Shining Path allowed elections for the first time in a dozen years in 1980, the Shining Path was one of the few leftist political groups that declined to take part. It chose to begin guerrilla war in the highlands of the Ayacucho Region. On May 17, 1980, on the eve of the presidential elections, it burned ballot boxes in the town of Chuschi. It was the first "act of war" by the Shining Path. The perpetrators were quickly caught and additional ballots were shipped to Chuschi. The elections proceeded without further problems, and the incident received little attention in the Peruvian press.
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