"I am proud to be a member of the People's Guerrilla Army. As a soldier, as a Red fighter of Chairman Gonzalo, I too am willing to give my life for the Party and the Revolution to defend the new power we have gained all over the country." (Young woman guerrilla fighter- Video on the People's Committee of Ayacucho, Perú).
Eighteen years ago, the Communist Party of Perú (PCP by its Spanish initials) launched the People's War which has placed the revolution of Perú at the very forefront of the world proletarian revolution. The PCP has won the support of millions in Perú, and the world, and notwithstanding the "bend on the road" (capture of some of its leaders), has brought the reactionary Peruvian regime to the bring of collapse. President Gonzalo, the imprisoned leader of the PCP, has said that the best way to support the People's War in Perú is to make revolution in our own countries -that is why the Committee for the Revolutionary Communist Party of Australia (CRCPA) is struggling to build the Party again on the basis of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
Murderer Fujimori out, fascists are not wanted here!That was the slogan against dictator Alberto Fujimori in Auckland on June 12, while on a state visit to New Zealand. Close to 50 people gathered outside a gallery where this little lap dog of imperialism was to open an exhibition. A large police presence was called in to escort him, and for 2 hours the demonstrators kept up a barrage of chants denouncing the Peruvian regime and the murdering tyrant. Workers' Party representatives spoke about the People's War in Perú, the Communist Party (PCP), the leadership of the war, the role of US imperialism, and the terrible prison conditions for prisoners of war in Perú. Some University students present burned effigies of butcher Fujimori in preparation for the visit, which was only announced a week before his arrival. The supporters of the Peruvian revolution in Auckland distributed 1000 leaflets in support of the People's War.
Posters, press releases and a radio visit publicized the demonstration. As part of his visit, Fujimori attended an agricultural field day 100 km south of Auckland, but the bottom line is that the dictator was begging for more aid for his failing economy and more arms to combat the People's Army of liberation in Perú. Students from a nearby university put out hundreds of leaflets around, on the field day. In contrast, the New Zealand right-wing Government lavished praise on this dictator, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Lincoln University in the South Island for dutifully obeying the orders of his masters.
A leaflet distributed to the people read: "The right-wing Government of New Zealand has surpassed itself. It has invited one of the world's bloodiest dictators to visit this country. Fujimori is hated by the masses of Peruvian workers and peasants because of his death-squad massacres and massive starvation of people. The Peruvian state is fascist to the core. Open your mouth in protest against the anti-people violence of the military, and the odds are you will be shot, or at the least, haled before a so-called tribunal of hooded judges to be thrown into jail, maybe for life. Thousands are jailed under frightful conditions, barely existing . Why is there a Civil War? For centuries, imperialism using violence has kept the majority of Peruvians in misery and poverty. In response to this, the people led by the PCP launched the armed struggle on May 17, 1980. In 1992, Fujimori and the military carried out a military coup, abolished the existing constitution and the few rights it provided in order to establish his unrestricted power. Millions of people live in terrible conditions well below the poverty line, and are being exploited by the giant US corporations for immense profits. Under these conditions, for more than 18 years, a People's War of liberation advances victoriously toward the conquest of power. It takes the form of a New Democratic Revolution against the sources of their oppression: imperialism, local monopoly capitalism and feudal land ownership. Today, the People's Army of Liberation controls a good deal of the countryside (approximately 40 percent of the national territory). The reactionary rulers have no trouble in getting their lies about atrocities accepted and published by most of the world's capitalist media. But the truth is invariably opposed to their claims. Although the forces of the old state are armed with planes, tanks, gunboats and the latest in automatic weapons, they can't crush the resolute will of the people to continue the armed struggle. Time after time, the reactionary armed forces launch bombing raids against the people in their villages. Already they have killed at least 30,000, whose deaths they then blamed on the People's Army and the PCP. But the figurehead of this fascist state, "President Fujimori", is being welcomed here by Mrs. Shipley and her right-wing Government. He is due to attend an exhibition at Auckland University's George Fraser Gallery, 25 Princes Street Auckland Central. Let's repudiate this ugly murderer. Join the protest demonstration to be held on Friday, June 12, 1998 at 6.30pm at 25 Princes Street Auckland Central.
Fujimori is a fascist murderer,
Long live the PCP People's War!
