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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

News on the Nepal Revolution


SUPPORT OUR CLASS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN SOUTH ASIA!

ARSENAL-EXPRESS
No. 16 - March 3, 2008
Revolutionary Communist Party (Canada)


Throughout the last few weeks, important
developments have arisen in Nepal and other
parts of South Asia. The elections to form the
Constituent Assembly, which aims to abolish the
reactionary monarchy in accordance with the
agreement between the Communist Party of Nepal
(Maoist) and the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA), is
fast approaching, scheduled for the 10th of
April. But some SPA members are conspiring with
imperialist and external forces in order to
prevent the victory of the people's revolution.

It is urgent, therefore, that anti-imperialist
and revolutionary activists, and all who wish to
see an end to reaction throughout the world,
mobilize to support the revolution in Nepal. For
12 years now, the revolutionary masses in Nepal,
led by the CPN(Maoist), have shaken the old
system and reinvigorated the hope for a new
world and a Communist future despite the
fatalistic prophecies of "the end of history"
and the "final victory" of the great capitalist
superpowers. The revolutionary movement being
fought for and defended by the Nepalese is on
the threshold of realizing the triumph of
revolution, and to usher in the first steps
towards a new Nepal. We have the responsibility
to support this revolutionary development, and
to fight against imperialist attempts to stop
this progress cold.

The latest issue of "Le Drapeau Rouge"
newspaper, which hit the streets a few days ago,
reported on some of the more significant events
which have take place over the past few weeks,
among them:

• The police have carried out several raids on
the Young Communist League (YCL), the youth
organization linked to the CPN(Maoist).

• The CPN(Maoist) officially announced the
re-establishment of People's Revolutionary
Councils, that constituted the embryonic form of
the new people's power during the first 11 years
of the people's war, and which had been
dissolved following the signing of the peace
agreement in late 2006.

• In Bhutan, a small country east of Nepal, the
official state newspaper has reported the
development of a Maoist insurgency in the
country.

• Most of the main political parties in Nepal
have expressed their concerns and doubts about
the date and conditions of the upcoming
elections for the formation of a Constituent
Assembly. Sher Bahadur Deuba (an official of the
Nepali Congress, the leading political party in
Nepal which, although officially declaring its
intention to abolish the monarchy, maintains
friendly and close relations with the King and
his allies) has declared that, if state
"security" does not improve, it will be
impossible to hold the elections on April 10th.
This statement is interesting, in that it
indicates that the Nepali Congress may wish to
go ahead with its plan to mobilize the Nepali
Royal Army for the elections, particularly in
the Terai region.

• The CPN(Maoist) has made it known that if the
old Royal Army is mobilized for the elections,
it is only logical that they mobilize their own
forces.

In short, the situation in Nepal has proven more
delicate and more volatile than ever, and the
future of the revolutionary movement in Nepal
may well be decided in the coming weeks.

At this moment, we must reaffirm boldly that the
revolution in Nepal is also our revolution. It
should be obvious, for anyone not blinded by
imperialist propaganda, that: 1) the revolution
in Nepal is justified; 2) Nepali Maoists are not
terrorists; and 3) our comrades have shown
exemplary courage and immense determination,
accepting their role in the rebellion of the
Nepalese masses and proposing a strategy to
ensure that the first revolution of the 21st
Century take place in the shadow of Mount
Everest.

As part of mobilizing public opinion in support
with the people's revolution in Nepal,
supporters of the Revolutionary Communist Party
in Montréal held a picket line on Thursday,
February 28 in front of the U.S. consulate.
Chanting slogans condemning interferences in
Nepalese affairs by Yankee imperialism and other
external forces and cheering the coming into
being of the People's Republic of Nepal, the
demonstrators stood in front of the consulate
main entrance for more than half an hour. They
were carrying signs on which we could read:
"Long live the People's Republic of Nepal!",
"U.S. imperialism, let Nepalis decide their own
future!" and "Victory to the Communist Party of
Nepal (Maoist)!"

In a short speech, a spokesperson of the RCP
especially condemn the decision of the Bush
regime to maintain the CPN(Maoist) on its
so-called "list of terrorist organizations"
despite the fact the U.S. government is
officially "supporting" the April 10th election:
"It is realistic to anticipate that once again,
if the people don't make the 'good choice' in
the eyes of the imperialists, the world masters
will unleash their terror against the people in
order to punish them, like they are currently
doing in Gaza, where the people choose the
'wrong party' in the latest election. This would
be an additional example of the hypocrisy of
this superpower, which only recognizes the
regimes it controls, where the others are tagged
as 'rogue state' and subjected to all kind of
retaliation. "

Workers and oppressed people from the whole
world must extend their support to the
revolution in Nepal. In mobilizing the
peasantry, women, oppressed nationalities and
the downtrodden; in building a new people's
power and the glorious People's Liberation Army,
the Nepalese revolutionaries raised the hopes of
millions across the world who are looking to see
our red flag flying over the Himalayas. In the
current international situation, a victory of
the people's movement in the coming election for
a Constituent Assembly in Nepal will be an
important step forward, not only for the
Nepalese masses themselves but for the people of
the whole world.

Long live proletarian internationalism!
Support the revolution in Nepal, and elsewhere
in South Asia!

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