Podcasts about Shining Path

Enrique “Ric” Prado is a 24-year veteran of the CIA's operations directorate, playing a pivotal role in counterterrorism and clandestine operations. As a co-founder of the Osama bin Laden task force, Alec Station, and later Chief of Operations for the CIA's Counterterrorist Center, he was instrumental in the agency's post-9/11 counterterrorism expansion. Prado led high-stakes intelligence and kinetic operations worldwide, earning recognition for his leadership in some of the most challenging missions against terrorist networks and hostile foreign agents. His career has been described as an "operational adventure," with significant contributions to some of the most critical covert actions in modern CIA history. Born in Cuba, Prado experienced the Cuban Revolution before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee. He later served as a U.S. Air Force Pararescue operator before joining the CIA, where he spent decades in high-threat environments, including Latin America, the Middle East, and East Asia. He was a key figure in operations against the Shining Path in Peru, the Abu Sayyaf Group in the Philippines, and North Korean intelligence activities. After retiring from the CIA, he continued his work in private intelligence and security operations. A recipient of multiple prestigious awards, including the CIA's Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, Prado is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and daring intelligence officers of his generation.He is an author of the best seller, “Black Ops- the life of a CIA Shadow Warrior.” Ric understands resilience, high stakes leadership and how to be incredibly decisive when it matters most. Black Ops: The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior https://www.cbsnews.com/video/black-ops-the-life-of-a-cia-shadow-warrior/ To know more about Ric visit his website: www.ricprado.comAll of the episodes in April are brought to you by The Outlier Project where we choose to live extraordinary lives.

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with one of her “favourite poets in the galaxy”, Canada's 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliot Clarke about his Canticles series of books—focusing on Canticles II (MMXX). Canticles is a lyric-styled epic. Clarke's visions of canonical and apocryphal scriptures are black in ink, but lightning in illumination. Testament II issues re-readings, revisions, rewrites of scriptures crucial to the emergent (Anglophone) African Diaspora in the Americas. Canticles II (MMXIX) and Canticles II (MMXX) follow Testament I (also issued in two parts) whose subject is History, principally, of slavery and imperialism and liberation and independence. Canticles II is properly irreverent where necessary, but never blasphemous. It is scripture become what it always is, really, anyway: Poetry. About George Elliot Clarke: Acclaimed for his narrative lyric suites (Whylah Falls and Execution Poems), his lyric “colouring books” (Blue, Black, Red, and Gold), his selected poems (Blues and Bliss), his opera libretti and plays (Beatrice Chancy and Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path), George Elliott Clarke now presents us with his epic-in-progress, Canticles, a work that views History as a web of imperialism, enslavement, and insurrection. A native Africadian, Canada's 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate ranges the atlas and ransacks the library to ink lines unflinching before Atrocity and unquiet before Oppression. About Hollay Ghadery: Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, was released with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, is due out with Palimpsest Press in 2026, and her children's book, Being with the Birds, with Guernica Editions in 2027. Hollay is the host of the 105.5 FM Bookclub, as well as a co-host on HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also a book publicist, the Regional Chair of the League of Canadian Poets and a co-chair of the League's BIPOC committee, as well as the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more about Hollay at www.hollayghadery.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with one of her “favourite poets in the galaxy”, Canada's 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliot Clarke about his Canticles series of books—focusing on Canticles II (MMXX). Canticles is a lyric-styled epic. Clarke's visions of canonical and apocryphal scriptures are black in ink, but lightning in illumination. Testament II issues re-readings, revisions, rewrites of scriptures crucial to the emergent (Anglophone) African Diaspora in the Americas. Canticles II (MMXIX) and Canticles II (MMXX) follow Testament I (also issued in two parts) whose subject is History, principally, of slavery and imperialism and liberation and independence. Canticles II is properly irreverent where necessary, but never blasphemous. It is scripture become what it always is, really, anyway: Poetry. About George Elliot Clarke: Acclaimed for his narrative lyric suites (Whylah Falls and Execution Poems), his lyric “colouring books” (Blue, Black, Red, and Gold), his selected poems (Blues and Bliss), his opera libretti and plays (Beatrice Chancy and Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path), George Elliott Clarke now presents us with his epic-in-progress, Canticles, a work that views History as a web of imperialism, enslavement, and insurrection. A native Africadian, Canada's 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate ranges the atlas and ransacks the library to ink lines unflinching before Atrocity and unquiet before Oppression. About Hollay Ghadery: Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, was released with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, is due out with Palimpsest Press in 2026, and her children's book, Being with the Birds, with Guernica Editions in 2027. Hollay is the host of the 105.5 FM Bookclub, as well as a co-host on HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also a book publicist, the Regional Chair of the League of Canadian Poets and a co-chair of the League's BIPOC committee, as well as the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more about Hollay at www.hollayghadery.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with one of her “favourite poets in the galaxy”, Canada's 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliot Clarke about his Canticles series of books—focusing on Canticles II (MMXX). Canticles is a lyric-styled epic. Clarke's visions of canonical and apocryphal scriptures are black in ink, but lightning in illumination. Testament II issues re-readings, revisions, rewrites of scriptures crucial to the emergent (Anglophone) African Diaspora in the Americas. Canticles II (MMXIX) and Canticles II (MMXX) follow Testament I (also issued in two parts) whose subject is History, principally, of slavery and imperialism and liberation and independence. Canticles II is properly irreverent where necessary, but never blasphemous. It is scripture become what it always is, really, anyway: Poetry. About George Elliot Clarke: Acclaimed for his narrative lyric suites (Whylah Falls and Execution Poems), his lyric “colouring books” (Blue, Black, Red, and Gold), his selected poems (Blues and Bliss), his opera libretti and plays (Beatrice Chancy and Trudeau: Long March, Shining Path), George Elliott Clarke now presents us with his epic-in-progress, Canticles, a work that views History as a web of imperialism, enslavement, and insurrection. A native Africadian, Canada's 7th Parliamentary Poet Laureate ranges the atlas and ransacks the library to ink lines unflinching before Atrocity and unquiet before Oppression. About Hollay Ghadery: Hollay Ghadery is an Iranian-Canadian multi-genre writer living in Ontario on Anishinaabe land. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. Fuse, her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions in 2021 and won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, Rebellion Box was released by Radiant Press in 2023, and her collection of short fiction, Widow Fantasies, was released with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. Her debut novel, The Unraveling of Ou, is due out with Palimpsest Press in 2026, and her children's book, Being with the Birds, with Guernica Editions in 2027. Hollay is the host of the 105.5 FM Bookclub, as well as a co-host on HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM. She is also a book publicist, the Regional Chair of the League of Canadian Poets and a co-chair of the League's BIPOC committee, as well as the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. Learn more about Hollay at www.hollayghadery.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

