José María Sison (born 8 February 1939 in Cabugao, Commonwealth of the Philippines) is a writer and activist who founded the Communist Party of the Philippines and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy.Since August 2002, he has been classified as a "person supporting terrorism" by the United States. The European Union's second highest court ruled to delist him as a "person supporting terrorism" and reversed a decision by member governments to freeze assets.