In India the armed struggle is being carried out by three Maoist parties. Our Party (CPI-PW) is
strong in the states of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and in the vast forest region of central India
(Dandakaranya). The other two parties, Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) and CPI (ML- Party
Unity) have a strong presence in the state of Bihar. Our Party has units in six states of the
country. While the Party is totally underground, with militant revolutionaries and central
organizers as its core, the mass organizations (where possible) are legal. In the states of AP and
Dandakararanya, all mass organizations have been banned and have to function illegally. The
positions of the guerrilla units initiated in 1980, today are relatively consolidated and the organs
of people's power are being developed. The major source of weapons is through ambushes and
raids. For example, in November 1997 in the South Telagana region seven policemen, including
two officers were wiped out. In Bihar, the MCC also has presence in a number of districts, with
the Peasant Revolutionary Committees being the chief organs of power in the villages. The CPI
(ML-PU) is also a strong force in some districts in the state of Bihar. The three Maoist parties
are part of the All India Student and Cultural Organization (as a Federation of their local units).
(From the Vanguard Magazine. Central Committee, Communist Party of India -People's War.
Comradely,
L. T. Moscow. June 14, 1998.
The Socialist Workers Party in this nation of the Indian Ocean sends you revolutionary greetings
on the 18th anniversary of the glorious People's War led by the invincible PCP. Being a young
party founded on January 20, 1997, we sincerely wish to establish contacts with genuine
communist parties around the world. We would be very glad to establish a strong working
relationship and learn from the PCP. Your experience could be of mutual benefit.
Comradely,
D. Edmond, General Secretary. (June 23, 1998.)
Dear Comrades,
Here is the new issue of the "Alborada" Magazine published in French and Spanish. It is the
voice of the MPP-Switzerland, organization generated by the PCP. The handful of capitulators
in Paris are trying to resurrect themselves with the distribution of a couple of revisionist texts.
One of them is the old rag "Self-criticism of Margie Clavo" already unmasked and discredited
by the MPP (the favorite material sought by the agents of reaction known as senderologists and
revisionists like RCP-USA and Co-RIM). It is interesting to note that there is an apparent
coordination (it can't be a coincidence) of the actions of the LOD in Perú and abroad (the extinct
Sol Peru-Paris) as well as the gang of Bob Avakian. It is important to continue exposing and
unmasking the reactionaries and revisionists abroad.
The MPP statements on May First and May 17th, and the articles of The New Flag on the MRTA are now being distributed in
the French language.
A supporter of the PCP.
Here at the University of Bucaramanga have carried out rallies and
graffiti paintings celebrating the 18th anniversary of the Peruvian revolution. The school
authorities can't keep up erasing or removing our revolutionary paintings and postings.
We read all the material published in MPP web page, but we must
criticize you for not publishing enough in "Spanish." We can't hire a translator to read the documents in English. Why aren't you publishing the documents
of the prisoners of war of 1986 and 1992? Please publish The New Flag in Spanish!
Comradely,
P.P. May 17, 1998.
In Greece we had a Civil War after WWII, in which North American imperialism was able to
destroy the Marxist rebels. After that until 1974, the leftist parties were not allowed to take part
in the elections called by the ruling classes. Communists were murdered, tortured, exiled, etc.
but the struggle continues.
L. Apantonopoulos. October 8, 1997.
My organization distributes publications in support of the Peruvian revolution. The Korean
nation is one! The People's War in Perú will win! Free Chairman Gonzalo and all PCP POWs
now!
Comradely,
C. Yeungnam. June 19, 1998.
The people of Galicia have been subjugated to the brutal Spanish colonialism since the year
1463. They tried to annihilate our language, our culture, economy and all our national
characteristics that we inherited from our forefathers almost 1,000 years ago. Despite this
colonial oppression, our people continue to resist and fight against the Spanish imperialism. We
are united in the Patriotic Front and its vanguard, the Communist Party. From this forgotten
corner of peripherical Europe, which has a great similarity to the Americas, we send you an
internationalist cry of Victory to the People's War in Perú!
¡Viva el Presidente Gonzalo!
Secretary General.
I send you my international greetings for May 1st, the day of our class. More as ever, I pledge my support to the glorious People's War in Perú, and combat opportunism and revisionism (especially the one in London -Co-RIM). I'll prepare events for the celebration of the VI Military Plan of the PCP and the 18 Anniversary. A Communist greeting. L.T.