Bill Bailey stars as Guy Starling, a middle aged man who, after 45 years, and for reasons quite unknown to him, is suddenly revisited by his imaginary childhood friend, Hennikay.When Guy's great business idea – developing a phone-based app designed to stop people using phone based apps – unsurprisingly fails, he needs to find a job. And so he attends a sales seminar with Shining Path, who are apparently, "the number one providers of after-life finance packages in the UK".However, his attention is constantly derailed by the constant chatter of Hennikay, his imaginary childhood friend, who is still determinedly living in his head. And if that wasn't enough, he also has to cope with Tony, his old boss, who is also there, competing with him to land a job.But try as he might, Guy really can't get enthused by the idea of a career selling pre-paid funeral plans to the people of Maidstone. Was this what he thought his life was going to be, when he and Hennikay were young together, way back in 1976?Acclaimed comedian - and Strictly Come Dancing champion - Bill Bailey leads a series cast which includes Tony Gardner and Elizabeth Carling in this warm, funny look at childhood, adulthood and some of the follies of modern life, where a man with a confused child in his head might just be the sanest person in the room.Written by David SpicerGuy: Bill Bailey Hennikay: Max Lester Tony: Tony Gardner Stacia: Rebecca BoeyProducer: Liz Anstee A CPL production for BBC Radio 4

Peru's Shining Path, a Marxist-Maoist guerrilla force, plunged the Andean nation into a two-decade civil war that put villagers of the VRAEM, a remote, coca-producing region, on its bloody frontline. The Peruvian government captured the movement's despotic leader, and the war died. But the rebels switched gears, protecting coca shipments from Peru's interior to its coast, and out across Latin America. Today the VRAEM is the global trade's ground zero — even for the leaves that make their way, via an odd, winding journey, into Coca-Cola bottles worldwide. And the Shining Path, though weakened, are still among the embattled region's biggest players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[originally published on Patreon March 18, 2024] A brief parenthetical before continuing with the story of the Guatemalan genocide, I decided to do an episode just for me (and the like three other Mormon listeners) about the Mormon church in Guatemala, though I think this will still be instructive.  The history begins with a Mormon named John Forres O'Donnal who was hired to the US Department of Agriculture's new agency, the Office of Rubber Plant Investigations and sent to Guatemala and more or less developed Guatemala's rubber industry for US strategic purposes. More or less downstream from that, Mormonism began to flow as a consequence of his presence in the country. Church leaders visited and US missionaries began to arrive in the 1950s after the 1954 coup. A former Mormon missionary who learned Mayan languages went back to BYU and worked on creating the Cakchiquel Basic Course through funding via a grant from the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare; this was published in 1969, and then expanded and republished in 1977. It is very likely that this program also received NSA funding as discussed in the Puzzle Palace by James Bamford. In turn, this facility with Mayan languages would have been used during the Guatemalan Civil War for counterinsurgency purposes. Then, I tell the story of Cordell Andersen, a biological warfare doctor from a family with a biological weapons background. Andersen served a mission in Guatemala; later in life he would relocate his family to Guatemala where he became a farmer/landowner, entrepreneur, and vaccination enthusiast. He ran the Foundation (sometimes the Center) for Indian Development and later on, the Guatemalan Foundation which attempted to win the hearts and minds of indigenous Guatemalans. The O'Donnal and Andersen families were accused of stealing and selling war orphans from Guatemala. I cover this particular story as far as I can take it and discuss the heinous yet common trade in children in Guatemala, both through orphanages and international adoptions, and the darker shit too. This, in turn, brings us back to the very far-right networks destabilizing Guatemala in the first place. I also discuss Alex Jones's family in Guatemala around the same time, which is to say, the various and variously-supported pieces of evidence that he comes from an intelligence family background. Most of the Anglo Mormons active in the country around the same time have comparable histories and it is instructive to compare them. I go over my personal experiences with Guatemala and I discuss the history of the Guatemala City Temple and the ironic Shining Path connection to the O'Donnal story. I crunch some baptism and conversion statistics and come to some interesting conclusions about periods of church growth and civil unrest, and the nature of the Mormon church itself. Songs: various selections from documentaries about Cordell Andersen and his organizations Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down (traditional) performed by Uncle Tupelo

Pastor Billy shares a message of encouragement!

Returning guest Lilah @palebloodstasi (formerly @leechwaifu) joins Jack, Yair and Geraint once again to talk Scottish issues, the chaotic Rochdale byelection, the beautiful mind of Eddie Marsan, and Chairman Gonzalo of the Shining Path, among many other subjects. We also return to the world of hip-hop and investigate the titular HARBU DARBU, the hit drill banger sweeping the Israeli charts that is obviously about wanting to murder famous western women, and the US rap game's responses to 9/11. IRANIAN HANGMEN!!!!

In this episode, Joe talks about the Claudia Llosa directed 'The Milk of Sorrow' (2009). They discuss the criticism of the movie, specifically whether non-indigenous directors can effectively portray indigenous stories. They also discuss the context of the movie, discussing the history of the Maoist terrorist group, The Shining Path, and the current oppression of indigenous Peruvian people. --------The whole RSS feed is available here > https://rss.com/podcasts/thereelthingThe Reel Thing on Social Media:Instagram > https://www.instagram.com/thereelthingpod---------All music by Wise John. https://wisejohn.com/Follow them on Instagram > https://www.instagram.com/wisejohnofficial/---------Bergen Filmklubb > https://bergenfilmklubb.no/---------References:Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milk_of_SorrowSelma Mutual Composer: The Milk of Sorrow: https://www.selmamutal.com/the-milk-of-sorrowFilm Comment, Short Takes: The Milk of Sorrow by Chris Chang: https://www.filmcomment.com/article/short-takes-milk-of-sorrow/Wiki of Claudia Llosa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_LlosaWiki of Madeinusa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MadeinusaCultural Dyslexia and the Politics of Cross-cultural Excursion in Claudia Llosa's Madeinusa by Diana Palaverisch: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/bhs.2013.31Quechua people wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quechua_peopleMagaly Solier UNESCO: https://peru.com/entretenimiento/espectaculos/magaly-solier-unesco-reconoce-actriz-peruana-como-artista-paz-noticia-520329/Magaly Solier Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magaly_SolierShining Path: https://insightcrime.org/peru-organized-crime-news/shining-path-profile/People's War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_war__________

On this episode, Dan and Kevin cover: the invention of haggis, Henry VIII, cold water vs. hot water, Nero, counterfeiting, Ed Kemper, blanching a tomato, Japanese Robin Hood, hot steam, going into shock, the Shining Path, THE BEST DAD JOKE EVER, and much more!Please like, subscribe, and follow where ever you listen.The Beard StrugglePatreonMerchBuy Us A CoffeeYouTubeInstagramTwitterTiktokThe Sassholes Insta!!Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/curiosityLicense code: 7QU9IW0B2IJBFZJYMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/christian-larssen/suburban-honeymoonLicense code: 1OKNVEXYPW8QAYSHMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/qube/playLicense code: SKT2DM1PM7SZMJG6Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/ping-pong-swingLicense code: ILJPXAZI1RNJFOWXAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Democracy in Question? is brought to you by:• Central European University: CEU• The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: AHCD• The Podcast Company: scopeaudio Follow us on social media!• Central European University: @CEU• Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy in Geneva: @AHDCentre Subscribe to the show. If you enjoyed what you listened to, you can support us by leaving a review and sharing our podcast in your networks!  Glossary USAID(19:20 or p.4 in the transcript)The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was developed in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. He created the agency after signing an executive order to advance American interests abroad through development efforts and humanitarian aid. With the global economy still relatively fragile less than two decades after the end of World War II, it was essential for the U.S.'s own prosperity to promote growth in developing countries and to help nations maintain their independence and freedom.USAID works in more than 100 developing countries spanning the globe in areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Eurasia. The agency, which has field offices in the areas noted above, is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with organizational units that are called bureaus. Those working in each unit are responsible for programs and activities in a specific country.The agency's mission and objectives remain the same today. USAID's mission is to boost democratic values across the world, helping nations become self-reliant as they progress in their own development. While promoting development and reducing poverty are among its aims, it also promotes democratic governance in recipient nations, and helps counteract the drivers of violence, instability, transnational crime, and other security threats. source Truth Commission or Truth and Reconciliation Commission(31:52 or p.7 in the transcript)In 1980 the Shining Path, a Maoist opposition group, began an uprising against the Peruvian military dictatorship to protest pervasive social and economic inequalities. In 1982, the TúpacAmaru Revolutionary Movement began fighting against the military as well and also engaged in an internal conflict with the Shining Path. The war disproportionately affected the remote Ayacucho Region where forty percent of an estimated 70,000 deaths and disappearances occurred. Activity of the Shining Path significantly diminished after their leader Abimael Guzmán and other key members were captured in 1992. The government's engagement in the conflict ended after President Alberto Fujimori was forced from office in November 2000. In December 2000, the caretaker government of Valentin Paniagua approved the establishment of a truth commission, which was inaugurated on July 13, 2001, and began its work after President-elect Alejandro Toledo took office later that month.Interim president Paniagua decided to establish the Commission with the approving vote of his Cabinet. Supreme Resolution from February 27, 2001 proposed the creation of a truth commission and established a working group to design its mandate. The commission was set up by a decree.Its mandate was to investigate assassinations, torture, disappearances, displacement, employment of terrorist methods and other violations attributable to the State, the Shining Path and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement between May 1980 and November 2000 during the administrations of former Presidents Fernando Belaunde (1980 - 1985), Alan Garcia (1985 - 1990) and Alberto Fujimori (1990 - 2000).The TRC was comprised of twelve Peruvian commissioners, ten men and two women, chaired by Salomón Lerner Febres. The President appointed the members of the commission with the approval of the Council of Ministers. The commission opened five regional offices to carry out its work. On August 28, 2003, the commission released its 8,000-page final report to then President Alejandro Toledo and to other members of the government. source 

Dr. Christopher C. Harmon discusses "Maoist Revolutionary War Outside China," a topic on which he is offering a class at IWP (IWP 706, https://www.iwp.edu/courses/maoist-revolutionary-wars-outside-china/). ***This event is part of IWP's China Series, organized by the China/Asia Program.*** About the Lecture: The ideas of Mao tse Tung had a powerful impact—whatever one may think of their morals or their intellectual value. Maoism created the modern People's Republic of China and was then sent on outward marches to influence others around the world. The “export” of Maoist revolutionary warfare began by 1950, was refreshed with the 1965 pamphlet of Defense Minister Lin Biao “Long Live the Victory of People's War,” and has recently been re-examined by scholar Julia Lovell's 2019 volume Maoism: A Global History. Dr. Harmon is lecturing on Wednesday, May 17th about this phenomenon, bringing forward examples of Maoist revolutions in Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Peru. The lecture draws upon the substance of his new syllabus at the Institute of World Politics, a course on the theory and practice of Maoism, to commence this summer (2nd term; July-August). About the Speaker: Christopher C. Harmon directed “Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism” at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, a program detailed in Jane's Intelligence Review (“Regional Teamwork,” September, 2018). Dr. Harmon lectured on Maoist revolutionary warfare for many years at the staff college for Majors at Marine Corps University in Quantico, Virginia, where he later held three academic chairs. He has published on the Peruvian Maoists of “Shining Path” in the journal Small Wars and Insurgencies. Harmon's eighth book--Warfare in Peacetime, is forthcoming this spring. ***Learn more about IWP graduate programs: https://www.iwp.edu/academic-programs/ ***Make a gift to IWP: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E231090&id=18

In the history of Latin America, political extremes have caused great pain and suffering, especially to innocents throughout the rural areas of Central and South America. Communism has not been an exception to this rule. And in Peru, during the 70s, 80s and 90s, one particular Communist party made Peru an extremely dangerous and unwelcome place to live in. Led by a narcissistic leader who believed in using violence to further his goals, Sendero Luminoso is a fantastic example of terrorist groups hiding behind a “political party” to accomplish their goals. With Abimael Guzmán at the helm, the so-called Shining Path recruited college students, teachers, and even high school teenagers as soldiers, forming an army that would later be the cause of bombings, kidnappings and murders, with drug trafficking and executions also being among their preferred activities. The government's response was equally as violent, and war came to Peru. But how did this terrible story end, and what happened with Abimael and his army at the end? Find out in this action-packed episode of the Learn Spanish with Stories podcast! Transcript of this episode is available at: https://podcast.lingomastery.com/listen/1168

When Rains Became Floods: A Child Soldier's Story (Duke UP, 2015) is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerrilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military. After escaping the conflict, he became a Franciscan priest and is now an anthropologist. Gavilán Sánchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

When Rains Became Floods: A Child Soldier's Story (Duke UP, 2015) is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerrilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military. After escaping the conflict, he became a Franciscan priest and is now an anthropologist. Gavilán Sánchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies

When Rains Became Floods: A Child Soldier's Story (Duke UP, 2015) is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerrilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military. After escaping the conflict, he became a Franciscan priest and is now an anthropologist. Gavilán Sánchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

