Peru's 'Shining Path': Evolution of a Stalinist Sect

by Martin Koppel

How can Shining Path's growth, and its mounting internal political crisis, be explained? Why are its perspectives so destructive to the working class in Peru and worldwide? What is the alternative for workers and peasants fighting to defend their interests against the landlords and factory owners? Now with enlarged type. Also available Spanish

34 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1993

Reviews

[Marc Lichtman · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can Shining Path's growth, and its mounting internal political crisis, be explained? Why are its perspectives so destructive to the working class in Peru and worldwide? What is the alternative for workers and peasants fighting to defend their interests against the landlords and factory owners? See also, Land or Death: The Peasant Struggle in Peru, Dynamics of the Cuban Revolution: A Marxist Appreciation, The First and Second Declarations of Havana, To Speak the Truth: Why Washington's 'cold War' Against Cuba Doesn't End, and Revolution and the Road to Peace in Colombia: Lessons from the Cuban Revolution.

[Austin Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

A criticism of both Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (r. 1990-2000) and Shining Path.

Pathfinder compares their distancing of Shining Path to Marx's distancing of Mikhail Bakunin 100+ years ago.

A great read, though biased heavily against Shining Path.