[Here we have another example of how natural disasters disproportionately devastate 3rd world peoples due to poverty and lack of infrastructure. In the 1st world, crimes like these following an earthquake would be unfathomable; yet this is the brutal reality of life for the global majority in the underdeveloped and impoverished parts of our planet. ... Continue Reading →
Back to slavery for Nepal’s poverty stricken farmworkers
[Revisionism is real. Prachanda's Maoists of Nepal have betrayed the revolution there. - NP] THEHE, Feb 27 (AFP)— When Nepal's Maoist-led government outlawed bonded labour in 2008 and promised to compensate victims, farmworker Hiralal Pariyar was elated to walk away from a life spent in virtual slavery. But the compensation never came, leaving a homeless... Continue Reading →
Five-party Maoist alliance likely today
[The left Maoist splinters don't really seem to have that many real differences with the reformist Prachanda. In the end, it is opportunism that has caused these splits, not fundamental principles. What will most likely happen is the Prachanda group will retain the central role, with some power sharing with the others. A real rotational... Continue Reading →
Nepal envoy recalled after Qatar ‘open jail’ remarks
[Qatar is a country with a wealthy domestic population. Qatar imports much of its labor force from impoverished Third World countries like Nepal. It is interesting to note that the Nepalese official who pointed out the oppressive nature of the Qatar was removed from his post. -- NP] Nepal envoy recalled after Qatar 'open jail'... Continue Reading →
US ‘considering military force in Syria’
[Since the US-backed opposition and foreign fighters can't do the job, the USA is now preparing to step in directly. Was it the plan all along? Create chaos, then step in at the end? Imperialism has Syrian blood on its hands. -- NP] US 'considering military force in Syria' (The Telegraph) Martin Dempsey, the chairman... Continue Reading →
Nepal to send peacekeepers to Syria
[Nepal's state army has not only served in Afghanistan with the imperialist forces of occupation, but now they will be serving in Syria with the UN. This would not be particularly noteworthy except that the military of Nepal have been integrating Maoist military forces into their ranks since November 2011. Whatever their nominal mission, the... Continue Reading →
Nepal, US Army to jointly conduct military exercises
[Our movement was first, that we are aware of, to call out the revisionism in Nepal. While others tailed and cheered on, we stood firm. That's what it means to put the most advanced science, today Leading Light Communism, in command. It means leading, taking the correct stance even when it is unpopular. Stop tailing.... Continue Reading →
Maoists had enough with Communism, now say Nepal to go capitalist
[We at LLCO were the first to really call out the revisionism in Nepal's Maoist movement and Prachanda Path. We told you so. While all kinds of fake communists failed to call them out, we took the correct line. That is what scientific thinking is, willingness to use revolutionary science, Leading Light Communism, even when... Continue Reading →
We are not going back to jungle: Ram Bahadur Thapa
[Recently, there was another "left" split in the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), CPN(M), is said to have formed as a response to reformism and electoralism of the UCPN(M). However, it is unclear that the political line of the CPN(M) is any less reformist. Recent statements by the... Continue Reading →
Maoists in Nepal are rumored to be on the verge of another split
Maoists in Nepal are rumored to be on the verge of another split (new-power.org) The UCPN(Maoist) led a people’s war in Nepal. The people’s war ended in 2006 with negotiated settlement with the imperialists and their agents. The New Power that was built was exchanged for a seat at the table with the Old Power.... Continue Reading →
Prachanda says New Democracy isn’t possible
Prachanda says New Democracy isn’t possible (new-power.org) It is being reported that chairman Prachanda of the UCPN(Maoist) has now stated that New Democracy is not possible in Nepal. He justified this by stating: “Things have undergone a sea change since the launch of the people´s war in 1996. We therefore have to adopt the policy... Continue Reading →