There’s undoubtedly a lot of accusations thrown at them and we should be wary of propaganda against revolutionary movements, that is believing without due research. So I can’t speak on that specific incident.
However, the Shining Path has admitted to some of those excesses (while claiming them as such), such as the killing of several children in still vague circumstances, during an attack on a village.
Just based off the “excesses” the SL admits to having committed, I wonder how they ever expected to gain mass support. They turned towards the peasant class (marginalised communities in Peru, mostly natives) by instilling fear instead of recruiting them.
He was such a leader of the masses that Peru elected Castillo in 2021.
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Was his (Gonzalo’s) party not responsible for terrorising rural villages to force support years ago?
There’s undoubtedly a lot of accusations thrown at them and we should be wary of propaganda against revolutionary movements, that is believing without due research. So I can’t speak on that specific incident.
However, the Shining Path has admitted to some of those excesses (while claiming them as such), such as the killing of several children in still vague circumstances, during an attack on a village.
Killing kids wow how revolutionary.
Just based off the “excesses” the SL admits to having committed, I wonder how they ever expected to gain mass support. They turned towards the peasant class (marginalised communities in Peru, mostly natives) by instilling fear instead of recruiting them.
Also pregnant women too. The Lucanamarca massacre..
And feminist community organizers who criticized their ultraleftism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/María_Elena_Moyano
Murdering children, pregnant women, and feminists. Really sticking it to the bourgeoisie there. /s
How is the relationship between Castillo’s party and now defunct Gonzalo’s? I assume kind of bad since Castillo’s not a Maoist.