Partido Lakas ng Masa

PLM functions as a multi-tendency organization, encompassing various socialist and left-wing tendencies.^[7]The PLM emerged from the Rejectionist Marxist-Leninist faction of the Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino after the Second Great Rectification Movement.^[8][2] The PLM also advocates for the creation of a socialist government based on the structure of the cuban government.^[9]

PLM protested Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip during the Gaza War; a party member remarked that the airstrikes were "Israel's 'Final Solution' to the Palestine people."^[10] PLM remained neutral on the issue of postponing the 2011 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), as a postponement only served to benefit the Liberal Party, while holding the elections would've only promoted the status quo. Instead, the party "supports the continuation of the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the MILF and any group fighting for self-determination in Mindanao."^[11] The party also disapproved of giving former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo any special treatment against her criminal cases.^[12]

On the impeachment of Renato Corona, aside from agreeing that the Chief Justice should be impeached, the party said that members of the Supreme Court of the Philippines are to be selected democratically.^[13]

The PLM participates in the political processes of the state, recognizing that elections are a legitimate and viable means of achieving socialism.^[14] In the 2013 general election, the party supported Ricardo Penson's independent candidacy to the 2013 Senate election,^[15] as well as several candidates in local elections, including one candidate in the 2013 House of Representatives elections. For the 2022 general elections, the party fielded Ka Leody de Guzman for the Presidency, Walden Bello for the vice presidency, and Luke Espiritu, Roy Cabonegro, and David D'Angelo for the Senate.^[3][16][17]