In one of their most brazen attacks this year, the Communist Party of Indian (Maoist) attacked a Congress Party convoy traveling in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, May 25th, killing top Party leader Mahendra Karma. Karma and around twenty other Congress Party members were killed after Maoist forces, also known as Naxalites, ambushed their vehicles around 5:30 […]
Category Archives: India
May
31
Indian Maoists correct Congress Party leader, ‘Marxist-Leninists’ defend reactionary state.
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May
24
New Film, Red Ant Dream, Documents Maoist Struggle in India
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A new independent documentary, Red Ant Dream, chronicles the recent struggle by India’s Maoist. From the looks of the trailers, it may be fairly interesting.
April
26
‘Dare to Struggle!’ Nikolai Brown Interviewed by SystemicCapital.com
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The website SystemicCapital.com recently conducted and posted this interview: SystemicCapital.com (SC): What is the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement (RAIM)? Nikolai Brown (NB): RAIM is a Maoist (Third Worldist) cadre organization centered in occupied North America. We are not a ‘party’ directly organizing for the seizure of power. Nor are we a ‘mass organization’ anyone can join. RAIM […]
April
15
RAIM: An Open Letter Against First Worldism in the ICM
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Bangla, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish translations included.
Indian Masses Strike Against Imperialism
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February 20th and 21st witnessed nation-wide strikes by Indian workers against anti-people policies of the imperialist-backed Indian state. The strike, supported by organizations such as the Revolutionary Democratic Front, indicates a growing class consciousness among Indian masses. Nearly 70% of Indians live on less that $2 a day, a result of neo-colonial policies which favor western […]
January
25
Editorial: Kasama inadvertently promotes capitalist road in Nepal
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The reformed Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) recently held its seventh general convention. It was the first such event since it formally split from the revisionist Unified Communist Party of Nepal last summer. During and immediately after the convention, the CPN-Maoist vowed to carry forth a strategy of ‘people’s revolt.’ They also took the opportunity […]
Workers at Indian tea plantation starve to death
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At least 11 workers at a tea plantation in the north-east Indian state of Assam have died due to starvation or malnutrition recently. After the privately-owned tea plantation closed in October of last year, its owner fled and refused to pay the workers’ wages from the previous nine weeks. Left without any means of subsistence […]
United States works to create real-life ‘Terminators.’
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Rather than advancing humanity with new achievements as they often claim, the United States and other governments are allocating hundreds of billions of dollars to develop real-life ‘Terminators.’ Except in this case, the immediate danger isn’t that such automated armed machines will go rogue and attack all of humanity, but rather they will be used […]
The Naxalite Rebellion: Social Inequality and Violence in India
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While it is seldom mentioned in the Western media, the Naxalite rebellion in India represents a significant threat to the establishment in its effectiveness and its level of popular support. According to some reports, the Naxals control up to one-third of India’s territory at any given time, and in some places they have established alternate […]
What is Maoism?
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This essay by Bernard D’Mello was published last month by Monthly Review. In it, the author provides a multi-faceted, definite view of Maoism. We are posting it here for critical discussion, in large part because it approaches Maoism from a historical perspective and describes it as an outgrowth and class and ideological struggles. Posting here […]
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