After the split of Red Flag in 1967, the red faction of the "José Carlos Mariátegui Regional Committee" (CRJCM), led by Abimael Guzmán, carried out a series of activities and plenary sessions in Lima. This split marked a crucial moment in the history of the Peruvian radical left, giving rise …
The events of Huanta in June 1969 were the litmus test that convinced the Red Flag sector led by Guzmán to initiate their own path towards what they called the reconstitution of the Communist Party. The Huanta struggle marks a turning point in the regional history of Ayacucho and the …
In June 1969, the Military Government issued decree 006, which cut the coverage of free education. This measure generated an important social mobilization of rejection in which the presence of the Association of Small Landowners and organizations linked to the Red Flag party stood out. In Ayacucho the struggle was …
In 1970, the Congress Nacional de Refundación de la FEP took place amidst significant fragmentation within the student movement in Peru. Only six federations attended, allowing Patria Roja, a party that emerged from Bandera Roja, to easily establish its dominance over the fragmented Maoist groups. This event marked a pivotal …
On July 17, 1973, the Frente Único de Estudiantes (FUE), formed by the FER Antifascista, the MIR, Vanguardia Revolucionaria, Bandera Roja, Apristas and Christian Democrats, defeated the FER in the elections to renew the board of directors of the FUSCH. In this same context, the forces of the FUE also …
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