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CPN(M) report on developments in Nepal & Prachanda Q&A

[The text below is from the Maoist Information Bulletin, produced by the CPN(M), Central Committee. The CPN(M) is listed as a "terrorist" organization by the U.S. State Department, American citizens should be advised. redFlags provides this link for informational purposes. On the link, there is also the entire text of a recent interview between Prachanda and Kantipur Online ]

"On several occasions we have brought out our assessment that the domestic situation in Nepal is favorable and ripe to capture central state power in the near future, but as all the genuine communist parties engaged in revolutionary practice know, the international situation is quite unfavorable to accomplish new democratic revolution and sustain it. It is obvious that we should try to mobilize justice-loving people all over the world in general and the peoples of south Asia in particular to garner support in favor of revolution, improving on the domestic situation in the same spirit. For this we should dare to abandon the course once selected and have the courage to climb the unexplored mountain."

Celebration and concern among Maoists regarding developments in Nepal

No revolution in the twenty-first century can be propelled forward without taking proper lesson from the experiences of great revolutions and counter-revolutions of the twentieth century. From this point of view, our party has been giving plenty of importance to the questions of defense, application and development of the fundamental principles of MLM. —Prachanda

Major institutions from the international communist movement are beginning to speak on developments in Nepal.

In the interests of gathering a developed assessment of what is up and to facilitate discussion:

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist): The Worker #10
This is the most comprehensive political and strategic statement so far from the CPN-M, published in their party magazine and distributed internationally. It includes a number of articles analyzing domestic and international issues, from leaders and politically allied organizations from the region and the RIM. These articles have been posted to the web by an independent Maoist collective in the United States.

A World to Win News Service (CoRIM): Nepal Maoists and Government Sign Peace Agreement
This careful explication of the terms of the peace agreement has a notably restrained tone. It comes from the CPN-M's comrades in the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, of which they are a participating member. This article is posted in full below.

People's March: Exclusive Interview with Communist Party of India (Maoist) spokesperson on Nepal Developments
Dated Aug. 6, 2006, this critical assessment of the peace accords comes from one of the CPN-M's closest companion organizations. Leading a people's war in neighboring India, the CPI (Maoist) is a co-participant with the Nepalese in the CCOMPOSSA, a political coordinating body of South Asian Maoists.

Analytical Monthly Review: People's Victory in Nepal, U.S. and Indian Reactions
Short analysis from the Indian companion magazine to Monthly Review here in the USA.

In the comments below, a comrade has posted a joint press statement from Aug. 8 by the Communist party of Nepal (Maoist) and Communist Party of India (Maoist) on the recent debates between two parties. They have also released statement condemning the brutal attack on Lebanon.

Nepal: Dual Power, High Stakes

Prachanda, center, announcing the agreement of the Maoists and the "Seven Party Alliance" for the CPN-M to join the acting government in Katmandu pending a constituent assembly within one year.

Reports are in that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is joining the provisional government pending an "unconditional" constituent assembly. They have offered to sequester their arms under UN (!?) supervision, and to dismantle the popular governments in the countryside to allow open political discussion by all democratic trends.

Pending the re-launch of Red Flags, here's an open Nepal thread to discuss ongoing events, post links to news and discuss the ramifications of what's afoot. India's Naxalite movement continues to expand exponentially, And it's not at all clear what the still-existing (formerly Royal) Nepal Army will do with the Maoist move to the center.

Is this a move towards democratic openness on the part of the rebels? Or a capitulation to realpolitik? What is clear is that the rebels are negotiating from a position of strength. Is this an attempt to ground regime change in popular sovereignty, or have the Maoists accepted democratic (bourgeois) right as the best they can achieve under current conditions? Is this tactical or strategic?

Here's what I know for sure: this is an open university of political line and struggle.

Here's a few key pieces:

Baburam Bhattarai writes on the question of the Democratic Republic

Internal Debate Within the CPN(M)
This debate occured before the massive protests that pushed the king from power and the semi-alliance between the "Seven Party Alliance" and the CPN(M).