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Military Assaults Against Revolutionaries
and the Masses in India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spins a tale
at the start of Operation Green Hunt.

      Like every country ruled by exploiting classes, India is by no means unwilling to use its military against its own people. Indeed, throughout history that has always been one of the primary purposes of armies—to suppress uprisings by the masses.

      In October 2009, the reactionary Indian government began another such military campaign, called “Operation Green Hunt”, aimed (it says) against a Maoist insurrection, but actually aimed against a growing popular revolt of the rural masses, and especially the adivasis, or tribal peoples, in the forested areas of east-central India. The CPI(Maoist), to be sure, is leading and organizing this mass rebellion, but it is a rebellion by the broad masses themselves involving tremendous numbers of people and enjoying very widespread mass support. The Maoists themselves are none other than a section of these masses. And it is against these masses as a whole that the vicious thrust of the military assault is landing.

      In the articles and documents below we will try to report on this and other ruling class armed attacks on the people. Note that most of these articles are from ruling class publications, and the reader will have to keep their capitalist class bias in mind and learn to “read between the lines”.

      [Note added on April 20, 2010:] The new International Campaign Against War on the People in India website (at http://icawpi.org) has a large number of articles and commentaries about Operation Green Hunt and related topics. Another excellent site is the Frontlines of Revolutionary Struggle at http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/. These are now the best sites for keeping up to date on news and developments relating to such events and resistance struggles. From now on we will only be posting a relatively small number of the more important articles relating to OGH here on BannedThought.net.