When Rains Became Floods: A Child Soldier's Story (Duke UP, 2015) is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerrilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military. After escaping the conflict, he became a Franciscan priest and is now an anthropologist. Gavilán Sánchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Summary Enrique “Ric” Prado (LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss his new memoir “Black Ops.” One of the most renowned CIA officers of his generation tells his story. Book You can buy Ric's book, Black Ops, and support the International Spy Museum's mission here. What You'll Learn Intelligence His time as CIA Counterterrorist Chief of Operations which included 9/11 His career battling communist insurgents and Islamic terrorists on multiple continents His experience living in “Contra” camps during the Nicaraguan Revolution His time as Dep. Chief of Station and co-founding member of the Bin Laden Task Force Reflections Conquering your emotions to stay focused in a crisis His journey fleeing the Cuban Revolution as a young boy to CIA via USAF Pararescue And much, much more… Episode Notes Ric Prado spent twenty-four-years in the CIA – and what a twenty-four years it was. His first 36 months were in the jungles of Central America as the first CIA officer to live among the “Contras,” including a period with the Miskito Native people; indeed, the photos he took ending up on the desk of CIA Director Bill Casey. So, what was it like at the pointy end of the Reagan Doctrine's anti-communist spear, or as CIA Counterterrorist Center Chief of Ops during 9/11? To find out, and to hear more about Ric's storied career, Andrew sat down with him for this week's episode. One of the meanings of the noun “legend” is “a story coming down from the past.” Many people who were in the business at the CIA and elsewhere will have heard the stories that come down from the past re Enrique “Ric” Prado, but now we all have a chance to hear Ric set the record straight in his own words.  And… If Ric's communist uncle hadn't alerted the family that his school intended to send him off to the Soviet Union as a promising student for further education…if he hadn't taken an Oceanography class at Miami Dade College and met someone who led him to USAF Pararescue…if he hadn't been tipped off that he was to be killed in a Contra camp during the night and extricated himself from the situation…as Bob Dylan said, summing up so much of the human condition, “one more time, for a simple twist of fate.” Quote of the Week "The wiring was there and the mentoring from my dad…then the trip to the orphanage. And then definitely when I got into pararescue…being one of our special operations forces, the training is very, very intense…And making it through SERE school, making it through mountain climbing school. There's a certain level of conquering your emotions that you have to do…But I think that the most important thing was that I believed in what I was doing." – Ric Prado Resources SpyCast Episodes In the CT Center on 9/11, C. Storer A Life in the CIA, Hank Crumpton Interview with Cofer Black CT, Nicholas Rasmussen CT Strategy: P. Bergen & C. Costa Rethinking CT: J. Blazakis Books The Reagan Doctrine, J. Scott (DUP, 1996)  The Real Contra War, T. Brown (UOP, 2001) Insurgency to Stability, “The Philippines,” Rabasa et al., (RAND, 2011) Shining Path's Politics of War, C. Degregori (UWP, 2012) Red Revolution: Philippine Guerillas, G. Jones (Routeledge, 2019) The Shining Path, Starn & Serna (Norton, 2019) US Relations with Latin America (Five Books) Articles “Shining Path Leader Dead,” BBC (2021) “Nicaragua Veers to Dictatorship,” J. Cordoba, WSJ (2021) Documentaries Nicaragua Was Our Home (L. Shapiro, 1985) Ballad of the Little Soldier (W. Herzog, 1985) Primary Sources President Carter to Somoza (Brown, 1979) Reagan Covert Ops. Nicaragua (NSA, 1981) US Aid to Nicaragua (1982) Reagan Covert Ops. Nicaragua (Brown, 1983) Goldwater to Casey, “I'm Pissed Off” (Brown, 1984) Reagan State Of The Union (APP, 1985) Reagan Address Nicaragua (ReaganLib, 1986) Contras Lost Congress (WaPo, 1986) 25 Years of the NPA (Hartford, 1994)  Wildcard Resource The Clash, Sandanista (Album, 1980)

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Alun R facilitates the 7th of 7 sessions of Free from the Yoke (from UFO Press). In the Season 1 finale, the Houses continue to manoeuvre for advantage while Eva of the Shining Path leads Ehsan Baccus, Champion of the Temple Guards with instructed to protect her, and her frenemy, the sardonic Saruke (Ambassador from the Jezdec Horselords) into the steam hot tunnels that have opened beneath the remaining Ancient Monolith. Helga of the Cats, Shadow of the Wise, accompanies them with a mission of her own ... There's a preacher with a warning, lava pits, and a curtain of flame that speaks. Then Helga disappears, Razzim (a Chisel & Mallet spy within the Temple Guards) reveals his power, Ehsan suffers to protect his people, and, with the help of Loremaster Kasthera, Eva discovers what's going on ... and it doesn't bode well for the Wise ... We can only hope that Season 2 is greenlit ...

Terrorist groups attain notoriety through acts of violence, but threats of future violence are just as important in attaining their political goals. Today, I talked with Dr. Joseph Brown about how terrorists use threats, true and false, to achieve key outcomes such as social control, economic attrition, and policy concessions. Bio: I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. I research political conflict, including protest, state repression, and terrorism. My book, Force of Words: The Logic of Terrorist Threats (Columbia University Press 2020) is a detailed study of how violent non-state actors use threats to achieve their political aims. I completed my Ph.D. at Columbia University. I have conducted fieldwork in Northern Ireland, Spain, Sri Lanka and Peru, interviewing members of the Irish Republican Army, ETA, the Tamil Tigers, Shining Path, and the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. My research has been supported by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, the Earth Institute, and the Global Public Policy Network. Please browse my site and my Google Scholar page and feel free to contact me with questions. Website - https://josephmbrown.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Joseph_M_Brown Artwork by Phillip Thor - https://linktr.ee/Philipthor_art The Way Podcast - www.PodcastTheWay.com - Follow at Twitter / Instagram - @podcasttheway (Subscribe/Follow on streaming platforms and social media!) To watch the visuals with the trailer go to https://www.podcasttheway.com/trailers/ Thank you Don Grant for the Intro/Outro. Check out his podcast - https://threeinterestingthings.captivate.fm Intro guitar copied from Aiden Ayers at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UiB9FMOP5s *The views demonstrated in this show are strictly those of The Way Podcast/Radio Show*

This is a conversation with Martin Romero, General Manager and Partner of Peruvian-based Explorandes, a multi-year recipient of the World Travel Awards, and the first company to operate the Inca Trail trek. A pioneer in adventure travel, they continue to innovate their experiences with sustainability at the forefront. Martin is a living example of someone who has adapted to any challenge put in front of him. As a Peruvian-American, he has spent time living in both countries as well as in Australia. Martin's background includes positions in both tech and ecotourism. From working as a mountain biking tour guide in West Virginia to an integral part of Amazon's team in Seattle, and now back to Peru at his current position at Explorandes, Martin has applied his extensive background in tech to improve the adventure travel experience for all parties involved. In this conversation we discuss how travel companies can measure, monitor, and analyze data in order to help reduce the carbon footprint from travel. Technology can be used to reduce costs, emissions, waste, and more. We also discuss the evolving landscape of travel in Peru - from overcoming the terrorist reign of the Shining Path, to the impact of receding glaciers. Martin also gives us a glimpse of the tours available through Explorandes that will make you want to book a trip to Peru. “You just learn to adapt to whatever's in front of you.” - Martin

Alun R facilitates the 6th of 7 sessions of Free from the Yoke by UFO Press ... Elina departs the first Summer Conclave of the Age with the rest of the Cursed delegation after the Wise stripped them of their role in favour of the 'Pilgrims'. Meanwhile, we discover there is more to the relationship between Kasthera of the Chisel & Mallet and Eva of the Shining Path than anyone had realised - a meeting that leaves Eva itching for another fight, which she scratches when she sees Saruke of the Jezdec Horselords in conversation with Kassie. There's a Duel, an investigation of a work camp in the (literal) Shadow of one of the great statues that delineate the Land of the Wise, and a ritual revealed. Then ... the Shadow tells a stark truth, Kassie demonstrates the loss of any remaining naivety, and her Jezdec Bodyguards act on her desire ... blood is spilled on sacred ground ...