"...El viejo tronco podrido
Veinte veces `liquidados',
por la traición y el silencio
resurgió de sus cenizas
rebrotando un tallo nuevo,
levantando la esperanza
sobre puños justicieros,
sobre el sudor campesino
y la furia del obrero,
sobre el llanto de los pobres,
sobre torturas y miedos...
cien veces alzando el vuelo,
como semilla en la tierra
que vence crudos inviernos,
erre que erre en la brecha
contra tricornios y cuervos,
con las uñas, con los dientes,
con puños, gritos o versos..."
[Poesía de José Balmón Castell, Preso Político del PCE(r)]
Dear Comrades,
Full of joy and optimism, in this 18th Anniversary of the armed struggle in Perú, I send my
revolutionary greetings to the heroic fighters of the People's Army of Liberation and the brilliant
leadership of the PCP today led by Comrade Feliciano. The People's War in Perú is an
inspiration for the oppressed in the world. In Puerto Rico (PR) our people are courageously defending their
nation, their dignity, their flag and culture against the Yankee military occupation and
colonialism. The massive opposition and the strikes against the privatization of the telephone
company is an example of resistance. But we are immersed in the class struggle. Just like in Perú,
in my country (PR) there are lackeys who defend North American imperialism because they benefit
from the colonial status. One of these is the U.S. Viceroy (or Governor) Pedro Rosello who says
that "Puerto Rico is not a nation," that "Puerto was not invaded by Yankee troops on July 25,
1898, but they were invited to come in." The Commissioner Romero Barcelo says "there was no
resistance." These are lies. The blood of our people who died defending my country and the prisoners of war
who are languishing in several jails of this Empire, refute the babbling of these mercenaries.
Viva the 100th Anniversary of Struggle and Resistance Against Colonialism in Puerto Rico!
Yankee Go Home! ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre! ¡Viva la Guerra Popular en Perú! ¡Viva el Presidente
Gonzalo!
Edwin Cortés (Puerto Rican Prisoner of War. Ejército Popular Boricua. PA, USA.)
Dear Comrades,
Thank you for the documents of the PCP and the latest issue of The New Flag. The armed
struggle in Perú is part of the world's revolutionary movement that is rising against social
injustice and exploitation. Today's struggles develop in an uneven form, some more developed
than others, with regard to ideology and practice. In Cuba, Maoist literature has been virtually
banned since the late 1960's, but this is changing lately, especially after the fall of the former
Soviet Union and the regimes in Eastern Europe. Only two years ago, I had a distorted view of
the PCP. This is because the official government publications in Cuba reprint the press
reports on Peru from the Fujimori regime, and the reactionary papers in Perú. From time to time
Peruvian officials, including despised pseudo "leftists" of Fujimori's Congress (e..g., Moreno, Breña,
Diez Canseco) visit the Island and slander the Peruvian revolution as "terrorists" at will. We are
working here so that Cubans can learn about the real context of the People's War from the PCP
documents.
Since the world revolution is uneven, many revolutionaries struggle in different forms and with different ideas. That's the reason why we must built a Communist International because the human aspirations for a new and better society is the same. That's probably why some honest people can't understand the PCP project in its full extent, and perspective. Reaction owns and manipulates all the media, and our space is extremely small. It is important that the PCP deliver its powerful ideology in a very systematic and clear manner in the limited space it has. The capture of Chairman Gonzalo has hurt me a lot. I thought it was a serious setback, but I gained strenght when I saw him on CNN (available in Cuba in Spanish) speaking from inside of a tiger cage when he said his capture was simply a "bend in the road." Chairman Gonzalo is the true greatest living communist in the world! By admission of the enemy, Comrade Feliciano is a tested leader, a forge of Gonzalo and the People's War. In appearance, Yankee imperialism is too mighty and eternal. As Mao taught, in reality it is a giant with clay's foot. It is digging its tomb everywhere in the world, from the Balkans, Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America. An old Cuban saying is, "while we struggle, we must carry with us two bags, one for our victories and the other for our defeats," there is no other way. We are not here to throw each other flowers or enjoy a saloon tournament. We are here to fight. As Chairman Gonzalo said in his Interview, if we are involved in this historic necessity, we must assume our responsibilities with "clear minds, resolute decisions and inextinguishable passion."
I am sure that the Peruvian revolutionaries will keep the Red banners of the revolution always high, following the examples of Marx, Lenin and Stalin. The society of eternal harmony and unity for all peoples in the world will be achieved only with golden Communism!
¡Proletarios del mundo, uníos!
¡Viva La Guerra Popular en Perú!
D.R. (Luces y Montoro- Plaza de la Revolución, Habana, Cuba).