Reports about the “Operation Green Hunt” Military Campaign

• 2012:
  • “Face of Salwa Judum Killed in Maoist Ambush”, The Hindu, Feb. 10, 2012, 3 pages.   PDF format (108 KB);   MS Word format (64 KB)
• July 2010:
  • “CPI(Maoist) Spokesperson Azad Killed by Government Forces in Andhra Pradesh”, The Hindu, July 2, 2010. Azad [Cherukuri Rajkumar] was also in charge of the CPI(Maoist) effort to bring the government into serious peace negotiations.   PDF format (125 KB);   MS Word format (51 KB)
• June 2010:
  • “Hunting Innocent Adivasis in the Name of Green Hunt: Adivasis Bitten by Cobras”, by Damayanti. A fact-finding report on the Singanamadugu Incident, May 2010. Also includes an appeal by KAMS, the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangham (a women’s organization). Totals 33 pages.   PDF Version (132 KB)   Shorter version in MS Word format (74 KB)
  • “Publishers of Booklet Booked for Sedition”, Times of India, June 28, 2010, 1 page. The booklet expressed views opposed to the Green Hunt campaign against the masses.   PDF Version (9 KB)   MS Word Version (28 KB)
  • “Indian Letters on Cease-Fire Between Indian Government and the CPI(Maoist)”, through the intermediary Swami Agnivesh. From Frontlines of Revolutionary Struggle and Sanhati.com, June 25, 2010, 5 pages.   PDF Version (139 KB)   MS Word Version (70 KB)
• April 2010:
  • “Interview with Azad about Negotiations with the Government”, a very important and thorough written response by Azad, spokesperson of the Central Committee of the CPI(Maoist), to questions put to him by The Hindu newspaper regarding the possibilities and conditions for a ceasefire and negotiations between the CPI(Maoist) and the government of India. The precise date of this response by Azad is not given, but it was published by The Hindu on April 14, 2010, and is 23 pages long.   PDF format (283 KB);   MS Word format (160 KB)
• March 2010:
  • “Green Hunt: Forces Employ Naxal Tactics, Win Over Locals”, Times of India, March 12, 2010.   PDF format (78 KB);   MS Word format (38 KB)
• February 2010:
  • “Maoists Must Abjure Violence for Talks”, report of comments by P. Chidambaram, India Blooms News Service, Feb. 24, 2010.   PDF format (79 KB);   MS Word format (79 KB)
  • “Uttar Police Claim Major Crackdown on Maoists”, Thaindian.com, Feb. 8, 2010. About the arrest of people for even possessing Maoist literature.   PDF format (87 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “Wrongly Arrested for Being Maoist?”, Times of India, Feb. 9, 2010. An article about the increasing numbers of people being arrested out of mistaken identity, including one such person who was tortured to death.   PDF format (10 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “India Says Progress Made in Tackling Maoist Rebels”, Voice of America, Feb. 9, 2010.   PDF format (37 KB);   MS Word format (40 KB)
  • “Now, IAF [Indian Air Force] to Flush Out Maoists from State [Jharkhand]”, Times of India, Feb. 4, 2010.   PDF format (21 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “Obituary of Swapan Dasgupta”, who was the publisher of the Bengali version of the magazine People’s March, and who was tortured and allowed to die while in police custody on Feb. 2, 2010.   PDF format (409 KB);   MS Word format (41 KB)
  • “The War on Maoists is Backed by a War on Rights Activists”, by Jyoti Punwani, Outlook India, Feb. 1, 2010.   PDF format (160 KB);   MS Word format (32 KB)
• January 2010:
  • “Kishanji: Only Unconditional Talks”, The Hindu, Jan. 26, 2010.   PDF format (77 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Cops in the Soup over Maoist Arrest”, Times of India, Jan. 22, 2010. About police fabrications and lies.   PDF format (85 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “India Maoist Leader Escapes Arrest”, NTDTV.com, Jan. 21, 2010. Includes link to video news report.   PDF format (78 KB);   MS Word format (27 KB)
  • “India Launches Major Offensive to Net Maoist Leaders”, Economic Times, Jan. 21, 2010.   PDF format (81 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Kishenji: ‘Without Expansion, We Can’t Retain Our Existing Bases’”, Hindustan Times, Jan. 21, 2010.   PDF format (163 KB);   MS Word format (32 KB)
  • “India Drives Tribals into Maoist Arms”, Asia Times, Jan. 16, 2010. About the CMAS in Orissa.   PDF format (172 KB);   MS Word format (38 KB)
  • “State [West Bengal] to Ask for Fresh Forces for Maoist Control”, Indian Express, Jan. 12, 2010. Wants the new troops in the Jangalmahal area.   PDF format (199 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
  • “Maoists’ Syllabus: People’s Rebellion, Arms Training”, Indian Express, Jan. 7, 2010. Short report about Maoist-run elementary schools in Chhattisgarh.   PDF format (163 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Kishenji Was Living in Kolkata in 2006, Bengal Govt Did Not Arrest Him”, Express India, Jan. 4, 2010. This report comes straight from the political police, who are trying to point fingers due to their inability to find, much less capture, Kishenji.   PDF format (254 KB);   MS Word format (160 KB)
  • “Chhattisgarh Devises New Strategy to Combat Naxals”, Thaindian, Jan. 2, 2010. A commentator points out that this “new strategy”, if it were seriously tried, would be so tremendously labor-intensive that might require the entire Indian army in Kashmir (600,000 soldiers) just to pacify the Dandakaranya region alone!   PDF format (232 KB);   MS Word format (23 KB)
  • “Ground Offensive Against Maoists Begins”, The Financial Express, Jan. 2, 2010.   PDF format (164 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
• December 2009:
  • “India Hit by New State Protests”, BBC News, Dec. 30, 2009. Large parts of Andhra Pradesh shut down by supporters of new Telangana state.   PDF format (67 KB);   MS Word format (33 KB)
  • “10 IAF Choppers for Rebel Combat”, The Telegraph, Dec. 28, 2009.   PDF format (111 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
  • “Maoists Claim Credit for Singur, Nandigram”, Hindustan Times, Dec. 27, 2009.   PDF format (152 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “Maoists Eye Telangana Comeback”, Hindustan Times, Dec. 27, 2009.   PDF format (136 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “Bihar Cops Thrash Jamia Professor, Brand Him ‘Naxal’”, Times of India, Dec. 26, 2009.   PDF format (75 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “The Unknown Maoist”, Hindustan Times, Dec. 25, 2009. India is facing up to the Maoists.   PDF format (158 KB);   MS Word format (158 KB)
  • “2010 Will be Bloodier if Offensive is Launched, Warn Maoists”, report of a telephone interview with Kishanji, SifyNews/IANS, Dec. 22, 2009.   PDF format (87 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “Maoists Blow Up Government Buildings at Relhatur Village”, Press Trust of India, Dec. 19, 2009.   PDF format (66 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Biggest Offensive Against Maoists Begins in State”, DNA India, Dec. 18, 2009.   PDF format (133 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “Naxals Prepare to Strike Back with Area Dalams”, Times of India, Dec. 15, 2009.   PDF format (65 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “Maoists Look to Build Links with Separatists”, Hindustan Times, Dec. 13, 2009.   PDF format (136 KB);   MS Word format (27 KB)
  • “Bhoodan Farmers Ready to Emulate Maoists”, Times of India, Dec. 10, 2009. An article about how the failure of the “Land Gift Movement” is leading desperate farmers toward revolution.   PDF format (125 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “Maoists Scare Off Investors from Chhattisgarh”, Indo-Asian News Service, Dec. 6, 2009.   PDF format (132 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “Maoist Marks 9th Anniversary of Guerrilla Army”, VideosFromIndia.SmasHits.com, link to 53-second video of a celebration in Bihar, Dec. 4, 2009.   http://videosfromindia.smashits.com/view/10780/maoist-marks-9th-anniversary-of-guerrilla-army
  • “Maoist-backed Tribals Surrender in Orissa”, Sindh Today — Online News, Dec. 3, 2009.   PDF format (200 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “India: Probe killing of two adivasi leaders and release detained activist in Orissa”, Amnesty International Public Statement, Dec. 2, 2009, 2 pages.   PDF format only (45 KB)
  • “Maoists’ Anniversary Hits Life in Chhattisgarh”, Sify News, Dec. 2, 2009.   PDF format (86 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
• November 2009:
  • “Govt Offensive Will Make Us Stronger: Maoists”, DNA India, Nov. 30, 2009, 2 pages. Quotes Maoist spokesperson Azad.   PDF format (121 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “Homeless Wanderers in Their Own Country”, Express Buzz, Nov. 29, 2009, 3 pages. A poignant description of the plight of ordinary people displaced by the government attacks.   PDF format (217 KB);   MS Word format (64 KB)
  • “Anti-Maoist Operations to Begin From Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh”, Yahoo! India, Nov. 28, 2009, 2 pages.   PDF format (62 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Mr. Chidambaram, How can you do this to your own people?”, Moonchasing.wordpress.com, Nov. 25, 2009. A powerful exposure of what the paramilitary forces are doing to the villages and people of tribal India, 6 pages with photos.   PDF format (292 KB);   MS Word format (425 KB)
  • “Maoists Growing Stronger, Waging War of the Mind: CPRF Chief”, Hindustan Times, Nov. 25, 2009.   PDF format (89 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “Centre [National Government] Pushing CRPF to Crush Maoists Quickly”, DNAIndia.com, Nov. 25, 2009.   PDF format (85 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
  • “Since When is Arresting People Illegal? I don’t know what phone Kishenji uses”, Tehelka magazine, vol. 6, #47, issue dated Nov. 28, 2009.   PDF format (276 KB);   MS Word format (61 KB)
  • “300 Tribals Gherao Police Station in Orissa: 2 Tribals Killed in Police Firing in Narayanpatna”, The Economic Times, Nov. 20, 2009.   PDF format (148 KB);   MS Word format (32 KB)
  • “Bastar: Villagers Seek Solace in ‘IDs’”, Breaking News Live, Nov. 16, 2009.   PDF format (118 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “Lalgarh: Hundreds Flee as Forces Push Deeper”, India Today, Nov. 16, 2009.   PDF Version (129 KB);   MS Word Version (30 KB)
  • “Spy Planes in Maoist Fight — Field trials begin in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh”, Telegraph India, Nov. 15, 2009.   PDF format (158 KB);   MS Word format (46 KB)
  • “Centre Deploys UAV Aircraft in Maoist Areas”, Express Buzz, Nov. 15, 2009.   PDF format (143 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Bengal Police Launch Green Hunt against Red Terror”, India Today, Nov. 15, 2009.   PDF Version (155 KB);   MS Word Version (168 KB)
  • “Orissa Gearing Up for Joint Anti-Maoist Operation”, Thaindian, Nov. 13, 2009.   PDF format (248 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Can use civilians to fight govt, warn Maoists”, Indian Express, Nov. 12, 2009. Despite the purposefully misleading title, this is a useful report.   PDF format (117 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)
  • “CRPF, CoBRA sit idle as Orissa fights Maoists”, IndianExpress.com, Nov. 9, 2009.   PDF format (112 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
  • “Maoists Ready to Talk, but with Gun in Hand”, Times of India, Nov. 6, 2009.   PDF format (105 KB);   MS Word format (32 KB)
  • “Road Ahead: Green Hunt Made Tough; Few Cops, Fear and Lack of Familiarity”, an article from the bourgeois media lamenting the many problems facing the government in its new anihilation campaign, Nov. 4, 2009.   PDF format (121 KB);   MS Word format (34 KB)
• October 2009:
  • “On War Footing: The November Offensive”, a 6-page illustrated magazine article from OutlookIndia.com, Oct. 26, 2009.   PDF format (336 KB);   MS Word format (199 KB)
  • “Maoists Regrouping in Andhra Pradesh”, Times of India, Oct. 25, 2009.   PDF format (80 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)



