Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows: The Making of a Mindanao Rebel - Eddie Quitoriano
Eddie Quitoriano is a former rebel - member of the Communist Party of the Philippines and New People's Army. He grew up in a rural part of the Philippine island of Mindanao, aimed to be a prist and eventually became one of the top organizers of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and commander of the party’s New People’s Army (NPA). Coming to political consciousness as a university student, Quitoriano chooses revolution over the priesthood and embarks on a life of unforeseen danger. Sent abroad as an envoy to seek military assistance from sympathetic governments and other radical factions, he travels from the Sandinistas in Nicaragua to Syria, Libya, North Korea, Peru, Brazil, and Yugoslavia.
GENRE: Memoir
Blurb:
In this book, Quitoriano narrates his life as a top organizer for the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People's Army (NPA), his international travels for revolutionary support, and internal struggles, offering an insider's view of leftist movements. He finds revolutionary life thrilling but dangerous, with secretly arranged meetings and drops, doctored passports, and hastily planned plastic surgery. He wrestles with the global implications of his work, experiences daily struggles.