Alun R facilitates the 4th of 7 sessions of Free from the Yoke (UFO Press). After the failure to build the the Highway every House feels the displeasure of the Wise while they and their representatives on Earth lose some control and the Great City contracts. Some Houses retrench into their ancient traditions while others forge new roles or become more autocratic. Then, after 20 years, the Listeners to the Wise make it clear that the Land is lost if decline is not halted. The Spirits of the Land are unquiet and only a return to the core values that enabled the Wise to free the Land can give them rest. Some characters remain: Kasthera of the Chisel & Mallet devotes decades to the study of Lore, while Elina of the Cursed, too old to continue as a Scout, takes up a more administrative (and influential?) post as Factor. Then there's Eva bint Salah, Bogatyr of the Shining Path (who resents her father's actions a generation ago), and Saruke the young ambassador of the Jezdec Horselords brought up on the legend of 'Gerel and his spirit Centaurs'. Together they must face the fresh challenges of the Second Age of the Land ...

Alun R facilitates the 4th of 7 sessions of Free from the Yoke (UFO Press). Salah of the Shining Path is determined to further undermine the Highway of the Wise having convinced severakl groups within the Church to support him. Meanwhile, the Cursed launch their seasonal festival but the Jezdec Horselords are shocked when their Khan attends while an army of Imperial Dead menaces the steppe; they look elsewhere for leadership. Chisel and Mallet Ambassador, Kassie, is certain that someone is undermining her efforts to support the Wise so finds somewhere 'safge' for the Riverland Engineers. Then, a warehouse heist and an ancient steppe ritual; the Dead confronted and a potent Fist; and the sun rises in the south on heroes riding out of history and into myth.

Does Maoism really deserve all the criticism that it gets? Er, yes. Yes it does. For some it was a fad, but for others it became a way of life which endures to this day. Over the next two episodes, we're going to have a look at Maoism, from the bad to the very bad. Email: SMKYpodcast@gmx.com Twitter: @SMKYPodcast  

Alun R facilitates the 3rd of 7 sessions of Free from the Yoke (from UFO Press). As the Chisel & Mallet try to make progress on the Highway of the Wise, Salah of the Shining Path undermines the project and engineers the fall of his own High Priest. Perhaps emboldened by this, The Cursed change the balance of power in the city of al Tariq, taking coin from the Church. Meanwhile the Jezdec Horselords investigate the Place of Bones to discover a threat to their way of life that requires Gerel the Vagabond to call in a debt on the recently revealed 'Pilgrims' to have them join the defence of the Steppes. Then, Kasthera of the Chisel & Mallet leads an embassy into the Riverlands where her bodyguard, Durin, confronts the 'Marauding Serpents' with shock and awe, buying time for Elina of the Cursed to protect some innocents and Verhalf 'The Falcon', to place the Riverfolk under the protection of the Wise ... and there's an Army of Imperial Dead ...

Alun R facilitates the 2nd of 7 sessions of Free from the Yoke (from UFO Press). Having created the 'Land of the Wise' in session1, in this session we meet the player characters: Gerel, the Vagabond Jezdec Horselord; Kasthera, The Sparkling Chisel and Blazing Mallet's Ambassador; Salah, the Factor (and possible spymaster?) of the Church of the Shining Path; and Elina, the Scout of the Cursed. There's the Spring Conclave of the Wise in this, the 21st year since their victory, the announcement that their Listeners have dreamed of a highway built in unexpected emulation of Imperial practice, and a House ignored. Then, a Monolith, Rogues, and ... a Tiger ... Sadly human error (mine!) means the middle hour was not recorded ...

Brian Train, wargame designer, joins us to discuss simulations of irregular warfare. How do insurgencies differ from conventional wars, and what’s different about how you simulate them in wargames? We talk about many of Brian’s published games on these topics, such as ¡Arriba España!, Battle for China, Shining Path, and Algeria, as well as his […]

Summary Enrique “Ric” Prado (LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss his new memoir “Black Ops.” One of the most renowned CIA officers of his generation tells his story. Book You can buy Ric's book, Black Ops, and support the International Spy Museum's mission here. What You'll Learn Intelligence His time as CIA Counterterrorist Chief of Operations which included 9/11 His career battling communist insurgents and Islamic terrorists on multiple continents His experience living in “Contra” camps during the Nicaraguan Revolution His time as Dep. Chief of Station and co-founding member of the Bin Laden Task Force Reflections Conquering your emotions to stay focused in a crisis His journey fleeing the Cuban Revolution as a young boy to CIA via USAF Pararescue And much, much more… Episode Notes Ric Prado spent twenty-four-years in the CIA – and what a twenty-four years it was. His first 36 months were in the jungles of Central America as the first CIA officer to live among the “Contras,” including a period with the Miskito Native people; indeed, the photos he took ending up on the desk of CIA Director Bill Casey. So, what was it like at the pointy end of the Reagan Doctrine's anti-communist spear, or as CIA Counterterrorist Center Chief of Ops during 9/11? To find out, and to hear more about Ric's storied career, Andrew sat down with him for this week's episode. One of the meanings of the noun “legend” is “a story coming down from the past.” Many people who were in the business at the CIA and elsewhere will have heard the stories that come down from the past re Enrique “Ric” Prado, but now we all have a chance to hear Ric set the record straight in his own words.  And… If Ric's communist uncle hadn't alerted the family that his school intended to send him off to the Soviet Union as a promising student for further education…if he hadn't taken an Oceanography class at Miami Dade College and met someone who led him to USAF Pararescue…if he hadn't been tipped off that he was to be killed in a Contra camp during the night and extricated himself from the situation…as Bob Dylan said, summing up so much of the human condition, “one more time, for a simple twist of fate.” Quote of the Week "The wiring was there and the mentoring from my dad…then the trip to the orphanage. And then definitely when I got into pararescue…being one of our special operations forces, the training is very, very intense…And making it through SERE school, making it through mountain climbing school. There's a certain level of conquering your emotions that you have to do…But I think that the most important thing was that I believed in what I was doing." – Ric Prado Resources SpyCast Episodes In the CT Center on 9/11, C. Storer A Life in the CIA, Hank Crumpton Interview with Cofer Black CT, Nicholas Rasmussen CT Strategy: P. Bergen & C. Costa Rethinking CT: J. Blazakis Books The Reagan Doctrine, J. Scott (DUP, 1996)  The Real Contra War, T. Brown (UOP, 2001) Insurgency to Stability, “The Philippines,” Rabasa et al., (RAND, 2011) Shining Path's Politics of War, C. Degregori (UWP, 2012) Red Revolution: Philippine Guerillas, G. Jones (Routeledge, 2019) The Shining Path, Starn & Serna (Norton, 2019) US Relations with Latin America (Five Books) Articles “Shining Path Leader Dead,” BBC (2021) “Nicaragua Veers to Dictatorship,” J. Cordoba, WSJ (2021) Documentaries Nicaragua Was Our Home (L. Shapiro, 1985) Ballad of the Little Soldier (W. Herzog, 1985) Primary Sources President Carter to Somoza (Brown, 1979) Reagan Covert Ops. Nicaragua (NSA, 1981) US Aid to Nicaragua (1982) Reagan Covert Ops. Nicaragua (Brown, 1983) Goldwater to Casey, “I'm Pissed Off” (Brown, 1984) Reagan State Of The Union (APP, 1985) Reagan Address Nicaragua (ReaganLib, 1986) Contras Lost Congress (WaPo, 1986) 25 Years of the NPA (Hartford, 1994)  Wildcard Resource The Clash, Sandanista (Album, 1980)

