Re: Shining Path and Ridgway

[Maoist Internationalist Movement <mim3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 10 Sep 1995, Jim Jaszewski wrote:

>
>       Senderistas have come to Canada looking for support for their
> cause, but most people on the Left -- including other latin american
> groups -- tend to give them a wide berth, and they do come across as
> strident and dogmatic...
>
>       They have a VERY bad reputation.
>

Strident we think is fine. Those who feel the suffering
of death squad government or the millions starving and
homeless should be strident. It is the bourgeoisie that
would want us to be speaking in placid tones as if
there were no state of emergency.

When a friend is walking off a cliff, do you not raise
your voice in warning?

Dogmatic is bad. I don't know your politics enough to know
what you mean by dogmatic, but I will say not to forget who
has an interest in making the PCP look really bad--the CIA,
the Peruvian cops etc.

We ourselves have received numerous death threats from
Peruvians abroad, sometimes openly on behest of the Peruvian state.
Hence, treat all ideas seriously, but keep in mind some
calling themselves comrades are actually cops.


mim3 for the Maoist Internationalist Movement


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