Re: [Marxism] Maoists win stunning victory in Nepal elections

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 3:15 AM,  <dave.walters@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Maoist won 11 of 22 seats. The United Marxist-Leninists won 4
>  and the Nepalese Workers and Peasants Party one 2. That's 17
>  out 22 seats for groups on the left, all 3 of which claim to be Marxist.
>
>  http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/nepal.poll.ap/index.html
>
>  Now what?
>
>  David

Nepal's Maoists call for capitalism

The New York Times

Prachanda's party is calling for an overhaul of the state and
abandoning "feudal property relations" for a "capitalistic mode of
production."

<http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/04/09/world/20080409NEPAL_9.html>

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An interesting question, in my opinion, is what repercussion the
Maoist victory in Nepal will have on Indian Maoists. It is estimated
that Maoist insurgents are active in almost one-fourth of the total
number of districts  in India.

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By the way, did you notice ow CNN (perhaps unintentionally or
ignorantly) spinned the headline in the URL you posted? CNN says:
"Ex-communist rebels ahead in Nepal", but these are not
"ex-communists", they are very much communists. They are "communist
ex-rebels", not "ex-communist rebels". Maybe CNN finds it difficult to
believe that communists can win elections in this day and age.

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