Condemnations and Mass Opposition to “Operation Green Hunt”

• Recent Years:
  • [Book:] “Operation ‘Green Hunt’ in India: Social Practices of the Genocidal Counter-Insurgency Strategy ‘Hearts and Minds’”, by Adolfo Naya Fernández, (Paris: Foreign Languages Press, 2020), 112 pages.   Searchable PDF format (361 KB)  
• March 2010:
  • Video Interview with Arundhati Roy, by Laura Flanders of GRIT TV, circa March 28, 2010, 19 minutes.   http://www.truthout.org/arundhati-roy-becoming-internal-security-threats58077
  • “Abducted Teacher’s Family Condemns Joint Forces’ Operation”, Prokerala.com, March 8, 2010, 1 page.   PDF format (64 KB);   MS Word format (27 KB)
• February 2010:
  • “Interview with G.N. Saibaba on the Economic Crisis and Operation Green Hunt”, an interview with a spokesperson of the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), Feb. 21, 2010, 3 pages.   PDF format (131 KB);   MS Word format (84 KB)
  • “Hunting Adivasis in Mineral Corridor”, by Gladson Dungdung, Countercurrents.org, Feb. 7, 2010, 3 pages.   PDF format (143 KB);   MS Word format (35 KB)
  • “Protest Against Seema Azad’s Arrest!”, a Internet message informing people of the arrest of another left-wing journalist, Feb. 7, 2010.   PDF format (82 KB);   MS Word format (27 KB)
• January 2010:
  • “Condemn the Continuing Detention and Incarceration of Ms. Subrashree Panda (Mili)!”, a statement by the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP), circa Jan. 27, 2010, 2 pages.   PDF format (248 KB);   MS Word format (84 KB)
  • “Operation Green Hunt — A Perspective of Political Economy”, by Anand Teldumbde, Convention on Operation Green Hunt and Democratic Rights, Mumbai, Jan. 16, 2010, 25 pages in a graphics format.   PDF format ( Very large file! 8,969 KB)
  • “The Developmental Terrorism of the Indian State”, a document prepared by the Sanhati Collective, Jan. 7, 2010, 3 pages.   PDF format (170 KB);   MS Word format (42 KB)
  • “Punjab: Convention Against War on People”, Indian Vanguard, Jan. 4, 2010.   PDF Version (126 KB);   MS Word Version (29 KB)
• December 2009:
  • “Maoist Groups to Fight Against Anti-Naxal Drive”, Express Buzz, Dec. 28, 2009. About the co-operation between the CPI(Maoist) and the CPI-ML(Naxalbari) in opposing OGH.   PDF format (154 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Campaign Against Operation Green Hunt!”, a short pamphlet by a coalition of organizations in Tamilnadu, including the Peoples Art and Literary Association, Peasants Liberation Front, Revolutionary Students and Youth Front, and the New Democratic Labour Front. Dec. 28, 2009, 4 pages.   PDF format (182 KB);   MS Word format (113 KB)
  • “Delhi Protestors March Against Operation Green Hunt”, Press Statement by the Forum Against War on People, Dec. 17, 2009. Includes several pictures of the march.   PDF format (189 KB);   MS Word format (1,188 KB)
  • “Adivasis’ Struggle for Survival”, G. N. Saibaba, of the Revolutionary Democratic Front, speaking about Operation Green Hunt, the government’s war against the Maoists and the tribal peoples, a 7:23 minute video on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0zPU9ZmKpM
  • “‘Sandwich Theory’ and Operation Green Hunt”, by Radha D’Souza, Sanhati.com, Dec. 15, 2009, 8 pages.   PDF format (416 KB);   MS Word format (56 KB)
  • Punjab Opposition to Operation Green Hunt: “Lok Morcha Punjab & Inqlabi Kender Punjab Take Up Campaign to Mobilise Intellectuals & Democrats Against Operation Green Hunt”, Dec. 13, 2009, 2 pages.   PDF format (107 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “Rally Against War on People”, a 2-page leaflet promoting a huge rally against OGH to be held in New Delhi on Dec. 17, 2009.   PDF format only (81 KB)
  • “Dialogue in Democracy: Challenges for Government-Maoist Talks”, by Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, Mainstream, Dec. 8, 2009.   PDF format (173 KB);   MS Word format (45 KB)
  • “For the People’s Right to Say No to Displacement and Tribal Genocide and to Demand the Right to Live with Justice and Peace”, by the Campaign for Peace and Justice in Chhattisgarh, a coalition of numerous organizations, Dec. 1, 2009, 3 pages.   PDF format (212 KB);   MS Word format (35 KB)
