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The Current Crisis Situation in Nepal
Documents, Articles and Commentaries
Nepal has been in a state of political crisis for many decades, but this crisis has reached a new level of intensity recently. It seemed to many that with the ending of the People’s War in 2006 that the resolution of the long-running crisis might come peacefully. But while the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) won the largest number of votes in the Constituent Elections, they were prevented by the Nepal Army and reactionary ruling class from actually taking real control of the government. Since that election there has been an unstable situation which has gradually grown more and more severe. As of the end of 2009 it appears that this political crisis may once again break out into an armed struggle.
The views of the UCPN(Maoist), and its leaders, on this crisis are included on other pages on BANNEDTHOUGHT.NET. Below we are starting to collect the views of other people and groups, including the bourgeois/feudal ruling class in Nepal, and the views of revolutionaries and others both within Nepal and in other countries.
The most recent documents are at the top within each section. If you know of additional documents or statements which should be posted here, or have any comments or suggestions, please contact us at: freespeech@bannedthought.net
Views of Nepalese Revolutionaries and Progressives [other than the leadership of the UCPN(Maoist)]:
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“UCPN (Maoists): In Contradicting Speeches and Actions”, by Bisham Nepali, translated
from the Nepali language publication Êikyabadyata, probably from early
2010, 6 pages.
PDF Format (380 KB)
MS Word Format (49 KB)
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Views of Foreign Revolutionaries and Progressives:
- “The New York Times on Nepal: Skewing the Himalayan Revolution”, by Gary Leupp, Professor of History at Tufts University, 6 pages. This is a good summary of the development of the present crisis situation from a point of view sympathetic to the policies and line of the UCPN(Maoist). PDF Format (216 KB) MS Word Format (50 KB)
Views of the Bourgeois/Feudalist Ruling Class in Nepal:
- “Getting Out of the Quagmire”, by Sukhdev Shah, MyRepublica, Dec. 20, 2009. This outrageously reactionary article openly calls for a military coup by the Nepal Army, military intervention by the Indian army, and the emergence of a “strongman” (dictator) of the sort of Pinochet in Chile! Shah is the Nepali Ambassador to the U.S. and is also a U.S. citizen. Three pages. PDF Format (250 KB) MS Word Format (39 KB)
Other Views:
- “Maoists Need to Renounce Violence as a Political Instrument”, reporting the statements by the U.S. Ambassador-designate to Nepal, Scotte H. DeLisi, IndianExpress.com, Feb. 4, 2010, 2 pages. PDF Format (25 KB) MS Word Format (33 KB)
- “Nepal Political Crisis”, by Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal, a “specialist on state terrorism” at JNU in India, Dec. 26, 2009. Has some interesting things to say about the role of India in the Nepal crisis. Seven pages. PDF Format (164 KB) MS Word Format (52 KB)