Most of those who are convinced that the Naxalites are not Maoists, in spite of wearing the Maoist label, have come to assume that they are in fact following Che Guevara’s path. This is only partly true. On basic questions of strategy and tactics, there is considerable divergence between Cheist … Read More
Mr Charu Mazumdar, leader and chief theoretician of the CP(M-L), and his close associates know only too well that there is not a single instance in the post-war period where guerillas have seized power merely on the strength of their communist or socialist ideology. All independent communist revolutions since 1945 … Read More
The Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) has attracted a lot of publicity by attacking the Gandhi centre at Jadavpur University and by burning a tram and two buses in Calcutta on the eve of its first anniversary on April 22. Its activists, popularly known as Naxalites, have shown a striking capacity for … Read More
The political situation in southeast Asia has been highly unstable for almost three decades. But seldom has uncertainty about the future been so great as it is now. The outcome of the war in Viet Nam holds the key to future developments in the region. But it cannot be divorced … Read More