Imagine if we could use plants to help solve complex engineering problems, while enhancing natural ecosystems. And what if we could use plants – and the process of planting – to restore damaged ecosystems, and in the process, build community resilience? Our guests are doing just that, and a lot more!   In this episode, host Sarah Thorne and Jeff King, Deputy Lead of the Engineering With Nature® Program at the US Army Corps of Engineers, are joined by Tosin Sekoni, Research Ecologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, and Art Froehlich, CEO of AgriView, and partner in The Communities for Life Network. They're talking about the importance of plants in the design of natural infrastructure to increase both ecosystem and community resilience. As Jeff notes: “The idea of plants being the fulcrum, engaged on multiple levels of creating benefit, really aligns with the EWN Program and how we seek to enhance social, economic, and environmental benefits.”   Tosin and Art's deep connections to farming have shaped their respective life's work. Tosin grew up in Nigeria and enjoyed spending time with her father on his hobby farm. In college, visiting national parks and wilderness areas reinforced her love of nature and her desire to focus her career on working on environmental issues. Over the past few years with USACE, she has been focused on how plants can be used to provide multiple benefits, especially in the context of climate change. She notes that plants, historically undervalued resources, can help regulate micro-climates and mitigate erosion and desertification. And when plants die, they become a major component of soil aggregate. Tosin is lead author on a new manual being developed within the EWN Program entitled Engineering With Nature: Integrating Plant Communities into Engineering Practice.   Art grew up on a small farm in Saskatchewan with livestock and crops. His study of soil science as part of his agriculture degree fueled his “preoccupation with the top meter of soil that drives absolutely everything. How can that top meter of soil be made more productive, more sustainable, and more environmentally supportive?” Art believes that agriculture is an important element in addressing climate change. “When first introduced to Engineering With Nature, I had never heard of it, but inherently, it was part of everything that we do on the farm. I'm a firm believer that agriculture, globally, can play a huge role in solving our climate issues if we go about doing things the right way.”   Art's focus on using plants that are more water and nutrient-use efficient, drove his lifelong interest in agriculture-based philanthropy. Through a partnership with Jack Neufeld, founder of the Communities for Life Network foundation, Art and his family translated their passion and agronomy expertise into helping improve nutrition for the people living in the arid, mountainous community of Manchay, Peru. Over time they realized that in addition growing plants and crops, the foundation could help produce other benefits for the community such as increasing the organic matter in soil, using wash water from homes to create simple irrigation systems, providing better seeds and tools, and hiring a local agronomist. The gardening school they started has had about 400 women graduate from the six-month program. Their next objective is to help the community gardeners produce more food than they need so they can create economic benefits by selling their crops at local markets or to neighbors. According to Art: “The changes have been rather dramatic, not just providing more and better nutrition to the families in the area but seeing the enthusiasm of the gardening school participants. Most of the graduates were farmers who left the Eastern part of Peru where the Shining Path revolutionaries were. We're rekindling their love of farming while helping them become self-sufficient and resilient.”   Innovation is a key part of both Art and Tosin's work.  One example is Tosin's field workshop with the Galveston District. The workshop was designed to demonstrate how plant species could assist in securing and supporting engineered structures in a dredge material placement area, such banks, and dikes, by attenuating waves, helping to restrain shore movement, building elevation, and increasing the strength and effectiveness of the structures.  The result was a self-perpetuating ecosystem that provided habitat for wildlife. Through this and subsequent workshops with federal and state agencies, academia, and non-government organizations, Tosin and her USACE colleagues continue to demonstrate the importance and value of using plant species to create ecosystems and innovative eco-engineering solutions.   Art talks about one of the unique innovations being deployed in Manchay, Peru – an arid, mountainous region, “Cloud catchers”, which are sheets of fibrous mesh or cloth, are strung up in higher elevation areas to extract water from fog in the clouds.  This water is then used by the community for watering livestock and for irrigating gardens. As Art notes: “Innovation is all about getting the community involved. Don't come in as the great hope for their salvation. Really understand what their needs are and try to fulfill that.”   Listeners are encouraged to consider using plants to protect and restore ecosystem and produce social and economic benefits. According to Tosin: “No matter how small or how big, you can always incorporate planting into your immediate environment. I have seen examples of people building ecosystems in their own yard, gardening in their backyard, or their front lawn. Just go ahead -- plant species are so important.” Art adds: “Think small, think local regardless of where you are. The best solutions are done at the local level.”  Jeff wraps up the episode with his own call for action: “For our practitioners and others in communities that are thinking about how to create resilience, or how can you create more benefit for a community, stop and reflect about plants, plant species, and what might be opportunities to integrate plants into these various projects.”     Related Links EWN Website ERDC Website Jeff King at LinkedIn Jeff King at EWN Network of Engineering With Nature   Tosin Adetayo-Sekoni at LinkedIn Tosin Sekoni at EWN Tosin Sekoni at Lamar University ERDC Corporate Communications Office – Courtney would know.   Art Froehlich at LinkedIn Communities for Life ‘Cloud catchers' aid parched Peruvians

Photo: #NewWorldReport: Peru's Pedro Castillo turns away from the Shining Path.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. lth https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/perus-congress-mulls-whether-to-confirm-new-moderate-left-cabinet/ar-AAPWy1X

A look at the Shining Path in Peru.

