From: dr.bedggood-AT-auckland.ac.nz
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 09:51:27 +0000
Subject: Re: M-G: Mark Jones and the PCP! 


> Date:          Mon, 3 Mar 1997 13:34:28 -0500 (EST)
> From:          Gerald Levy <glevy-AT-pratt.edu>
> To:            marxism-general-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
> Subject:       Re: M-G: Mark Jones and the PCP! 
> Reply-to:      marxism-general-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU

> Bob --
> 
> Thanks for sending this highly informative post! It's the best essay I
> have read on Peru for a long time.
> 
> Your post reinforces my belief that *if* the Shining Path comes to power,
> which I think is highly unlikely, then it will be as part of a coalition
> government with the national bourgeoisie. It seems absurd to believe, in
> this context, that if the Shining Path came to power that they would even
> _attempt_ to overthrow capitalist property relations. More likely, they
> would be yet another example of "Marxists" in power who do everything
> possible to _maintain_ capitalism.
> 
> Perhaps the current situation will provide a window of opportunity for
> real socialist revolution in Peru.
> 

Jerry,
Just in case you missed the reference in the last para. this article 
came from Poder Obrero of Peru, a section of the LCMRCI, Liaison 
Committee of Militants for a Revolutionary Communist International.
Dave.>



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