ABSTRACT

On October 1, 2002, an Indian insurgent organization, the People’s War Group or ‘PWG’, posted a death warrant on the internet for chief ministers of three states in India:

Death Warrant By the Suppressive actions of the comprador State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, MP, ChattisGarh [sic] the respective comprador Governments [sic] have virtually signed their own Death Warrants. Buddhadeb Bhattacharyya, Chandrababu Naidu, Babulal Marandi shall perish. Peoples’ War gives a call to all revolutionaries to take up arms and join the struggle for emancipation. Death to Buddhadeb Bhattacharyya, Chandrababu Naidu, Babulal Marandi. Long live revolution. Inquilab Zindabad.