Shining Path the Peruvian Army. According to the government, there were approximately 7,226 "comités de auto defensa" as of 2005; almost 4,000 are located in the central region of Peru, the stronghold of the Shining Path. The Peruvian government also cracked down on the Shining Path in other ways. Military personnel were dispatched to areas dominated by the Shining Path, especially Ayacucho, to fight the rebels. Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Apurimacwere, and Huanuco were declared emergency zones, allowing for some constitutional rights to be suspended in those areas. Initial government efforts to fight the Shining Path were not very effective or promising. Military units
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece the Non Governmental Organization, Antinazi Initiative. The Trade Union wing of OAKKE, acting mainly in the ship repair zone in Perama, is ERGAS. Antinazi Initiative, corresponds to the British antifascist "Searchlight". It publishes the monthly newspaper "New East", and wall newspapers which are posted at key points in many cities across the country by its members and friends. Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (, "Orgánosi yia tin Anasigkrótisi tou Komounistikoú Kómmatos Elládas"), mostly known by its acronym OAKKE, is a minor Greek political party