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How about that Shining Path anyway? Speaking of Maoism outside China?
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Prettty much gone, but an extra-militant faction called Proseguir is still hanging on. Shining Path - Wikipedia
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In addition, ‘Maoist’ means a ‘Party of the Masses,’ while ‘Marxism-Leninism’ means a ‘Vanguard Party.’ Meaningless? Certainly, Tens of thousands have been killed over this sort of obscure difference.
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It’s interesting that West Bengal has a “Communist Party of India (Marxist)” (the party in power), a “Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist),” a “Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists,” a “Communist Revolutionary League of India,” a “Communist Workers Party (India),” and a “Marxist Forward Bloc.”
I suppose the pure Marxists are economic theorists, but the Marxist-Leninists believe in active political goals. Which makes it odd that the CPIM is the party in power.