Nepali Maoists

[Matty_UK]

Just wondering if anyone has some information on what's been going on in Nepal. What, if anything, have the maoists achieved so far, and what are their plans?

[Wakizashi the Bolshevik]

Well, they have taken down the monarchy, let's hope they can found a Socialist nation!

[Harrycombs]

If I recall, they passed laws to protect gay rights a while back.

[redguard2009]

There are like 15 billion threads and posts on this already.

In short, after 10 years or so of insurrectionary war they took the oppurtunity to pounce on politicals gains they'd fought for, successfully took on and defeated the bourgeois state and got themselves elected. They sacked the Royal Nepali Kingdom, kicked the King on his arse, declared Nepal a secular nation, and passed all sorts of progressive laws, from land reform, workers' rights, gay rights, minority rights, women's rights, etc.

Recently there has been discussion within the party about the next step, with two alternating ideas: the first (sponsored by most of the leadership) is to continue with a republican-style "semi-bourgeois" government to develop Nepal into a developed nation; the second is to bypass capitalist development and launch a revolution, from the ground up, to completely abolish all forms of the state and replace it with full transitional socialism.

After some party-wide discussion and decision the majority of the party membership supported Prachanda's republicanisation of Nepal. In the meantime, the Constituent Assembly, which the Maoists hold the most seats, will be tasked with writing a new constitution for Nepal within the next 2 years. Talks have continued between the Maoists and the other big Communist Party, the United Marxist-Leninists, in terms of a coalition or alliance. The Nepali Congress, formerly the "big political party" and quite bourgeois right-of-center, is pretty much against everything the Maoists do and have been raising a fit on an almost daily basis -- pretty much uselessly.

And there you go.

[Woland]

Probably one of the most promising victories in decades. A little luck and devotion and it could be a shining example for socialism in developing countries. Lately there has been a few nationalisations and tries to get rid of foreign influence. Its still a small, poor country with powerful neighbours. I hope they would work more with the marxist-leninists, but its fishy business and I'm clearly for the Maoists.