Sendero Luminoso - The Shining Path.

Wikipedia wrote:The Communist Party of Peru (Spanish: Partido Comunista del Perú), more commonly known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso), is a Maoist guerrilla insurgent organization in Peru. When it first launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980, its stated goal was to replace what it saw as bourgeois democracy with "New Democracy". The Shining Path believed that by establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat, inducing cultural revolution, and eventually sparking world revolution, they could arrive at pure communism. Their representatives said that existing socialist countries were revisionist, and they claimed to be the vanguard of the world communist movement. The Shining Path's ideology and tactics have been influential among other Maoist insurgent groups, notably the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and other Revolutionary Internationalist Movement-affiliated organizations.

Widely condemned for its brutality, including violence deployed against peasants, trade union organizers, popularly elected officials and the general civilian population, the Shining Path is classified by the Peruvian government, the U.S., the European Union, and Canada as a terrorist organization.

Since the capture of its leader Abimael Guzmán in 1992, the Shining Path has declined in activity. Certain factions of the Shining Path now claim to fight in order to force the government to reach a peace treaty with the rebels. Similar to militant groups in Colombia, some factions of the Shining Path have functioned as a highly efficient cocaine-smuggling operation, with an ostensibly paternalistic relationship to villagers.

Steinkopf wrote:

Wikipedia wrote:The Communist Party of Peru (Spanish: Partido Comunista del Perú), more commonly known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso), is a Maoist guerrilla insurgent organization in Peru. When it first launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980, its stated goal was to replace what it saw as bourgeois democracy with "New Democracy". The Shining Path believed that by establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat, inducing cultural revolution, and eventually sparking world revolution, they could arrive at pure communism. Their representatives said that existing socialist countries were revisionist, and they claimed to be the vanguard of the world communist movement. The Shining Path's ideology and tactics have been influential among other Maoist insurgent groups, notably the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and other Revolutionary Internationalist Movement-affiliated organizations.

Widely condemned for its brutality, including violence deployed against peasants, trade union organizers, popularly elected officials and the general civilian population, the Shining Path is classified by the Peruvian government, the U.S., the European Union, and Canada as a terrorist organization.

Since the capture of its leader Abimael Guzmán in 1992, the Shining Path has declined in activity. Certain factions of the Shining Path now claim to fight in order to force the government to reach a peace treaty with the rebels. Similar to militant groups in Colombia, some factions of the Shining Path have functioned as a highly efficient cocaine-smuggling operation, with an ostensibly paternalistic relationship to villagers.

I know, I took it from Wikipedia, but I strikethrought what I know it's a lie made by the mass media in Peru or by the fear of a revolution in Latin America.

Despite the source, I'd like to know what you guys think about this Maoist organization that nowadays is dead, since their leader is in the jail and guerrila is almost without active members. Do you think the Maoist as it was applied in China would work in Peru? The fight against Han chauvinism could be embodied in sudaca/mestizo racism against blacks, asians and natives (sometimes, even whites)? Could it be allied with Venezuela?

Intelligitimate wrote:The thing is, I want this book widely available in English. There is a certain segment of the "Left" in the West that worships this group. It is not uncommon to see English speaking "Maoists" to claim the only 'real' revolutionaries in the world are Sendero Luminoso, the CPI-Maoist, and whatever group they support this week in Nepal. All the people who spew this shit in America I have met are connected to the Labor Aristocracy in some fashion, so it would be a huge antidote to their bullshit to have this document widely available for English speakers.

Finnish Nat-Bol wrote:

Intelligitimate wrote:The thing is, I want this book widely available in English. There is a certain segment of the "Left" in the West that worships this group. It is not uncommon to see English speaking "Maoists" to claim the only 'real' revolutionaries in the world are Sendero Luminoso, the CPI-Maoist, and whatever group they support this week in Nepal. All the people who spew this shit in America I have met are connected to the Labor Aristocracy in some fashion, so it would be a huge antidote to their bullshit to have this document widely available for English speakers.

I don't think you should say something like that about a book you haven't read.

patriotic_worker wrote:It would be interesting to find out more. Does anyone know of any links?

Intelligitimate wrote:

Finnish Nat-Bol wrote:

Intelligitimate wrote:The thing is, I want this book widely available in English. There is a certain segment of the "Left" in the West that worships this group. It is not uncommon to see English speaking "Maoists" to claim the only 'real' revolutionaries in the world are Sendero Luminoso, the CPI-Maoist, and whatever group they support this week in Nepal. All the people who spew this shit in America I have met are connected to the Labor Aristocracy in some fashion, so it would be a huge antidote to their bullshit to have this document widely available for English speakers.

I don't think you should say something like that about a book you haven't read.

I have machine-translated the entire thing, plus I have a rudimentary understanding of Spanish (two semesters of it in college). What I have read of it is actually really good. It's just almost no one would sit down and read a machine translation of this.

MIM used to accuse RCP of being CIA agents based on shit going on in Peru. I think this critique takes things a bit further (hehe). My experience is Guzman-worshippers in the West justify all their pro-imperialist politics based on "Ortho" "Maoist" crap. This is just another book linking them and their politics back to the US imperialists they falsely claim to oppose.

Finnish Nat-Bol wrote:In that case, I apologize. But what exactly do you mean with "their pro-imperialist politics"? I understand that many Western "Maoists" (and other "leftists") have some pro-imperialist views, but I would need a clarification before I can say for sure what you mean.