY AND REVOLUTION

1. Translated in Latin America and published by INPS, 2021.
2. Translated in Spain and published by Templando El Acero, 2021, 274 pages.

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