Crisanto evangelista

Crisanto Abaño Evangelista (November 1, 1888 – June 2, 1942) was a Filipino communist politician and labor leader of the first half of the 20th century.
Crisanto Abaño Evangelista was a Filipino communist politician and labor leader of the first half of the 20th century.
Crisanto Evangelista was born in 1888 into a peasant family.

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Crisanto Evangelista

Filipino communist politician and labor leader

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Abaño and the surname or paternal family name is Evangelista.

Crisanto Abaño Evangelista (November 1, 1888 – June 2, 1942) was a Filipinocommunist politician and labor leader of the first half of the 20th century. He is credited as being one of the founders of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas. Evangelista was also an influential head of the Congreso Obrero de Filipinas, at the time the foremost and largest trade federation in the Philippines, having served as secretary for multiple years. He also headed the Union de Impresores de Filipinas as its Secretary-General. Prior to forming the PKP, Evangelista was a member of the Partido Obrero de Filipinas, a Filipino workers' party with increasingly radical leanings. Evangelista was eventually captured by the Japanese during the Second World War and executed.

Biography

On May Day 1913, together with Hermenegildo Cruz, he had attempted to guarantee basic workers' rights a

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For May Day, some old and rough writings about Crisanto Evangelista

In 1927 Evangelista, along with other organizers, would seek to re-orient the Partido Obrero toward a Marxist-Leninist organization. This transformation would be marked by a new name, which honored the 1896 Revolution, yet simultaneously emphasized its analysis of proletarianization. The new name was Katipunan ng mga Anak-Pawis sa Pilipinas (or the KAP) its English translation at the time, was the Proletarian Labor Congress. At the time of its founding KAP membership was estimated to be about 33,000. At its height it would swell to almost 100,000 official members. After a few years Evangelista again would again make plans to re-orient radical organizations in the Philippines, pushing to change the name from the KAP to overtly embrace the label of Communist, and solidify the ties between Philippine revolutionary organizations and a broader internationalism committed to the overthrow of both imperialism and capitalism.

The KAP would go on to produce a series of publications in vernacular presses, prepari

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Crisanto Evangelista, Jacinto G. Manahan, and Dominador J. Ambrosio were charged in the Court of First Instance of Manila with a violation of section 8 of Act No. 292 of the Philippine Legislature upon the following information:

"That on and during the month of November, 1930, and for sometime prior and subsequent thereto up to the date of the filing of this information, in the City of Manila, Philippine Islands, the above-named accused were the founders, organizers, promoters, directors and leading members of a society, association or organization called the Partido Komunista sa Pilipinas (Communist Party of the Philippines), the principal object of which is to incite a revolt of the proletariat or the laboring class and which advocates, urges and preaches, among other things, the following: "
"The Philippines, as a subject nation, in order to establish an independent gpvernment, has to revolt under the leadership of the laborers.
" '* * * It is clear that the different political parties of the burgesses (Nacionalista-Consolidado, Democrata, etc.) are no different from one ano