This was originally posted on kasamaproject.org

By Mike Ely

To put this as bluntly as I can:

The Nepali Maoists are preparing right now (I mean over the next few weeks) for what-may-be a decisive military/political confrontation with the reactionary government and army.

The insurrection they have been preparing so carefully and so long may take place over the next two months.

The Maoists are seeking to mobilize the people (based on the understanding that their enemies will be wanting to act closely with Indian intrigues, and can be isolated by exposing those intrigues.) Their Indian, Nepali and American enemies understand this. Their revolutionary core base knows this. And we need to know it.

I will be ringing this bell loudly, and more loudly… and I want you to join me in ringing this bell.

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The following article originally appeared in the Maobadi's international organ "The Worker." Debates over the creativity and radicalism of the Maobadi have centered around this article, and it has been the center of a great deal of controversy, including dogmatic and sectarian attacks from the RCPUSA. We are reprinting it here for debate and discussion, to contribute to an overall process of reconception.

by Baburam Bhattarai

“The basic question of every revolution is that of state power. Unless this question is understood there can be no intelligent participation in the revolution, not to speak of guidance of the revolution.”

- V.I. Lenin, (1917b: 34)   

                    The question of state power has now become the central question for the New Democratic revolution in Nepal, which is marching forward to capturing central state power after building revolutionary base areas and local power in the vast rural areas. The question has assumed significance and may be discussed primarily from two angles. Firstly, in the universal context; and secondly, in the concrete national context. Firstly in the universal or general sense, the proletarian (i.e. New Democratic or Socialist) state power is of a ‘new type’ as compared to all the state powers of minority exploiter classes in history. Further-more, after the downfall of all People’s Democratic or Socialist state powers including those in Russia, China and others in the past, the proletarian state powers arising in a new setting in the 21^st century have to be of a further newer type. Secondly, in the concrete semi-feudal and semi-colonial national context of Nepal, where even the old bourgeois revolution and state has not been accomplished, the prospective proletarian state would naturally be, and have to be, of a ‘new’ type. Hence, we would first make a general review of the historical experiences on the question of state and strive to analyse the fundamental characteristics of a new type of state.

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Nepal's Maobadi have just declared that the capital city, Kathmandu belongs to the Newar oppressed nationality and formed a parallel autonomous government inside the capital city called the "Newa Republic Province." This has set reactionary pro-imperialist forces into a frenzy. The following article is from the bourgeois press in India, attacking the Maobadi. We are reposting it for informational purposes. Thanks to Gary Leupp for forwarding the article.

Outrage: Maoists declare Kathmandu ‘free’

Casting a shadow on the Nepal peace process, Maoists today announced that capital Kathmandu would henceforth be called the autonomous ‘Newa republic province’ where the dominant Newar community would have more rights than others.

Prachanda, chief of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (UCPN-M), lit a candle outside the original royal palace to make the declaration of the ‘Newa republic province’, a move other political parties condemned as the “most retrograde step”.

It was seen to be symbolically challenging the political unification of Nepal by King Prithvi Narayan Shah who conquered the Kathmandu Valley in 1768 by defeating its Newar rulers.

Maoists have so far declared half-a-dozen “autonomous republic provinces”, ignoring warnings that such moves could lead to fragmentation of the country.

Prachanda said the Newar community would enjoy “special powers” and “in due course of time, all communities will enjoy equal rights”. He raised the ‘Newa Rajya Zindabad’ slogan three times.

As general strikes and riots continue throughout the Nepal, the Maobadi have declared 6 autonomous parallel governments throughout the country with more autonomous governments on the way in opposition to the oppression of Nepal's oppressed nationalities. Various U.S.-backed political forces inside the Nepal government have declared this to be an act of war, and are threatening war on the Maobadi and the oppressed nationalities of Nepal. The following article was originally posted on 'nepalnews.com'.

Unified CPN (Maoist) declared two more states on Monday, taking the count of ethnicity and region based autonomous states to six.

Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal declared Sherpa autonomous state amid a special ceremony organized in Solukhombu today afternoon.

Similarly, Maoist politburo member Gopal Kirati inaugurated the temporary head-quarter of Kirant autonomous state in Diktel of Taplejung today, endorsing a declaration for Kirat autonomous states made by the party about a month ago.

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Reports are coming in about riots in Nepal.

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA (AP)

KATMANDU, Nepal — Hundreds of protesters torched vehicles and vandalized shops in western Nepal on Saturday after three people died in clashes between police and illegal forest settlers, a human rights group said, amid heightened political tensions in the Himalayan nation.

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