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February 13, 2008

12 Years of Revolution in Nepal

Posted by derek at 11:35 AM ET

Today marks the 12th anniversary of the initiation of the revolution in Nepal. Led by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the revolution, called a "People's War" by its proponents, began with sporadic actions in Nepal's isolated rural areas in 1996 and now sees the rebels controlling 80% of the country. Mystifyingly ignored by North American media, the revolution in Nepal may have wide-ranging repercussions in a region already marked by turmoil.

The CPN(M)'s rapid advance is largely due to their winning over much of Nepal's poverty-stricken rural population - support won by relying on a program of wiping out national, caste, and gender discrimination as well as by implementing land reforms. That, together with a highly unorthodox strategy the Nepalese Maoists call "Prachanda Path" named after their Party Chairman, has placed the maobadi on the verge of country-wide power in the land-locked Himalayan country.

A peace agreement, signed in November 2006, is currently being respected, but things show signs of heating up. The Maoists have just re-activated their rural governments that were dissolved when the peace agreement was signed, and a new showdown seems set for April when elections for a new Constituent Assembly will take place.

PHOTO VILLAGERS IN A MAOIST BASE AREA, NEPAL: LI ONESTO/REVOLUTION NEWSPAPER

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Reader comments:

Negotiations and alliances made when you have the upper hand is a sign of victory and keen and advanced course of action. CELEBRATE IT.

As this white Amerikkkan guy said, the Phoney communism is dead. It doesn't matter how it comes about or how long it takes to get to it but still, long live the real thing.

and then what?

Let's start this next country, the one your at right now! Go, organize and ...

p.s. no adventurism!

Posted by: Behrooz N at February 14, 2008 02:29 AM

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