• November 2009:
  • “‘Operation Green Hunt’ Faces Opposition”, The Hindu, Nov. 28, 2009.   PDF format (134 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Condemn the Murder of Wadeka Singala, President of Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh, Orissa”, statement by the Democratic Students Union, JNU, Delhi, Nov. 22, 2009.   PDF format (149 KB);   MS Word format (152 KB)
  • [Petition:] “Petition Against Military Offensive in Central India”, by the Association for India’s Development, Nov. 16, 2009. This petition also calls on the government to consult with Himanshu Kumar of the Vanvasi Chetna Ashram, a Ghandian organization, to work out alternative methods of economic development in India.   PDF format (105 KB);   MS Word format (32 KB)
  • “Press Release about new film by Gopal Menon entitled ‘When the State Declares War on the People’”, Nov. 15, 2009. A film consisting of interviews with ordinary people who have been viciously attacked, tortured or raped by government paramilitary forces, and also providing other direct evidence including film of a 1 ½ year old child who had three fingers cut off by these fascist monsters.   Press Release in PDF format (149 KB);   The trailer (preview) for this film is also available on YouTube in two parts:   Part 1 (8:17 minutes) at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rygJzzutBOg   Part 2 (6:44 minutes) at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66Kvl3e1MlM
  • “‘Green Hunt Will Result in Genocide of Adivasis’”, an interview with the Gandhian activist Himanshu Kumar, posted on the Indian Vanguard website on Nov. 13, 2009.   PDF format (149 KB);   MS Word format (31 KB)
  • “Social Transformation and the Question of Political Violence”, a statement posted on the website of the Democratic Students’ Union of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Nov. 11, 2009, 4 pages.   PDF format (245 KB);   MS Word format (41 KB)
  • [Petition:] “Statement Against Government of India’s Planned Military Offensive in Adivasi-Populated Regions”, Sanhati statement/petition to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with additional signatures from around the world as of Nov. 10, 2009. Besides the statement and lists of signatures, there is also an important Background Note at the end.   PDF format (256 KB);   MS Word format (97 KB)
  • “Protest Against Centre’s Anti-Maoist Operation”, Hard News, Nov. 3, 2009, 2 pages.   PDF format (193 KB);   MS Word format (55 KB)
  • “AlJazeera Interview with Arundhati Roy”, Nov. 2, 2009. Available on YouTube in two parts, the first focusing on Operation Green Hunt, the second part on Kashmir and other issues:   Part 1 (12:07 minutes) at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmIaX7W-BFU&NR=1   Part 2 (10:39 minutes) at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KyKMsj0RT0&NR=1
  • “Resist the War Waged on the People by the Indian Government! Stand by the struggling masses fighting for their land, life and livelihood!”, statement/leaflet issued by the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), Nov. 1, 2009.   PDF format (313 KB);   MS Word format (42 KB)
• October 2009:
  • “Let us unitedly fight back the forthcoming fascist attack on women of Dandakaranya and on the mass organizations! An appeal by KAMS to fraternal mass organizations, progressive democratic women, intellectuals, students and all democrats”, an appeal by the Krantikari Adivasi Mahila Sangathan [Revolutionary Adivasi Women’s Organization], October 2009, 3 pages. [From the Maoist Information Bulletin, #13, Dec. 5, 2009.]   PDF format (57 KB);   MS Word format (40 KB)
  • “The Heart of India is Under Attack: To justify enforcing a corporate landgrab, the state needs an enemy—and it has chosen the Maoists”, by Arundhati Roy, The Guardian [Britain], Oct. 30, 2009, 11 pages.   PDF format (158 KB);   MS Word format (70 KB)
  • “A Sensible Democratic Alternative to the Proposed Military Offensive”, Sanhati statement, not dated, but probably from October 2009.   PDF format (113 KB);   MS Word format (32 KB)



