Aguman ding Maldang Talapagobra

The Aguman ding Maldang Talapagobra (AMT) (Kapampangan, League of Poor Laborers or League of Poor Workers) was a trade union in Pampanga, Philippines organized by Pedro Abad Santos in 1933.[2] It was influenced by European socialism and anarchism, functioned as a mutual aid association and participated in electoral politics.[3]

League of Poor Laborers

Native name	Aguman ding Maldang Talapagobra
Founded	1933[1]
Predecessor	Aguman ding Talapagobra ning Pilipinas
Affiliation	Socialist Party of the Philippines
Country	Philippines

The AMT was supported by the Partido Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (Socialist Party of the Philippines), a socialist party established by Abad Santos when the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (Communist Party of the Philippines) was outlawed in 1932. The AMT employed strike actions and mass demonstrations against landowners.[4] There were occasions during the 1930s when members of the AMT were found dead, having been killed by security personnel of the sugar centrals or private armies of landowners.[5]

See also

• Katipunan ng mga Anak-Pawis sa Pilipinas
• Congreso Obrero de Filipinas
• Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina

References

1. Bowman, John Stewart (2000). Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. Columbia University Press. pp. 495. ISBN 0-231-11004-9. Aguman ding Maldang Talapagobra.
2. "Pedro Abad Santos Info". San Fernando, Pampanga. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
3. Clarke, Gerard (2013). Civil Society in the Philippines: Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Debates. Routledge. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-415-57272-9.
4. Schirmer, Daniel B.; Shalom, Stephen Rosskamm (1987). The Philippines Reader: A History of Colonialism, Neocolonialism, Dictatorship, and Resistance. South End Press. pp. 63. ISBN 0-89608-275-X. Aguman ding Maldang Talapagobra.
5. Simbulan, Dante C. (2005). The Modern Principalia: The Historical Evolution of the Philippine Ruling Oligarchy. University of the Philippines Press. p. 227. ISBN 971-542-496-1.