Regicide and Maoist Revolutionary Warfare in Nepal: The Modern Incarnations of a Warrior Kingdom. Anthropology Today, February 2004, 20 (1): 13-19. Translated by David. N. Gellner. (original) (raw)

The Strategic Revolutionary Phases of the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal

This article traces the path of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist ascent to power from the start of Nepal's 1996-2006 civil war to its end. In the pattern of several other movements inspired by the success of Mao’s 1948 take-over of the Chinese state, the Maoists of Nepal tactically fought their war in stages, consisting of creation, expansion, and consolidation. Re-examining the lifecycle of Nepal’s Civil War in this context allows us to better understand: the course of events and the timing of significant episodes; the decisions that Maoist leadership made; and what techniques the Maoists used in order to make in-roads during each phase of the conflict.

Maoist Movement in Nepal: A Long Run and Large Scale Perspective.pdf

In 2006AD there was a massive changes; millions of people took to the streets calling for democracy and freedom. The 2006 Maoist movement is a one of the biggest movements in Nepal as known as a kind of revolution. It's known as political achievement against the direct power of king Gyanedra Shah who had an absolute power to control or rule for all people of Nepal. There have been various causes of that movement. There was hierarchy relationship of lower class and upper class, oppressed groups, peasant, state structure, bureaucracy and others. The Maoist movement of Nepal has been a product of its socio-economic and political context. This paper tries to analysis and explores the Maoist movement trough the large-scale and long run perspective. According to this perspective, there was various causes changed in both state institutions and social structures and its outcomes is still showing respectively, many outcomes have to be come. Past conflicts and institutional structures have long term effects and are of critical importance for later development and have large scale impact in structure. Large scale history defines its scope on major structures or international factors, defines the outcomes to be studied in larger terms; and the causes for these outcomes are determined by large structures, international ideology, psychology and others.

A perspective on the Maoist Movement in Nepal

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nepal is a land locked country. It is famous for its diversity, in terms of geography, culture, economy, religion, ethnicity social structures,economic class and others. These diversities have made the land fertile for creating revolutionary movements. Though never directly colonized, the country has faced many political movements. The decade long people's war that ended a few years ago is the most prominent among them. The first part of this book covers basic information about Nepal. The second part examines the socio-economic realities of Nepalese society in addition to presenting prominent historical events that led to the emergence of the Maoist movement. This chapter will mainly analyse the characteristics of Nepalese society in detail and provide a concrete analysis of how that supported envisioning of a pragmatic Marxist path in Nepal. Similarly, the third part focuses on the theoretical development of Marxism- Leninism- Maoism (MLM)in the Nepalese context. In Nepal, we tried to develop Marxism which is both compatible to the internal context of Nepal as well as to the changing international context of the 21st century. This part will also talk about the pragmatic approaches taken to implement MLM in Nepal. Further, a class analysis of Nepalese society will be also provided, along with problem analysis, and strategies and tactics adopted by Russian and Chinese model of revolution. This part will also explain the development of 'Prachanda path' and the model of democracy in the 21st century. The fourth part of the book will depict events that have shaped the Maoist movement in Nepal in a chorological order. The fifth part of the book provides insight on the experience of tactical flexibility and strategic rigidity adopted by the party. This part also highlights the responsibility of the party in A perspective on the Maoist Movement in Nepal adaptation of Marxism, fighting against imperialism and addressing the demand of rising middle class in the 21st century. Likewise, the part six focuses on the achievement of the Maoist movement following the peace accord, mainly the declaration of republic, and the election to the constitute assembly. Part seven lays out the conclusion which gives plausible explanations behind the achievements of the Maoist movement in Nepal. This part emphasizes on pragmatic challenges of the party in national and international milieu. In a nutshell, this book will give an overview of the Unified Maoist Party of Nepal. Specially form people’s war to peace process including Integration and Rehabititation of PLA Negotiation for Constitation writing. Most important political document of the party has been placed in annex would be more helpful for readers.