Shining Path under the Shining Path as it was under the government. Polls have never been completely accurate as Peru has several anti-terrorism laws, including "apology for terrorism," that makes it a punishable offence for anyone who does not condemn the Shining Path. In effect the laws make it illegal to support the group in any way. Many peasants were unhappy with the Shining Path's rule for a variety of reasons, such as its disrespect for indigenous culture and institutions. However, they had also made agreements and alliances with some indigenous tribes. Some did not like the brutality of its "popular trials"
History of the Communist Party USA History of the Communist Party USA The history of the Communist Party USA is deeply rooted in the history of the American labor movement and the Communist Party USA indeed played critical roles in the earliest struggles to organize American workers into unions as well as the later civil rights and anti-war movements. However, many Communists were forced to work covertly due to the high level of political repression in the United States against Communists, whom were targeted for legal retaliation and in some areas state-supported terrorism and lynchings. According to Gus Hall, who served as the General Secretary of