The Shining Path Dbq

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Similar actions were taken by the FLN in their campaign of violence against the population. Due to the FLN's nationalist approach they began a campaign of us verses them in regards to the French with no concept of neutrality on the matter and any Muslim who collaborated with the French would be murdered to bring allegiance and obedience aimed at cleansing and purifying the city of Algiers.1 The strategy was to remove all social and political parasites that made up any competing forces in light of La Pegre, a similar organization who worked under the French secret police as informants, so in order to covert more members and remove the threat they waged a war of intimidation.2 The FLN began its violence against the French settlers in Algeria …show more content…

The Shining Path began initiating quotas set towards the targeting of random citizens, along with the order to not be afraid to sacrifice their own lives in order to raise the number of casualties.13 Such actions undermined the groups objectives on two fronts: it did nothing to further the groups Marxist message of the working class joining together, and it also caused the people to get tired of the Shining Path's indiscriminate killing and bombing of schools and the increase in missing persons.1415 This is where the Shining Path and the FLN differ. The FLN based its targets on the concept of nationalism and targeting those who sided with the French in their quest for independence from France. This made their attacks symbolic of a larger cause and a clear enemy upon which to fight against.The racial divide within Algeria bewteen the French and Muslim communities made it simpler for the FLN to transmitt a message of an armed struggle only against the French settlers and any of their lackeys, making it simpler for Algerians to identify who would be a target.16 The same could not be said for the people in Peru. The Shining Path began to kill almost indiscriminately anyone who might be against their communist message, while not being afraid of dying themselves, giving them a cult like image to others. The FLN …show more content…

The structure of the FLN gave it an anvantage when it came to maintaining the organizational requirements of the group as well as a clear political objective. The FLN division of Algeria into zones with different factions heading different endeavors with a resemblance of a hierarchical structure aided in organizational stability.18 The FLN had developed a clear political objective for their movement that was supported my the historical moment and their willingness to have political discussions. This was seen when the FLN met in the Soummam proceeding when they developed a military structure that aided in the organization requirements of the group.19 The same could not be said of the Shining Path, who all answered to one leader. Both groups also differed in their political objectives. While both the Shining Path and the FLN were working towards a revolution within their countries through violence, their preperation for after the fighting led one to

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