About Kasama

[Rawthentic]

About Kasama

http://mikeely.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/red_hand.gif?w=375&h=333 (http://mikeely.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/red_hand.gif)Our name: In the Tagalog, a language of the Philippines, Kasama means your companion traveling the long road with you.
Contact us: [email protected] .com
This network of websites is the work of Kasama, a communist project that, in theory and practice, fights for the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
We are re-conceiving as we regroup — engaging in in “a very presumptuous work (http://mikeely.wordpress.com/1-a-time-to-speak-clearly/)” to create a new revolutionary trend that (in more than words) is rooted in the dreams and political aspirations of real people. We are a starting a process of intense theoretical work and initial practical work.
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Posting here does not imply endorsement by Kasama. Items are posted simply by one standards: are they of interest and potential value to revolutionary minded thinking people? We rely on the critical faculties of our readership to discern and uncover the validity of facts and arguments posted here.

[Die Neue Zeit]

When did you personally break away from the RCP (no time no chat since you talked to me about Communist League stuff)?

[Wanted Man]

Lol yeah. How did you go from CL to RCP to Kasama? :D It also seems that a lot of people who advertise for Kasama today were previously some of the most fervent proselytizers of Avakian's 'New Synthesis'.

But who am I to judge? It's a pretty cool site, in the end. Maybe I'll register on your forums.

[Rawthentic]

Ok, let me see.

Jacob, I broke away from the RCP after several months of working with them. They are good people, no doubt about that, but, when I came across Kasama and talked in length to Mike Ely, I formed the conclusion that the Kasama project is an honest attempt to create a critical revolutionary movement, establish roots amongst the people, and bring together revolutionary minded people to struggle out all the burning questions of our movement.

[Die Neue Zeit]

You might wish to edit that third link.

http://z11.invisionfree.com/Kasama_Threads

"/.com" isn't needed. Meanwhile, I'm introducing my WIP to them. :D

[Rawthentic]

Wanted man, thanks for the response.

I see my involvement with the CL then the RCP as my ideological development. I did start out with a lot of workerist politics, what the RCP calls "economist" and "Menshevik." I became a Maoist by interacting with RCP comrades and listening to Avakian, who I think has done a nice job of upholding communist principles against revisionism (in which I mean Mao's theories and principles).

When I learned of Kasama and Mike Ely, I was very hostile to that project. It wasnt until I began inquiring responses from the RCP that I was more open to Kasama and read the "9 Letters", made by Mike Ely and the crew of mostly ex-RCP cadre. In a relatively short time, the project has attracted a large number of forces from various revolutionary tendencies. But our organization and project was not created with set verdicts that others are there "to take up", but to work out all the burning questions as I said. We are some new cult or tendency, I think we truly are different than anything else out there.

But yes, I highly encourage you comrades to sign up at the South Asia rev site as well as Kasama and participate in the discussions.

[Wanted Man]

What I like is that you guys report on the Nepali maoists a bit more. Whereas on revcom.us, all coverage ceased as of 2006.

[Rawthentic]

Wanted man, I'm glad you brought this up.

The reason behind our popularization on Nepal (and the South East Asian movements in general) is because, unlike the RCP, we are internationalists and we see the urgent need to uphold a communist movement that is at the brink of seizing power (for the first time since 1949) and we think it is almost criminal to be silent about it.

The RCP clearly has differences with the CPN (M). The main wedge is that the Nepalis want a multi party system under socialism to maintain a vibrant society. This goes sharply against Avakian's polemic against K. Venu, which calls for one single vanguard party.

As Mike Ely characterized it, the RCP maintains an "info diet" on its supporters and even cadre.

[Wanted Man]

Yeah, I gathered that. Weird stuff. Even if you disagree with the Nepalis' methods (and really, who are we to judge, compared to how they're doing? Sounds like western privileged arrogance), it's a very odd U-turn to take. Going from very regular coverage and solidarity to complete radio silence. It's times like this when the real internationalists distinguish themselves from the dogmatics or the people to whom it is merely a game.

[Rawthentic]

I completely agree. The Nepalis are the ones that led the masses in 12 years of People's War that ended a 200+ year-old monarchy. This defeaning silence proves that the RCP pays only lip-service to critical thinking.

Anybody who does not adhere to Avakian's 'New Synthesis' is basically a "revisionist."

See these things? I wouldn't have known had I fallen for the RCP's info. It is hard to believe that a party that calls itself Maoist can ignore such an important Maoist revolution.