Foreign Languages Press

“I am delighted and honored to write this foreword to Joven Obrero’s ‘The Gumamela Is Still Red,’ the sequel to her ‘Warriors, Poets and Friends.’ These two books of poetry reflect the revolutionary struggle of the people for national and social liberation in Mindanao and the outstanding participation of the author, especially in educational and cultural work.
The current book of poems of Obrero deserves to be read by all Filipino patriots and revolutionaries and by all foreign friends in solidarity with them. She is an excellent poet with the noblest sense of revolutionary vision and mission. Her poems are finely crafted to express in concrete terms and natural imagery the heroism, hard struggle, sacrifices and aspirations of the communist cadres, Red fighters and the masses.”
- Jose Maria Sison, 2021