News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
The following is a statement by the LLCO on the current political situation in Nepal. https://youtu.be/F3s5Z3eq0zw?feature=shared Nepal is standing at an important crossroad. Do not let the looters and rioters overshadow the groundbreaking achievement that the youth of Nepal and its supporters have achieved in the past two days. Their concerted actions have kicked one... Continue Reading →
Following a ban of major social media platforms in Nepal, violent protests have forced the Prime Minister to resign. The army is currently controlling the situation and has announced that they will discuss matters of government with “related interest groups.”On September 8th, 2025, tens of thousands started protesting against a ban on unregistered social media... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/WQIZSLEX1Qc On June 5th, 2025, a video appeared on NDTV's YouTube channel which, on multiple occasions, granted a vivid insight into the imperialist mindset of the Indian government with regards to Nepal.[1] This video is certainly not one of a kind, but it makes sense to take a closer look into its content to understand... Continue Reading →
On May 29, Nepalese in Kathmandu gathered to celebrate 17 years of secular republicanism. However, looming over the Republic Day festivities was the conflict between the current Marxist-Leninist/social democratic coalition government and the newly reinvigorated pro-monarchy movement. Already three weeks prior to Republic Day, the pro-monarchy movement, consisting of various recently united royalist and Hindu-nationalist... Continue Reading →
Following the release of two videos concerning the Nepalese Prime Minister’s controversial attempts of amending the country’s laws on corruption and political violence, thousands of Nepalis have called their representatives to demand an end to the bills. The first of the videos posted on August 21st on a popular Nepalese YouTube channel, IN-Depth Story, explains... Continue Reading →
[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 →
[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 →
[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 →
[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 →
[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'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 →
[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 →
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