Photo: Shing Path: death.   María Elena Moyano Delgado was an Afro-Peruvian community organizer and feminist who was assassinated by the Shining Path. She grew up in poverty in the Villa El Salvador pueblo joven, then became involved in local activism. She was twice president of the Popular Federation of Women of Villa El Salvador and at the time of her death was deputy mayor. Her funeral was attended by 300,000 people and resulted in a downturn in support for the Shining Path. She received the Peruvian Order of Merit posthumously. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorldReport: The long death of the Shining Path.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis GLXXG https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/peru-says-body-of-shining-path-leader-to-be-cremated/ar-AAOKPvy

American capitalism normalizes mass death / Biden administration sends migrants in chains back to Haiti, prepares Guantanamo camp / Peru's ruling elite unleashes anti-communist tirade after Shining Path leader's death

REP. SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District, U.S. House of Representatives, Member, House Transportation & Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs Committees, Former State Representative, Pennsylvania General Assembly, @RepScottPerry Rep. Scott Perry: It's always the suits, not the boots that surrenders America to our enemies Rep. Perry: The leaving behind of $80-90 billion to numerous terrorist organization and the abandoning of Bagram Air Base did nothing but create a “terrorist superstate” The administration has brought in around 60,000 unvetted migrants from Afghanistan to America Rep. Scott: The U.S. droned an individual friendly to our cause. What do you think the intelligence is going to be when we are not in-country? Rep. Perry: “If there is not the dismissal with extreme prejudice of Gen. Milley, it is yet one more travesty foisted upon the American people, against their will, that imperils the United States at the hands in the of Communist Party of China”  LANCE CRAYON, former Senior News Editor, Global Times (US edition), former Video Journalist, China Radio International, former Senior Editor, People's Daily English News app Lance Crayon: Last year, for the first time ever, the top films in China were all Chinese productions - China is becoming more self-reliant Crayon: For decades, Hollywood has kowtowed to Chinese censors for the chance of premiere film's on the mainland Crayon: “The way China has it set up now, they can control not only what China sees but what the wold sees” It's Sept. 17 and their is no release date for Dune in China, a movie that China put up 75% of the money to fund All Taiwanese films at the Venice film festival were labeled as “Tapei” productions ISMAEL BENAVIDES, Peruvian politician, Former Minister of Economy and Finance, and Agriculture, President Alan García, Former Member, Congress of the Republic of Peru, former Minister of Fishery, President Fernando Belaúnde Terry Ismael Benavides: The June 9th runoff election in Peru was rigged in favor of the far left “Free Peru” party Benavides: Of the 16 members newly elected Peruvian president Pedro Castillo selected for his cabinet, 12 are extremists, some with close relations to the Shining Path terrorist movement Benavides: 5 million Venezuelans have left their country because of the internal political situation there. Is Peru next?

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - A federal appeals court has ruled against abortion restrictions in the state of Tennessee. A 2020 law restricts abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. The law also prohibits abortions conducted because of the race or sex of the baby, or because of a Down syndrome diagnosis. The ruling came about a week after another pro-life heartbeat law went into effect in Texas. The founder of the Peruvian terrorist group known as Shining Path died over the weekend at a military hospital. The 86-year-old founded Shining Path in the 1960s on communist principles. He began armed conflict in the 1980s, in hopes of stoking a revolution that would gain control of the Peruvian countryside, and eventually cities. Three European priests killed by the Shining Path in 1991, were recognized as martyrs by the Vatican in 2015. Over the weekend, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to spend more time in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, to become more like Christ. The pope spoke about adoration during the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest. Pope Francis was the first pope to attend an International Eucharistic Congress since 2000. The Church must respond to secularization with creativity, not defensiveness. Those were the words of Pope Francis today, during a meeting with clergy and lay people in Slovakia's capital. The pope said Christians have inherited a rich tradition. But for many people, that tradition feels like a relic from the past, not something that can affect how they live their lives today. He said the creativity of the Gospel is key to helping the world reclaim a sense of God, and the joy of faith. Today the Church celebrates the feast of Saint John Chrysostom. John was perhaps the greatest preacher in the history of the Church, and the most prominent Greek father of the Church.

This week we talk about Pedro Castillo, Keiko Fujimori, and The Shining Path.We also discuss Peruanismo, Fujishock, and bloodless military coups. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letsknowthings.substack.com/subscribe

Released 28 June 2021. The rapid decline of the Peruvian left-wing insurgent organization Sendero Luminoso was not only the result of the arrest of its leader. An analysis of the precipitous weakening of the organization using two social movement theories finds other factors were involved in the demise of the organization as well. These factors—participatory politics, support for the military among the rural population, and alienation of the population by Sendero Luminoso—provide insights to effective counterinsurgency tactics. Click here to read the article. [author_box]

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Pro-life advocates are calling on President Joe Biden, and congressional Democrats, to preserve the pro-life Hyde Amendment. The amendment bars the use of taxpayer funds for most elective abortions. The policy is not permanent law, so it must be attached to individual appropriations bills in order to take effect. During his presidential campaign in 2020, Biden reversed his previous support for the amendment. The rosary that Mary Queen of Scots took to her execution, was stolen last week. Thieves broke into a castle in southern England, and stole the rosary and other items worth more than $1.4 million. The president of the Peruvian bishops' conference has condemned the killing of sixteen people by the Shining Path, a communist rebel group. The attack took place on May 23rd in central Peru. Investigators believe the attack was an attempt to bully locals into not voting in Peru's upcoming general election. In his general audience in Rome today, Pope Francis reflected on the reality that sometimes prayers seem to go unanswered. The pope said Christians can find hope in the Resurrection, when all human longings will be fulfilled. He also encouraged Christians to meditate on the Gospels, where the response of Jesus is at times immediate, and at times delayed. Today is the feast of the 15th-century Italian saint, Philip Neri. He is remembered for founding the Congregation of the Oratory, dedicated to preaching and teaching. He is the patron of Rome and the U-S Army Special Forces.

We’re going to focus on the first two years - 1961 and 1962 in this episode which was about the same time as the South West African People’s Organisation took off. South Africa was supported by America until it became clear that the threat of a nuclear war reduced the possibility of a conventional war between the U.S. and Russia. For those who did not live through this period, it is quite difficult to understand the visceral fear conjured up by the idea that communist inspired revolutionaries and the global instability the two Superpowers were causing. In Latin America indigenous struggles had also accelerated. Che Guevara was an almost mythical Capitalist fighting Casanova who helped Cuban revolutionaries overthrow the US-backed government and Eastern Europe, Russia and China began exporting massive volumes of low cost firearms to any group that bought into the Marxist playbook. That was the book full of chapters – the Armed struggle, peasant classes seizes power, the state takes over all business, the proletariat defeats the bourgeoisie. Communist versus capitalist. The Americans, British, French and other NATO countries were as busy as the Communist nations trying to woo developing post-colonial nations into their ambit. Every kind of cloak and dagger could be found. Pretoria and Windhoek monitored with alarm the growing signs of revolution in Africa – where political commissars trained in Russia emerged back home, traveling from village to village speaking against a local leadership system that had been hijacked by the colonial administration. The French in Indo-China had faced exactly the same process, so too the political administrations in places like Peru which faced Maoist guerrillas called Sendero Luminoso or Shining Path which was to explode into public view by the 1970s.

