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("Long live the People's War! People's War until communism!")}}
("Long live the People's War! People's War until communism!")}}


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The '''Peruvain Communist Party''' ('''PCP'''), more commonly known as the '''Shining Path''', is a [[Maoism|Maoist]] [[political party]] and [[Terrorism|terrorist]] organization in [[Peru]]. Using its militant wing, known as the [[People's Guerrilla Army]], responsible for the toturing of many Peruvian civilians.<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHqJDs3OuhQ The Shining Path of Peru]</ref> It was led by [[Abimael Guzmán]], who was largely treated by the Shining Path as if he were a god or cult leader.<ref>[https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/09/23/gonz-s23.html Peru’s ruling elite unleashes anti-communist tirade after Shining Path leader’s death]</ref> The PCP has murdered and executed many civilians, including other [[Marxism|Marxists]]<ref name=":0" /> and members of the [[LGBT+|LGBT+ community]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121111074121/http://www.m-x.com.mx/2012-02-27/movimiento-homosexual-peruano-pide-un-castigo-contra-lider-de-sendero-luminoso-por-muerte-de-500-gays-y-travestis/ El Movimiento Homosexual Peruano pide un castigo contra el líder de Sendero Luminoso por la muerte de 500 gays y travestis]</ref> Most infamously was the [[Lucanamarca massacre]] when the Shining Path murdered 69 innocent civilians.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1983-lucanamarca-massacre/ April 3, 1983 | Massacre of peasants in Peru]</ref> The Shining Path also murdered dogs and hung them on lamp posts.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://granta.com/dengs-dogs/ Deng's Dogs]</ref>{{Communist Parties}}
The '''Peruvain Communist Party''' ('''PCP'''), more commonly known as the '''Shining Path''', is a [[Marxism-Leninism-Maoism|Marxist-Leninist-Maoist]] party and [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] organization in [[Peru]] founded in 1969 after an organizational split with the [[Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag]].


== List of crimes ==
Using its militant wing, the [[People's Guerrilla Army]], the PCP has been engaged in a [[Protracted People's War]] against the [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois government]] of Peru since 1980, with the intention of creating of [[Socialist state]] and ultimately reaching [[Communism]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Tjen Folket Media|title=Eternal Glory to Chairman Gonzalo|date=2021-9-25|url=https://tjen-folket.no/index.php/en/2021/09/25/eternal-glory-to-chairman-gonzalo/|retrieved=2022-10-16}}</ref>


* Killing of dogs in 1980<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://granta.com/dengs-dogs/ Deng's Dogs]</ref>
The PCP rejected all self-proclaimed Socialist states at that time, viewing them as [[revisionist]] and having restored [[Capitalism]], and firmly based its ideology on the teaching of [[Mao Zedong]], with which they developed his ideas into Marxism-Lenin-Maoism, a universal form of [[Mao Zedong Thought]].<ref>[https://granta.com/dengs-dogs/ Deng's Dogs]</ref>
*69 killed during the [[Lucanamarca massacre]] in 1983<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1983-lucanamarca-massacre/ April 3, 1983 | Massacre of peasants in Peru]</ref><ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/8/the-shining-path-controversies-that-spurred-peru-govt-shakeup The Shining Path controversies that spurred Peru’s gov’t shake-up]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071108165711/http://www.blythe.org/peru-pcp/docs_en/interv.htm Interview with Chairman Gonzalo]</ref>
 
The party, founded and led by [[Abimael Guzmán]], has recived criticism for its large centralization of its leadership,<ref>[https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/09/23/gonz-s23.html Peru’s ruling elite unleashes anti-communist tirade after Shining Path leader’s death]</ref> and alleged crimes it had commited during the People's War against the brutal [[Fascism|semi-Fascist]] government that had existed.<ref>{{Web citation|author=BJ Murphy|newspaper=The prison gates are open|title=The Shining Path Revealed: Behind the Lies & Propaganda|date=2010-8-1|url=https://redantliberationarmy.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/the-shining-path-revealed-behind-the-lies-propaganda/|retrieved=2022-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|author=Silvio Rendon|year=2019|title=A truth commission did not tell the truth: A rejoinder to Manrique-Vallier and Ball|title-url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053168019840972|pdf=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/2053168019840972|publisher=SAGE journals|doi=10.1177/2053168019840972|trans-lang=English}}</ref>
 
