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Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas

The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) (Filipino, lit. Peasant Movement of the Philippines) is the national militant and democratic organization of peasants in the Philippines. KMP is composed of over 2,000,000 members spread throughout its 15 regional chapters and 65 provincial chapters. Members of KMP includes farmers, farm workers, agricultural workers, peasant women and peasant youth.

History
KMP was founded on July 27, 1985 at the Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, Manila. It was established during the reign of the fascist dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines to further advance the militant peasant movement in the Philippines.

Beforehand, several of its regional, provincial and local chapters had already existed and helped established the national organization. Other progressive organizations also helped its founding.

At present, the KMP is in its 13th congress. KMP is currently chaired by Hon. Rafael Mariano, former representative of the Anakpawis Partylist (lit. Toiling Masses) during the 13th, 14th and 15th Congress of the Philippines.

Vision, Mission and Goals
As a militant genuine peasant movement, the KMP struggles for the following:


 * A genuine agrarian reform program and national industrialization as the foundation for over-all economic development;
 * A sovereign nation free from foreign domination and control, and defends the people's civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights;
 * A comprehensive and pro-people social program that provides basic social and public services;
 * A genuine aquatic reform program that upholds the rights of small fisherfolk;
 * Promotion of peasant women rights and welfare that eradicates all forms of discrimination, exploitation and oppression against women and children;
 * Respect for the right to ancestral lands and self-determination of indigenous peoples;
 * Protection of the rights to agricultural workers for fair and living wages, and safe and good working conditions;
 * A nationalist, mass-oriented, scientific culture;
 * Science and technology for the people that serves a national economic program and promotes sustainable agriculture and enviromental protection; and
 * Solidarity and support to the struggles of the peasantry and the people of the world against imperialism.