Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines

List of Abbreviations

Abbreviations AFP Armed Forces of the Philippines AMT Aguman ding Malgang Talapagobra (Union of the Toiling Masses) BCT battalion combat team BUDC Sandatahang Tanod ng Bayan (Barrio United Defense Corps) CC Central Committee CLB Central Luzon Bureau CLRC Central Luzon Regional Command COF Congreso Obrero de Filipinas (Congress of Workers of the Philippines) Comintern Communist International CPP (new) Communist Party of the Philippines CPUSA Communist Party of the United States of America CSSC Center for Studies of Social Change DA Democratic Alliance EDCOR Economic Development Corps FC field command Gerwani Gerakan Wanita Indonesia (Indonesian Women’s Movement) GHQ General Headquarters GI American soldier GOMA Guerrilla Officers Military Academy HMB Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People’s Liberation Army) Hukbalahap Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon (People’s Anti-Japanese Liberation Army) HUKVETS Huk Veterans Organization IIAS International Institute of Asian Studies KaBaPa Katipunan ng Bagong Pilipina (Association of the New Filipina) KAP Katipunan ng mga Anakpawis sa Pilipinas (Association of Sons of Sweat in the Philippines) xvii KPMP Kalipunang Pambansa ng mga Magsasaka sa Pilipinas (National Society of Peasants in the Philippines) MPC Military Police Command NAW National Assembly of Women NCD National Communications Division NP Nacionalista Party OB Organizational Bureau PB Politburo PB In Politburo in Manila PB Out Politburo outside Manila PC Philippine Constabulary PKM Pambansang Kaisahan ng mga Magbubukid (National Peasants’ Union) PKP Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (Communist Party of the Philippines) Politburo Political Bureau PUP Polytechnic University of the Philippines PYC Philippine Youth Congress RECO regional command RSSP “The Revolutionary Solution of the Sex Problem” SEC Secretariat SISTERS Sisters in Solidarity to End Racism and Sexism (journal) SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies SPKP Samahan ng Progresibong Kababaihan sa Pilipinas (Association of Progressive Women in the Philippines) SPP Sosialistang Partido ng Pilipinas (Socialist Party of the Philippines) TNT Tagisan ng Talino (Quiz Night) UP University of the Philippines USAFFE U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East WAC Women’s Army Corps xviii Abbreviations w Amazons of the Huk Rebellion Map 1. Major Regions and Provinces of the Philippines. (Courtesy of Ev Wingert, University of Hawai’i at Manoa) ...