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==List of alleged crimes==
 
*Killing of dogs in 1980<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHqJDs3OuhQ The Shining Path of Peru]</ref><ref>[https://granta.com/dengs-dogs/ Deng's Dogs]</ref>
* 69 killed during the [[Lucanamarca massacre]] in 1983<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://borealisthreatandrisk.com/1983-lucanamarca-massacre/ April 3, 1983 | Massacre of peasants in Peru]</ref><ref>[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/8/the-shining-path-controversies-that-spurred-peru-govt-shakeup The Shining Path controversies that spurred Peru’s gov’t shake-up]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071108165711/http://www.blythe.org/peru-pcp/docs_en/interv.htm Interview with Chairman Gonzalo]</ref>
*3 killed in April 1992 (suspected)<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/04/13/Three-dead-homes-and-school-damaged-in-rebel-attack/4863703137600/ Three dead, homes and school damaged in rebel attack]</ref>
*3 killed in April 1992 (suspected)<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/04/13/Three-dead-homes-and-school-damaged-in-rebel-attack/4863703137600/ Three dead, homes and school damaged in rebel attack]</ref>
*25 killed in 1992 car bombing<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/20180913-five-questions-perus-shining-path-answered Five questions on Peru's Shining Path answered]</ref>
* 25 killed in 1992 car bombing<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/20180913-five-questions-perus-shining-path-answered Five questions on Peru's Shining Path answered]</ref>
* 16 killed in May 2021<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57239680 Peru's Shining Path kills 16, including children, ahead of polls]</ref>
*16 killed in May 2021<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57239680 Peru's Shining Path kills 16, including children, ahead of polls]</ref>


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Peruvian Communist Party

Partido Comunista del Perú
AbbreviationPCP
FounderAbimael Guzmán
Founded1969
Split fromPeruvian Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)
Succeeded byMilitarized Communist Party of Peru
International affiliationRevolutionary Internationalist Movement
Slogan¡Viva la Guerra Popular! ¡Guerra Popular hasta el comunismo! ("Long live the People's War! People's War until communism!")


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The Peruvain Communist Party (PCP), more commonly known as the Shining Path, is a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist party and guerrilla organization in Peru founded in 1969 after an organizational split with the Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag.

Using its militant wing, the People's Guerrilla Army, the PCP has been engaged in a Protracted People's War against the bourgeois government of Peru since 1980, with the intention of creating of Socialist state and ultimately reaching Communism.[1]

The PCP rejected all self-proclaimed Socialist states at that time, viewing them as revisionist and having restored Capitalism, and firmly based its ideology on the teaching of Mao Zedong, with which they developed his ideas into Marxism-Lenin-Maoism, a universal form of Mao Zedong Thought.[2]

The party, founded and led by Abimael Guzmán, has recived criticism for its large centralization of its leadership,[3] and alleged crimes it had commited during the People's War against the brutal semi-Fascist government that had existed.[4][5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Eternal Glory to Chairman Gonzalo" (2021-9-25). Tjen Folket Media. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  2. ↑ Deng's Dogs
  3. ↑ Peru’s ruling elite unleashes anti-communist tirade after Shining Path leader’s death
  4. ↑ BJ Murphy (2010-8-1). "The Shining Path Revealed: Behind the Lies & Propaganda" The prison gates are open. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  5. ↑ Silvio Rendon (2019). A truth commission did not tell the truth: A rejoinder to Manrique-Vallier and Ball. [PDF] SAGE journals. doi: 10.1177/2053168019840972 [HUB]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Shining Path of Peru
  7. ↑ Deng's Dogs
  8. ↑ April 3, 1983 | Massacre of peasants in Peru
  9. ↑ The Shining Path controversies that spurred Peru’s gov’t shake-up
  10. ↑ Interview with Chairman Gonzalo
  11. ↑ Three dead, homes and school damaged in rebel attack
  12. ↑ Five questions on Peru's Shining Path answered
  13. ↑ Peru's Shining Path kills 16, including children, ahead of polls
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