Thursday, September 1, 2011

UCPN (M) and Revolution or Counter Revolution

Divash Sharma says:
September 1, 2011 at 6:34 am

Following is my comment on Comrade Indra Mohan Sigdel's article "They are minimising the ideological struggle" posted on The Next Front, http://thenextfront.com

“…. Only by defeating this kind of counter-revolutionary thinking and trend, which is noticed in some of the comrades of our party, can the revolution be defended, ….”.

The fundamental hypothesis here is that UCPN (M) is still in the revolutionary path and revolution in Nepal is still an ongoing process. And, by minimizing the ideological struggle, counter revolution might be staged. So, there is possibility of counter revolution.

Reality check on UCPN (M) points out the following.

a) The core leadership, particularly the Chairman has already abandoned revolutionary path. Facts include entering into ‘peace process’ in strategically designed course of attaining state power by abandoning proletarian class interests, contonizing PLA and now, disarming it in the name of integrating into the old army and rehabilitating in the old society.

b)Abandoning the path of class struggle and armed transition and adopting incremental reform agenda instead of radical socio-economic and political transformation.

c) Abandoning organizational instruments created to advance the cause of revolution, example deactivating YCL, people’s governments at local levels, etc.

d) Taking oneself out of the international revolutionary movements including but not limited to RIM and COMPOSA.

e) Class conversion of leaders from proletariat to bourgeoisie class and change of their life styles accordingly.

f) Promotion of cronyism and nepotism in the party and in the government.

g) Abandoning proletarian cultural traits in favor of bourgeoisie culture.

Where there is ideological U-turn, de-structuring of instruments of radical change, cultural conversion from people’s culture to somewhere else and politics of peaceful coexistence with the exploitative classes have become the fundamental features, it is more than “counter-revolutionary thinking and trend”. Rather, it is a full-fledged counter revolution. Only the surprising fact is that how the revolutionary leaders and cadres including Kiran and Basanta failed to read the writings on the wall? Further wait will erode more, the revolutionary gains of past.

http://thenextfront.com/politics/they-are-minimising-the-ideological-struggle.html#comment-1528