The Nepalese Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the former Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw fighting between the Nepalese royal government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) throughout the country. The war was the decisive factor that led to the collapse of the Nepalese kingdom in 2008 and the subsequent establishment of the present-day Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) was established in 1994, and the armed war between the party and the government commenced on February 13, 1996, when the Communist party carried out seven attacks in six different districts. The government at first sent the police to try and contain the uprising, and the army was not involved as it was thought the police could handle the attacks. In July 2001, the government had talked of a ceasefire with the Maoist rebel groups, but the talks were not successful, and the attacks continued with the rebel ambushing an army barracks in Dang district, Western Nepal. This led to a backlash from the army who went up in arms against the rebels thus worsening the situation. The attacks increased in 2002.
The government, on the other hand, banned all anti-monarchy statements, imprisoned journalists and closed down the newspapers that were suspected of taking sides with the rebels. Talks were held between the Nepalese government and the rebel groups, but none of them were fruitful. The government refused to give in to the rebels’ demands of having elections to form a constitutional assembly as they felt this would lead to the elimination of the monarchy. The Maoists, on the other hand, refused to acknowledge the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. The Maoists controlled the rural areas while the government dominated the towns and the cities during the war as most of the government organizations were based in the cities. The United Kingdom, India, China and the United States under the umbrella of the global war on terror provided economic and military support to the Nepalese government.
As the government was unable to restore peace and order in the country, on February 1, 2005, King Gyanendra decided to take total control of the country with the aim of stopping the uprisings. This made India and the UK pull off their support for the government. In May 2005, seven of the political parties established an alliance named the Seven Party Alliance. In November of the same year, the Maoist rebels and the Seven Party Alliance with help from the Indian government issued a resolution pointing out that an autocratic monarchy was the main impediment to democracy and peace. The Maoist rebels agreed to uphold peace, and it was agreed upon that elections would be carried out to form a constitutional assembly.
In 2006, violence went down with people holding peaceful pro-democracy protests. On April 24, 2006, King Gyanendra declared that he would restore the House of Representatives and this was agreed upon by the Seven Party Alliance as they would form the house. The Maoists did not agree with the move, so they still held demonstrations with the largest demonstration being held on June 2, 2006, in Kathmandu. On November 26, 2006, a peace agreement was finally signed by the Seven Party Alliance and the Maoist Rebels thus ending the ten-year war
On 23 December 2007, an agreement was made for the monarchy to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) became the largest party amidst a general atmosphere of fear and intimidation from all sides. A federal republic was established in May 2008, with only four members of the 601-seat Constituent Assembly voting against the change, which ended 240 years of royal rule in Nepal.
After this Nepal would become a Liberal Democracy led by a unified party of communists in the goverment, during this time not much would happen in Nepal besides the Madhes Movement who wanted more right for minorities in Nepal.
the creation of a liberal democracy instead of a socialist state would cause a lot of tension in the unified communist party and eventualy in 2020 would result in a massive split in the communist party of Nepal, making the MLM and the ML parties rivals again.
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I miss those enormous ass big ass capitalist ass Lunchables.
They got shitcanned because kids were getting fat off them, but man
I would literally riot for those treats, them shits was good
There is something endearing (to a degree) about how so much of what is produced under capitalism as food is like barely even food. I was in Dollar Tree trying to buy some cheap plastic shit and I was looking at the food which was pretty much all candy and junkfood like Armour™ Lunchmakers® Nachos (with Crunch®) or the microwave breakfast platter (which I enjoy) and thinking "damn, I grew up on this stuff, and so did lots of other po' kids".
Of course, the reality behind that stuff is EL DESPILFARRO MAS INCREIBLE DE LOS RECURSOS NATURALES :fidel-bat: but...y'know. Probably does you no good ass cancer wise either.
The mirage of the 90's and early 2000's is ending. Something in me will miss that feeling of strolling the supermarket aisles and seeing them fully stocked, marveling at the neon packaging of all these various comestibles whole flavors aim at the maxiumium excitation of my sensory organs. Not knowing the incredible bleeding that was done to prop up that mirage: El Mozote, 9/11/1973, The Mayan Holocaust, Tlatelolco, Jakarta...
All that awaits is the sobering realization that this is real. Famine is real, drought is real, the violence we saw in action movies is real, death is real. Dust from the wildfires will hack away at what is left of my patience, the heat will crush my hope, and the fascists will reach into the deepest corners of my being and scoop out the last shreds of innocence, stealing them away to some unknown place.
Will it return?
LoudMuffin, you need a podcast my man. you clearly got a lot to get out
I just like to write about whatever comes to mind lol
Innocence isn’t lost, it’s curated. It is a garden you have to defend. Adults do that for you as a kid, but you can do it for yourself as an adult too.
You need those parts of yourself, those moments where you are free, to survive as a revolutionary. We exist in a system that exists to devour us. Maintaining hope and joy within the guts of an imperialist beast is how we are able to organize and rally to shred the fucking beast internally and cut our way out.
Innocence isn’t ignorance. Innocence with experience is happiness and solidarity.