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In this article we address the ways in which the land struggles in the Andean province of Jujuy, Argentina, were interpreted, since the end of the 19th century, in terms of a "communist threat." The accusation of being a "communist" was applied to arrendatarios (tenants) in the highlands of the region, along with the "Indigenous" and "Indians labels, in situations of land demands. On the other hand, the accusation of being communist was integrated and reinterpreted by the arrenderos in various ways. We examine how this complex trajectory of labels, accusations and stigmatization intervened, in the long run, with the process of ethnic revival experienced in the region, particularly toward the 1990s.

Rückblick auf die Entstehung der Guerrilla-Organisation Sendero Luminoso im peruanischen Department Ayacucho, Darstellung ihrer ideologischen Ausrichtung und Erörterung der Frage ihrer Verbindungen zur Sowjetunion, zu Kuba und zu linken Gruppierungen im lande. Analyse der Gründe für die Unterstützung der Guerrilla durch die örtlichen Kleinbauern. Bericht über die militärische Offensive der Regierung und ihre Bedeutung im Zusammenhang mit der Ermordung von acht Journalisten in der Landgemeinde Ucharaccay

Introduction : guerrillas and comandantes -- Dictators and civil wars -- Genesis of a guerrilla generation -- Inside the guerrilla -- Utopia and dystopia, Nicaragua -- Negotiations, peace and post-War reintegration -- Legacies and ambivalences -- Appendices.

Discusses impact of collapse of communism on Marxist-Leninist movements in Latin America who renounced violence and disavowed ideologies, focusing on the exceptions of Peru, where counterinsurgency was successful, and Colombia, where it was not. Included in a collection of articles under the overall title "Post-Cold War challenges in Latin America".

In one of the world's most intractable and under-reported rebellions, the Naxalites have been engaged in a decades-long battle with the Indian state. Presented in the media as a deadly terrorist group, the movement is made up of Marxist ideologues and lower-caste and tribal combatants who seek to overthrow a system that has abused them. In 2010, anthropologist Alpa Shah embarked on a seven-night trek with some of these communist guerrillas, walking 250 kilometres through the dense, hilly forests of eastern India. Speaking to leaders and living for years with villagers in guerrilla strongholds, Shah seeks to understand how and why some of India's poor have shunned the world's largest democracy and taken up arms to fight for a fairer society--and asks whether they might be undermining their own aims. Nightmarch is a compelling reflection on dispossession and conflict at the heart of contemporary India.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Note on the Text -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Map -- Part One: Going Underground -- 1. Following the Call -- 2. Half a Century of Armed Resistance -- 3. Living in a Mud Hut -- Part Two: Prashant, The Kid Among The Goats -- 4. Meeting the Guerrillas -- 5. The City in the Forest -- 6. Dressing as a Man -- Part Three: Gyanji, An Agile Mind -- 7. Night One -- 8. Sacrifice, Renunciation, Liberation and Violence -- 9. Morning One -- Part Four: Kohli's Home away from Home -- 10. Night Two -- 11. Egalitarian Ideals, Humaneness and Intimacy -- 12. Night Three -- Part Five: Vikas, Frankenstein's Monster -- 13. Night Four -- 14. Accelerating the Reach of the State and Capital -- 15. Night Five -- Part Six: Somwari's Autonomy from the Shackles of Patriarchy -- 16. Night Five, Continued -- 17. Gender, Generation, Class and Caste -- 18. Night Six -- Part Seven: What Came to Pass -- 19. Night Seven -- 20. Incarnations -- Fieldnotes on Making New Futures -- A Bibliographic Essay on the Naxalites -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.