Featuring nine complete texts, Selected Readings from the Works of Jose Maria Sison gathers the essential texts from the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines. From Philippine Society and Revolution, a key text that uplifts the oft-overlooked legacy of struggle in the Philippines and provides an analysis for the three basic problems of Philippine society, to "Our Urgent Tasks" that calls for revolutionary movement all over the country–this text gives insight into the conditions of imperialism and feudalism that stifle the Philippines, as well as illuminate the possibilities of building a true people's democracy.

Including:

• Philippine Society and Revolution (1969)
• Rectify Errors and Rebuild the Party (1968)
• Program for a People's Democratic Revolution (1968)
• Declaration of the New People's Army (1969)
• Basic Rules of the New People's Army (1969)
• Anti-Marxism and Eclecticism (1971)
• Our Urgent Tasks (1976)
• Two Articles on the People's Struggle for a Just Peace (1991)
• The Philippine Revolution and the Nationality Question (1996)