KARL MARX TUESDAYS

REVOLUTIONARY GUIDE FOR LAND REFORMS

(REVISED FROM ORIGINAL)

By: Comrade Mark Cua

CHAPTER III 

Lowering LEASE AND elimination of usury 

Section 1 In the land of the existing feudal relations, lowered the rent of fifty percent (50%) from the previous existing land rent as a first step. Either pay money or products to rent. 

Section 2 Continues Long below step by step the rent up to ten percent (10%) or less of net yield while stretching and strengthening the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People's Army, the Mass Associations and other mass organizations, militia and local guerrillas in the area. 

Section 3 To get the net yield, total yield minus the all expenses including farming. In the category of farming costs are spent plowing, harrowing, lease or maintenance and depreciation (or depreciation) of animals and agricultural equipment, irrigation, sowing, seeds, planting, paggamas, fertilizers, pesticides, harvesting, transportation, threshing and Scratching. Counting the cost according to the standard price set by the association of farmers, and also according to current prices. 

Section 4 Usury is completely blot in four ways: 

a. Encouraging the masses; 

b. Mobilize farmers as a cooperative organization to expand the savings and other income; 

k. Bring down the interest on the loan of fifty percent (50%) from the previous interest on the loan as the starting step. It continued to be brought low levels only slightly higher operative banks; and 

d. Erase all of unfair loans and re counting of old debt until five years ago, according to the interest set (slightly higher interest-operative banks) and based on the consent of the general meeting of the association farmers. 

Section 5 Any costs in agriculture, especially the seeds, which can answer the landlord is paid without profit or interest, and deducted from the total yield. Inquire the organization of farmers each loan agreement entered into by the landlord and the tenant, and do not let anyone compel landlords including a loan to him or known usurer, especially if the interest charged is more than interest that permitted the Mass Associations. 

Section 6 Lending drop the animals and agricultural equipment both owned by the landlord, based on farmer organization decision after thorough consideration. Encourage the rich Masses and lifting-to-middle peasant lending well below their animals and agricultural equipment. 

Section 7 Any landlord, administrator or fiduciary will not be allowed to ask any tax class family together, in any form of employment, slavery, money or any product from the primary or sideline along. 

Section 8 The rich farmers and lifting-to-middle Masses were encouraged to raise the wages of hired farm workers or to lower them to pay the debt according to the standards set by the association of farmers. These standards will not be the cause of losing their status as a wealthy farmer and lifting-to-middle Masses. 

Section 9 When a disaster such as flood, drought, pests, fire, enemy action, or anything like it, and the breaking not less than twenty percent (20%) yield, are not included pay any rent to the landlord. If not smaller than fifty percent (50%) of the damaged crop, plus did not pay any rent for the current harvest and as the next harvest. 

The payment of the debt became due to the destruction of the crop is fair decision of the organization of farmers according to the concrete situation. Can delete the association of farmers loan up to an amount equal to the size of the damaged, especially if the lender is the landlords and other private creditors. 

Section 10 If anuâ € ™ t any reason dropped right along with her ​​till the land, the responsibility of the organization of farmers who decide to whom should go the place. The right place is given to close relatives of former partners or any farm workers or poor farmers. 

Section 11 The simple way in informing the landlord actually harvested may be used to lower significantly the rent in the area not only implemented the minimum common goal of the program for land reform. In this case, half of the rent that the landlord has given the Communist Socialist government administered by the association of farmers or the New People's Army, and the rest will go along. 

Section 12 In the case of confiscation and free to distribute the assets of the landlord, simultaneously stop along the granting of rent landlords. Half of the rent that the landlord is given automatically given to Communist Socialist government by the association of farmers or the New People's Army, and the rest will go along. This division was retained to implement the village the free distribution of land. 

Section 13 alerted mass meetings about land reform farmers association and its committees, and they continue to study and discuss and at the huliâ € ™ y dispute how distributed the land to be confiscated from the landlords. Through this activity, speed up current and future work of the committee for land reform. 

Section 14 punish according to the severity of the crime that any landlord who uses violence or any other counter-revolutionary action to oppose and sabotage the campaign below the rent and the elimination of usury; well, confiscate his land and cleared his loans without any paid him yet. However, other members of his family were given the opportunity to gain a livelihood, including tillage, provided that they comply with the laws of Communist Socialist government. 

Section 15 In raising Mass production through collaboration or cooperation and mutual exchange of labor and implementing livelihood projects and the development of agricultural services benefit the masses.