We’re going to focus on the first two years - 1961 and 1962 in this episode which was about the same time as the South West African People’s Organisation took off. South Africa was supported by America until it became clear that the threat of a nuclear war reduced the possibility of a conventional war between the U.S. and Russia. For those who did not live through this period, it is quite difficult to understand the visceral fear conjured up by the idea that communist inspired revolutionaries and the global instability the two Superpowers were causing. In Latin America indigenous struggles had also accelerated. Che Guevara was an almost mythical Capitalist fighting Casanova who helped Cuban revolutionaries overthrow the US-backed government and Eastern Europe, Russia and China began exporting massive volumes of low cost firearms to any group that bought into the Marxist playbook. That was the book full of chapters – the Armed struggle, peasant classes seizes power, the state takes over all business, the proletariat defeats the bourgeoisie. Communist versus capitalist. The Americans, British, French and other NATO countries were as busy as the Communist nations trying to woo developing post-colonial nations into their ambit. Every kind of cloak and dagger could be found. Pretoria and Windhoek monitored with alarm the growing signs of revolution in Africa – where political commissars trained in Russia emerged back home, traveling from village to village speaking against a local leadership system that had been hijacked by the colonial administration. The French in Indo-China had faced exactly the same process, so too the political administrations in places like Peru which faced Maoist guerrillas called Sendero Luminoso or Shining Path which was to explode into public view by the 1970s.

In episode 2 of @spaceprole's side project on contemporary and historical political issues in Latin America. This month we have Camilo Gómez, a Peruvian writer with bylines at Counterpunch and the Center for a Stateless Society, and the host of the History and Politics podcast. Listen to the full podcast at https://www.patreon.com/theantifada We discuss how the lavajato spilled into Peru, making anti-corruption a focus of the upcoming legislative elections. Gomez goes into details on the 3-4 currents of the divided Peruvian left, before going into a history of the armed struggle movement that culminated in the Shining Path. We talk about a couple other idiosyncratic Peruvian tendencies, like the Trotskyist ecosocialism of ex-Posadist Hugo Blanco and the UFO leftism of Alfa y Omega. Finally we talk about "market socialism" in the Peruvian context and have a little debate over whether markets are ever something worth defending. You can find Camilo's writing and podcasts here: https://www.spreaker.com/show/historyandpolitics https://c4ss.org/content/52487

ABOUT:    We're extremely excited to speak to the wonderful Martin Morales this week - from life in  Peru to DJ nights in Leeds and working with some of music's bests. We hear how he launched Ceviche & Andina, his advice for building teams and how the Ceviche family represents Peru by making it their mission to enrich people's lives with excellence in Peruvian food, drink and art.   MARTIN MORALES: Martin is the CEO and founder of Ceviche Family. He is the award winning Peruvian restaurateur, chef, cookbook author, entrepreneur and arts producer. He was born in Peru but left after his father was threatened by the Shining Path guerrillas and has lived in London for over 20 years. He has been cooking since the age of 9, is a self taught chef and in 2012 after years of research and training, Martin sold his house and put everything into opening Ceviche Soho.  He now runs Ceviche Family which includes Ceviche and Andina's collection of six boutique award-winning restaurants and a bakery, a record label, an art gallery, he hosts Martin's Peruvian Kitchen (a YouTube Channel) and is a Trustee of Amantani. In the past he worked with Steve Jobs's Apple as Head of iTunes Pan EU, as Disney's main music exec in Europe and has helped launch some of the most successful music artists in the world.     ⠀ LINKS:   Ceviche : https://www.cevichefamily.com/ceviche    Andina : https://www.cevichefamily.com/andina    Andina bakery, tapas & wine - https://www.cevichefamily.com/andina/andina-bakery-notting-hill    Ceviche presents: Amazonia https://www.cevichefamily.com/whats-on/ceviche-old-st-presents-amazonia    Tiger's milk records https://www.cevichefamily.com/tigers-milk    Andina: The Heart of Peruvian Food: Recipes and Stories from the Andes  https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1849499942/?tag=smarturl-gb-21    Ceviche: Peruvian Kitchen  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ceviche-Peruvian-Kitchen-Martin-Morales/dp/0297868616    FOLLOW US: ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Mark / WE ARE Spectacular⠀   https://twitter.com/spectacularmark ⠀ https://twitter.com/spectacularchat  ⠀ https://www.instagram.com/spectacularmark/ ⠀ https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmcculloch/    Martin / Ceviche    https://twitter.com/martinceviche    https://www.youtube.com/user/CevicheUK    https://www.facebook.com/CevicheUK/ https://twitter.com/cevicheuk https://www.instagram.com/cevicheuk/   https://www.facebook.com/AndinaLondon https://twitter.com/AndinaLondon  https://www.instagram.com/andinalondon/     Do you want to be on the next Spectacular Marketing Podcast? Email gabby@wearespectacular.com 

What started as a simple supplies run, turned into a ambush, led Lord Viktor Sinclair and Grit Toughnstuff through a plot that found their friends, and the small town of Phandalin, in the clutches of an evil menace. The only road left was to defeat the Black Spider, deep in the heart of the Lost Mines of Phandelver. We return now, where the heroes have defeated a giant Ogre and move to finish the remaining orcs that guard the Black Spider's stronghold.   Is this the last of our heroes? You will soon find out.   Season 1 is run using the D&D 5e Ruleset created by Wizards of the Coast and uses the Lost Mines of Phandelver module as framework to help tell the story.   Our website | http://www.lootanddagger.com Subscribe to the podcast | iTunes Be our friends | https://www.facebook.com/lootanddagger Read our tweets | @lootanddagger

In September 1992 security forces in Peru tracked down and arrested the leader of the Maoist rebels, Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path. Abimael Guzman was found hiding in a safe house in the capital, Lima, which fronted as a ballet school. Mike Lanchin hears from two police officers who caught the elusive Guzman.Photo: Abimael Guzman behind the bars of a cage during his presentation to the press by Peruvian authorities, Sept. 1992 (HECTOR MATA/AFP/Getty Images)

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents another blissful set of tunes to delight your senses.   1. Daughter - New Ways 2. M83 - Do It, Try It 3. George Clanton - Bleed 4. STRFKR - Never Ever 5. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 6. onDeadWaves - California 7. The Jayhawks - Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces 8. Fruit Bats - From A Soon To Be Ghost Town 9. Ringo Deathstarr - Stare At The Sun 10. Dude York - Love Is 11. Jacuzzi Boys - Happy Damage 12. Male Gaze - The Shining Path 13. Trust - Capitol 14. PONZA - MotherlandSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this International Review Edition Matthew Sweet is joined by Moscow based broadcaster and critic Konstantin Eggert, Colombian born philosopher and law lecturer Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Iranian academic Narguess Farzad, and Lesley Lokko, a novelist who shares her time between Ghana, South Africa and Scotland. They discuss a new book by Alonso Cueto, the Blue Hour which deals with the legacy of the war with the Shining Path and a Russian film Silent Souls, about two men trying to keep alive the ancient traditions of their people. They also debate whether an ageing population is perceived as a gift or a burden in other parts of the world and discuss arts and cultural events where they are.