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Barsha Man Pun (‘Ananta’) of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is a member of the Constituent Assembly as well as a member of the party’s Central Secretariat. He was deputy commander of the People’s Liberation Army during the decade-long war, and is still responsible for overseeing (…)
, by ROSIN Derek
Right now, communists are on the verge of what could potentially be the first successful revolution in over a generation. They’re internationalists, who boldly proclaim that either we all get to communism, or none of us do. Yet, there has been a lack of discussion and popularization of this (…)
, by SAAPE
SAAPE CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE SOLUTION TO THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN NEPAL
The thematic group on Just and Democratic Governance of South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) observes with great anxiety the recent political crisis in Nepal brought about by the resignation of Prime Minister (…)
, by PETERSON Ben
Kathmandua,
With the Maoists no longer heading up the government, the Nepalese elites have collectively let out a sigh of relief.
As they see it, they had a nasty scare but now those pesky revolutionaries have been dealt with. The elites feel they can go back to “the good old days” of (…)
, by The Economist
The peace process still on life-support
THE incompetence of Nepal’s self-regarding politicians helped fuel a nasty decade-long war, mercifully ended in 2006. Now, charged with working alongside the Maoists who fought the war to safeguard a delicate peace process, and write a new constitution (…)
, by MUNCKTON Stuart
May 9, 2009 — “This is not just a Maoist movement”, said Green Left Weekly’s correspondent in Kathmandu, Ben Peterson. “This is threatening to become a new people’s movement, like the one that swept away the monarchy.”
Peterson was commenting on the large number of daily demonstrations across (…)
, by DSP
All supporters of democracy and social justice have reason to be concerned by the recent events in the republic of Nepal.
The military high command, backed by right-wing parties tied to the country’s elite, has openly defied the authority of the elected civilian government, led by the Unified (…)
, by THAKURIA Nava
A veteran Maoist commander finds running a democracy difficult
Nepal’s collision with Maoist-led secular democracy after 150-odd years of royal religious rule is now nearing half a year in age with distinctly mixed success, lots of violence and many problems stemming from a party that seems (…)
, by BHAI Janata
Within a few months, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), CPN(M), has completely changed its status. Managed by a charismatic and energetic leader, Prachanda, assisted by a talented team, the rebel revolutionary party, in 2006, was waging war against the royal system, which at that time was (…)
, by BHAI Janata
On August 16, 2008, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, alias Prachanda, was elected Prime Minister of Nepal by a thumping majority vote of the Constituent Assembly. On May 28, this Assembly, freshly elected in April, had solemnly abolished monarchy and created the Federal Republic of Nepal, making the former (…)
, by PETERSON Ben
On September 19, Nepal’s finance minister and member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Dr Baburam Bhattarai announced the first budget of the Republic of Nepal.
The monster 236 billion rupee (AU$3.9 billion) budget is 39.7% larger than the total allocation for the previous fiscal year. (…)
, by DHUNGANA Chiranjibi
Kathmandu,
A meeting of the three major parties – CPN-Maoist, CPN-UML and Madhesi Janadhikar Forum today reached an agreement to field the CPN-Maoist chairman Prachanda, as a joint candidate for the post of prime minister.
UML general secretary Jhalanath Khanal told reporters that three (…)
, by PETERSON Ben
While the historic elections for a constituent assembly were held in April — a product of the pro-democracy uprising that has ended Nepal’s monarchy and created a republic — Nepal is still yet to have a new government sworn in.
Political manoeuvres and the wholesale disregard of previous (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
Both Sri Lanka and Nepal have faced long periods of insurgency, but the armed conflicts concerned different issues and the degree of success in resolving them differs vastly. They, nevertheless, have lessons for each other. Important social and political differences between the two tower over (…)
, by HNS
The CPN-Maoist today presented a nine-point proposal for the formation of a post-election consensus government at the three-party meeting of the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and the Maoists. The proposal envisions head of the state role for PM Girija Prasad Koirala until a new constitution comes (…)
, by The Himalayan Times
Kathmandu, May, 28 - The sun set on monarchy and a republic ushered in Nepal today as the country became the world’s youngest republic after the first convention of the constituent assembly approved the proposal to implement a federal democratic republic system and terminated the 239-year-old (…)
, by PRACHANDA
An exclusive interview with CPN (Maoist) leader Prachanda by MRZine.
It is 14th Jeth, 2065, [Tuesday May 27, 2008] in Nepal, the day before the constituent assembly is to convene and declare Nepal a full republic. The king remains in his palace. The form of the new government, who will lead (…)
, by IRELAND Doug
I wrote the following article for Gay City News, New Yorks largest lesbian and gay weekly, which published it today:
In an historic breakthrough, the leader of Nepal’s largest LGBT group, the Blue Diamond Society, has been named to a seat in the parliament following April 10 elections in (…)
At an interaction last week organised by this paper, Maoist foreign minister-in-waiting C P Gajurel, like many past politicians in Nepal, turned to donors present for help in rebuilding the country.
He said his party would make sure aid goes directly to the people and without leakage and (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
The outcome of the April 10 elections in Nepal goes far beyond signalling the eventual end of the country’s 240-year-old monarchy. The fate of the monarchy was more or less decided before the elections when all parties had agreed to pass a resolution proclaiming Nepal a republic in the f-irst (…)
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