|
|
Post by samarob on Dec 25, 2004 23:22:35 GMT -5
A new December document called "Chairman Gonzalo is People's War!" by the Peru People's Movement (MPP), generated organization of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) has been posted on WWW.REDSUN.ORG which is a website of PCP supporters where you can get all public documents of the PCP and its generated organizations, along with documents of the RIM and International Communist Movement. |
|
|
|
Post by RedFlagOverTrenton on Dec 28, 2004 20:49:36 GMT -5
"The RCP-USA refers to our Great Leader as “known as Chairman Gonzalo”, as if he was just anyone, and thereafter they are going to put forward that “we have almost not known him,” in order to then deny him and thereafter combat him openly. They have always opposed defending him in his condition of Great Leader and even less as the one who has defined Maoism as third, new and higher stage of Marxism."
As far as I know the RCP-USA has always been a firm supporter of Sendro Luminoso and Chairman Gonzalo. Whenever they've used the know as... phraseology it's typically just to distinguish his moniker and title from his given name, Abimael Guzman. I've never read about word about the PCP chairman and the People's War in RCP publications; "In Defense of Fighters and Dreamers" in the RW actively praised it.
There's also extensive condemnation of Avakian as an anti-Maoist who opposes people's war which from everything I've read is the exact opposite of the truth. Has there always been beef between Sendero and the RCP? Is that the PCP's official line or just the opinion of a few supporters?
|
|
|
|
Post by RedFlagOverTrenton on Dec 28, 2004 20:52:37 GMT -5
Also, reading that article lends credence to the widely circulated notion that the PCP is indeed a cult of personality.. so much talk of "subjecting" oneself "unconditionally" to Gonzalo's leadership in what sounds and feels to be a very mechanical way.
|
|
Burningman
Revolutionary
"where it is by proxy it is not"
Posts: 194
|
Post by Burningman on Dec 29, 2004 11:48:00 GMT -5
The Communist Party of Peru (SL) and the RCP-USA are both participating organizations in the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, along with several other parties and pre-party formations. There basis of unity are in two major documents which should both be available on the awtw.org website.One is the RIM's founding declaration, the other its adoption of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
The MPP is not the PCP, it is a group of supporters in Europe who are extremely dogmatic to the point that satire would be impossible. Read carefully that the document you reference is not authored by the PCP itself.
I believe that the RIM magazine "A World To Win" had an article several years ago called something like "RIM Critics from the Cyber-Swamp" about the attempts to sow divisions in the international communist movement by this small group.
There are groups I more or less "support" without being able to speak for them or issue documents in their name.
------
Maoists groups have had a tendency towards the cult of personality, but there are certainly differences not just of degree, but of kind. Saying "Chairman Gonzolo IS People's War" is rank metaphysics. While the party may lead, its the people who make history.
|
|
|
|
Post by 1949 on Dec 29, 2004 12:02:52 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by RedFlagOverTrenton on Dec 29, 2004 15:01:48 GMT -5
Burningman: Ahh, I see. The original poster's reference to the MPP as a "generated organ" of the PCP is what confused me, as it seemed to imply the MPP was some kind of officially sanctioned body. Considering the PCP's situation and where it is right now I should've known better than to assume recent official documents was being posted online, by themselves, not to mention exclusively in English  I'll reread the articles on that site with that in mind. Dogmatic cyberbeef among the ICM and its supporters is totally ridiculous and only serves to undermine the unity of people who would otherwise stand together in solidarity. |
|
Burningman
Revolutionary
"where it is by proxy it is not"
Posts: 194
|
Post by Burningman on Dec 30, 2004 11:33:14 GMT -5
I wouldn't assume that all "cyberbeefs" are the result of dogmatism. When it comes to party politics, I only trust official statements printed in recognized organs.
When "supporters" speak, I listen for the intention of their words: are they trying to advance the struggle as a whole or are they playing for turf? Do their words match with the general line and practice of the organization or trend they represent?
On Indymedia, where I work quite a bit, we get tons of posts claiming to be from anarchists or communists or "people of color" that are little more than crude attacks meant to inspire distrust and hostility. These posts often come in batches with rightwing rhetoric, personal attacks and provocation posts. In other words -- they are not written by the people they claim to represent, but (at times) by people hostile to the left seeking to spark "internal" conflicts with no productive resolution.
To the best of my knowledge, some of the MPPs in Europe were "generated" organizations of the PCP. Some were led by longtime Peruvian expats, and other formations by fellow travelers. But they were "generated" a long time ago and after the capture of Gonzalo, some of them began to act in very peculiar ways. It is also important to note that they have engaged in factional behavior towards the ICM that the PCP never endorsed as such.
The RIM's treatment of the whole affair was a lesson in principled politics. They argued that line leads, not individuals because of any special grace. Considering the extent to which the cult of personality has become an accepted doctrine within large sections of the Maoist movement, it was an import reiteration of some basic Leninist principles.
Check out the articles 1949 linked to.
|
|
