Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 10:52:18 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert Saute, CUNY Grad Center" <rsaute-AT-email.gc.cuny.edu> Subject: M-TH: Re: Peruvian Maoism On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Louis Proyect wrote: > We sometimes forget that the Shining Path is in a war > with the Peruvian state and not the American left and its allies in Peru. Of course, Louis Proyect is partially correct in the above statement. The Communist Party of Peru/Shining Path/Sendero Luminoso is not at war with the U.S. Left; they could probably care less. On the other hand, many a labor leader, leftist party militant, shanty-town organizer or peasant activist killed at the hands of Sendero Luminoso cadre might from the grave, were that possible, find his characterization of Shining Path's enemies a bit disingenuous. Seen through the lens of a debate on just how semi-feudal Peru is or is not, the endless preoccupation with human rights does seem to be so much drivel. Sub-comandante Marcos take heed, knock off a few human rights workers from the Catholic Church, execute a doctor or two from San Cristobal, murder local activists from the PRD, and Zapatista stock will rise in Lou's eyes. May a thousand dead dogs hang from the lampposts of a land purged of petty bourgeois revisionists and misleaders of the working class! Sincerely yours, Robert Saute --- from list marxism-thaxis-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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