Background Articles about “Operation Green Hunt”

• “The Battle with Vedanta is Not Yet Over”, by Bianca Jagger, Guardian (U.K.), Feb. 18, 2010, 3 pages.   PDF format (50 KB);   MS Word format (226 KB)
• “Anti-Naxal Offensive to be Intelligence-Based: Chidambaram. Huh?”, by Trevor Selvam, Countercurrents.org, Nov. 29, 2009, 4 pages.   PDF format (136 KB);   MS Word format (39 KB)
• “War against the Maoists. But who are they and what do they want?”, by Rita Khanna, Radical Notes Journal, Nov. 19, 2009, 7 pages. A primer on India’s Maoists and their work.   PDF format (263 KB);   MS Word format (52 KB)
• “Indian government denies the existence of Operation Green Hunt”, TV5 MetroNews [Hyderabad] short video news clip, Nov. 8, 2009. This is apparently a bit of disinformation on the part of the Central government designed to deflect criticisms from intellectuals and human rights groups alarmed at the prospect of a military attack against India’s own citizens, and possibly also an attempt to hold down any expectations that any great success can be expected in the campaign early on. Available on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Rx-wWc33U
• “Operation Green Hunt: CoBRA Forces Being Flown In”, The Times of India, Nov. 7, 2009. Refutes the government claim that Operation Green Hunt “does not exist”.   PDF format (97 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
• “India On Brink of Maoist Offensive”, The Asian Times Online, Nov. 6, 2009. A liberal perspective on the dangers of the looming millitary assault.   PDF format (158 KB);   MS Word format (36 KB)
• “Delhi Prepares to Crush Rural Rebel Army”, The National [Abu Dhabi, UAE], Nov. 4, 2009. The point of view is reactionary, but there are some interesting comments and quotes, such as that by the director of Chhattisgarh’s Counter Terrorism and Jungle Warfare College: “This is a politico-military-socio-economic-psychological war, but military action has to be the engine of this effort.”   PDF format (148 KB);   MS Word format (39 KB)
• “Maoist Rebels Widen Deadly Reach Across India”, New York Times, Nov. 1, 2009.   PDF format (154 KB);   MS Word format (40 KB)
• “Maoist ‘Melting Plot’ Worries Govt”, The Telegraph, Oct. 18, 2009. Article about how the Indian military assault may have a hard time finding the Maoists.   PDF format (179 KB);   MS Word format (33 KB)
• “State Withers into Signs in Starved Bastar — Guerrillas & their guns rule over land where there are no roads, power, water or schools”, Telegraph India, Feb. 19, 2009.   PDF format (152 KB);   MS Word format (82 KB)
• “Maoist India: The Search for Economic Justice” — Free Speech Radio oncore presentation on Dec. 25, 2009, of a 29 minute radio report orginally prepared in 2006 by Vinod K. Jose who traveled to the Maoist base area in the Bastar forest region.   http://www.fsrn.org/audio/special-documentary-friday-december-25-2009/5949

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