From: detcom-AT-sprynet.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 21:35:34 -0800
Subject: M-G: Greetings Adolfo!



Hi Comrade Adolfo!

Welcome to the new Marxism lists.  Sorry for the 
delay in posting this welcome, but I've had only
a couple minites a day to spend on the lists of
late.  I have the time for catch-up now because 
like the rest of the city of Detroit I will be home
with flu for couple days.  

Your posts on MRTA and the situation in Peru was
very interesting and the articles from El Diario
International are being anxiously looked forward to.
By the way, the Wall Street Journal had an article
in today's edition (Monday, Jan. 6, 97 p.A8) that
mentions El Diario:

>In the past, the Peruvian government has cracked down on
>traditional forms of subversive propaganda, such as newspapers.
>Peruvian security forces were widely thought to be behind the
>fire bombing of the offices of El Diario, the now-defunct
>newspaper of the Shining Path, a larger, more violent Peruvian
>rebel group. But countering propaganda on the Internet is much
>more complicated, authorities concede. "We can't very well cut
>phone lines and confiscate computers," says one Peruvian
>government official.(As much as they would like to do so. -Jay)

This is typical of a lot of the information or disinformation
that's been published and shown on TV since the hostage situation
began.  I haven't seen a single post that referred to the 
Communist Party of Peru (PCP) by their proper name, always it's
Shining Path or Sendero Luminoso.  They are always counter-posed
as being more violent, less desirable "rebels", and this by
MRTA themselves or supporters or the bourgeois press.  I don't
think I've seen a communique from MRTA yet that hasn't attacked 
the PCP in it.  All the articles call MRTA "Marxist rebels"
but no Marxism is to be found anywhere in their interviews
or in their actions that I have been able to detect.

The positive thing in this is the world-wide attention on
Peru, Fujimori's dictatorship and the situation in Peru.
I have been swamped with calls and emails requesting info
on the difference between the PCP and MRTA.  I have even
gotten phone calls from prisoners in a Maximum Security 
Prison (out-state) asking what's up and more material and to recieve
EDI.  I have gotten over a dozen new people on our mailing
list to recieve Peru information and EDI.  A group in 
Texas wants to start a new Peru Support Committee.

Here in Detroit, Peru was never in the news, or hardly any
world news at all, now Lima is on several times a day on the 
TV news.  People all over are discussing Peru, not just 
political activists.  We are taking advantage of all this
interest.  I spoke with a group of progressive people on 
the Peoples War for over two hours very recently.  It went
great!  

There has been a great foaming and gnashing of teeth from
the reactionaries on the Peru lists, upset at the world
wide attention being brought up exposing the fascist regime
and their dictator, Fujimori. At least one of them has posted 
his anger to this list (M-G). A person(s) posting from a 
Peruvian government address has sent a threatening mail
and I have been mailbombed by some people through an 
anonymous remailer.  These rabid dogs have really shown their
true colors lately.  

I hope you can somehow stay on the list for long long while,
Adolfo.  I think both friends and foes have missed you alike.


Jay Miles / Detroit


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