The “Asociación Internacionalismo Proletario” of Galicia has just released a book -in Galician language- by social anthropologist and well-known trade unionist Adolfo Naya, entitled; Operation “Green Hunt”: The genocidal social practices of the counterinsurgency strategy “Hearts and Minds”, being their original title: Operación “Cacería Verde”: As prácticas sociais xenocidas da estratexia de contrainsurxencia “Corazóns e Mentes”.

From the Comité de Apoio á Guerra Popular na India (Galician Committee to Support People’s War in India) we think it’s a very important study, since it proves that Operation “Green Hunt” and the policies carried out by the government of India are a genocide, not only against the Adivasis and Dalits communities but also against the Maoists.

In a comparative analysis with genocides and with the counterinsurgency strategy called “Hearts and Minds” which was applied in Malaysia, Indonesia, Guatemala, El Salvador or Peru, the author reveals the genocidal practices that this counterinsurgency strategy used in the past and in the present in the case of India.

From the Galician Committee to Support People’s War in India we recommend reading this book, not only to know what’s happening in India from a political-military perspective but also to know what this counterinsurgency strategy is like and how it was applied in many places along the world.

Here we leave some excerpts from the book -translated into English by a Redspark collaborator: