Shining Path
		The Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path is a countryside-based revolutionary movement in Peru. For the past two decades, they have challenged the governments of Peru, including the present hard line government of Alberto Fujimori. Sendero Luminoso is considered by many scholars of terrorist affairs to be among the most elusive, secretive and brutal guerrilla organizations of the twentieth century. Headed by Abimael Guzman, who is now in jail, the Shining Path relies on the purist communist ideologies of Mao, Marx and Lenin. The core of the violent movement's popularity is resentment -the peasantry's exclusion from Peru's uneven economic development which has left the rich MUCH richer and done nothing at all for the peasantry.
		The Emergence and Development of Sendero Luminoso in Peru "A comprehensive overview of the history of the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso). 'The groundwork for popular rebellion had been set long before the Sendero emerged.' It always is...." The Committee to Support the Revolution in Peru "The Committee to Support the Revolution in Peru's homepage that has archives and history of the Sendero Luminoso movement." Violence in Peru "The Harvard Magazine examines women involved in revolutionary movements. Great read." The People's War in Peru "Communisty Party page on the Peruvian uprising. Old-school pictures of Mao, Marx... and it's all in red." The Fujimori Regime's Reign of Terror "In response to a revolutionary war of peasants, workers, students, and others, led by the Communist Party of Peru, successive Peruvian regimes have carried out a dirty and vicious counter-insurgency war.... A fact sheet." Latin American Resources "A bibliography of Peru and the Shining Path."
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