Re: [Marxism] Further On Nepal

[new wave <new.wave.nw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Comrade Peterson,

I am in reciept of both of your mails, addressed to me. Believe me, I
sincerely did not take any offence to your mails. On the contrary, I
appreciate the sharp tones, when it comes to political polemics. I really
hate artificially toning down the criticism, for the sake of ettiquetes,
which in their essence are essentially bourgoeis tenets. One must come out
with positions as sharp as possible. I am very happy that you wish to
collaborate and work together.

Needless to mention that in taking positions with precision, we must develop
deep understanding of history, though we all remain students of Marx.

You had pointed out that Maoists in Nepal, do not follow the conventional
path OF Maoism, thereby probably you mean the 'Chinese path'. I am not aware
whether or not you have seen the book with my introduction-'The Hidden
Dynamics of Chinese Revolution' containing writings and speeches of Leon
Trotsky form 1925-1940, till his murder by Ramon Mercader in Mexico. Anyway,
Maoism is not characterised by the tactical path it took in China, and which
it has again and again adapted to different nationalist positions in
different countries and at different times. We must rather characterise
it by its basic postulates, which remain almost unchanged during the last
century. The 'two stage theory' of revolution, collaboration with national
bourgeois, which in its view is a progressive class, etc. etc. are such
postulates, which run directly counter to the revolutionary Marxism.

Maoists have a very special role to play in history, which has to be
understood in relation to Chinese Revolution, the motherland of Maoism,
before we set out for Nepal. After the bogus policies of Stalinist Comintern
fomented the defeats of 1925-27, completely annihilating the revolutionary
Proletariat in Shanghai and Canton, and Stalinism lost its appeal among the
surviving revolutionary cadres, who more and more leaned towards Leon
Trotsky, (see the letter of Chen Tu Shiu of 1928), then emerged
Maoism. While preserving all basic tenets, as referred above, of the
Stalinist Politics, Maoists consciously adapted to the defeats of
Proletariat to further decimate the working class. CCP emerged as CPC, a
party with a thoroughly changed composition, recruited from the petty
bourgeois peasantry. After pushing the Chinese proletariat, which had taken
power in Shanghai and Canton by crushing the flags of Quomintang under its
feet, Maoists organised themselves in a bureaucratic crust over the
rebellious peasantry, and turned it away from rising in revolt against the
Chinese bourgeois. The zig zag journey of Maoists in China continued through
1949, where they declared China to be a republic of 'four classes' and we
may see how the long march led to complete adaptation with world capitalism.

The experiment was repeated in many countries thereafter, with Nepal being
the latest casualty. They refused to lead the proletariat to a successful
uprising when all objective conditions were mature for it in April 2006, at
the high tide of revolution. They permitted the wave to pass. But the April
uprising shook the Monarchy to the hilt. Maoists, rather pounced upon the
concessions thrown by the Monarchy and set out to take positions in
constituional regime. They fought elections, and recieved overwhelming
mandate, a result of complete unrest among the people, disgruntled from the
Monarchy. This was a lower point of tide, but the Maoists still instead of
using it for forcible overthrow of bourgeois regime and the RNA, kept their
eyes on writing constitution and thereby take the power through it and of
course in collaboration with bourgoeis, instead of against it.

The bourgoeis however, waited forthe high tide of mass upsurge to die down
and isolate the Maoists. Collaboration is the project and pious wish of
Maoists, not of bourgeois. Bourgeois is clear in its perception that the
power can be kept either by itself or the proletariat. As it cannot take it
directly in Nepal, where two classes still balance each other, it would take
it through Stalinist CPN-UML and would ultimately take it for itself.
Workers, Peasants and youth in Nepal, more and more disillusioned with the
false projects of Maoists, are showing signs of being passive and inert.
Maoists now are the generals without an army. Prachanda Path, the more
recent and polished version of Maoist Chinese Path, has led the workers and
peasants of Nepal directly to the blind turn.
Power is back in the hands of bourgeois, even after an all out support by
the masses for the revolution. The bogus Maoist leadership is the
fountainhead of the crushing defeat. Our articles, which long ago predicted
this fate of Maoists at work in Nepal, stand vindicated by the recent
events. The articles werewritten when the communists around the world were
cheerleading the Maoists' victories. You may find the articles here:
http://new-wave-nw.blogspot.com/search/label/Nepal

Editor
'the new wave'
http://new-wave-nw.blogspot.com/
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