Abstract

For more than a decade, the Indian media have been printing sensational stories about armed members of the Naxalite movement who run "parallel" governments in the parts of the country in which they have effective control. Paradoxically, the media have at the same time sought to dismiss the Naxalite movement as "infantile terrorism" indulged in by a handful of extremists with no mass base.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

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