International solidarity on the rise!

The ongoing revolution of Nepal is part of the world revolution and deserves support from all the revolutionary forces of the world. There is no such a smooth and straight road for the revolution and it always passes through twists and turns. Every revolution taking place in the 21st Century will definitely feel lacking of international support and assistance from socialist camp or socialist countries. In such a situation making revolution is all the more difficult and uphill task but not an impossible task. To make it really possible it is essential for the communist revolutionaries of the world to create various instruments at the world level for the sake of garnering widest support for the revolution as much as it is achievable. There can not be any difference in opinion on seeking widest international support but to achieve it practically is a challenging task.

Nepal is surrounded by India in South, West and East and has an open border of about 1800 kms. There are many unequal treatises in between Nepal and India which squeezes Nepal to become a semi-colonial country. India by virtue of its class nature has always supported the reactionary ruling classes and governments of Nepal in the face of revolutionary movements carried out by the revolutionary forces and the people of Nepal against the regimes. Regarding our Southern neighbor we have another bright aspect. There are revolutionary forces in India, who are constantly carrying out struggles since many years. According to the latest report, government of India has realized that the Maoists are the “potential threat to the security of India”. It means that Maoists of India are the real challenge for the Indian state. In many different ways Indian state is a big and powerful state. When the same Indian state realizes that it is being challenged by the Maoists, the strength of the Maoist revolutionaries is obvious. Apart from the Maoists there are also many leftist, progressive and democratic forces in India who are basically and largely revolutionary. All these revolutionary forces of India are our friends and they have supported us when we were in difficult times and we believe they will continue their support in the future for the advancement of the revolutionary movement in Nepal.

We were garnering support from the revolutionary forces and revolutionary people of India and hope so in the future. But we always felt that this support and assistance should be streamlined. It is more effective when carried out in organized way. In the past there was “Solidarity forum to support the revolution in Nepal” which was Delhi based. Now there are many more organizations coming forward for support and assistance. Therefore support organization at the all India level has now become a reality. Almost 25 left and progressive organizations and well known left intellectuals, writers, journalists etc had a historic gathering in mid-November, which decided to form ‘Indo-Nepal People’s Solidarity Forum’. In its first plenary meeting held in the Indian capital on December 9, adopted the concept paper of the forum and also decided to organize press conference in various cities of India and the capital of Nepal. The press conference held in Kathmandu gave a strong message to the people of Nepal that they are not alone in the revolutionary movement which they have been carrying forward against the domestic and the foreign reactionaries as well. This news was carried out in many leading news papers in the capital of Nepal. Similar press meeting was held in Delhi in which it was reported that around 15 journalists of different media groups were present. But none of them published it as news. It shows how the Indian media is controlled by handful of big houses. Nevertheless, it is a very significant achievement to constantly acquiring support for the revolution of Nepal (please read other pages for the detail report of the Solidarity Forum).

France-Nepal People’s Solidarity Forum has been formed in Paris in the last November. We hope such forums may be formed in many different parts of the world in the future, which will link up the Nepalese revolution with the world revolution.