South Asia: a living volcano of proletarian revolution  

    From among the three storm centers of revolution, the Asia, Africa and Latin America, as Mao had proclaimed, the South Asia has now become a living volcano for the proletarian revolution in the twenty first century. The development of People’s War in Nepal to a new height of strategic offensive, the growing strength of Maoists and the new advances acquired in the People’s War in India and persistent efforts of the Maoist parties of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to initiate and develop People’s Wars justify this fact.

    Recently, on September 21, 2004, a revolutionary party, the Communist party of India (Maoist) has been founded in India through the merger taken place between two revolutionary centers, the CPI (ML) (PW) and MCCI. Without a doubt, this is a good message for the oppressed masses of this country, the South Asia and the world as a whole. One can presume that this unity will add up further momentum for the development of Maoist movement in this region. The comrades, who strived for long and brought this unity into effect successfully through an arduous, painstaking and the zigzag course of the unity process, deserve congratulations from the entire revolutionary parties and, oppressed and exploited masses the world over. This is, in fact, an initiation, not an end, of the process towards uniting many more revolutionary organizations, groups and individuals that still exist in this country. It is because, only by uniting entire genuine revolutionaries in a single fold, can the oppressed and exploited Indian masses fight jointly against their domestic reaction, the Indian expansionism, which is propped up mainly by the US imperialism in the present world context.

    Unity of Maoists in itself is a good event. Apart from this, it has provided some lessons to learn from. Everyone is aware that the erstwhile CPI (ML) (PW) and MCCI had an antagonistic relation in the past. That fratricidal act had resulted into deaths of many leaders, cadres and masses and a huge loss of property from both the sides. Now the two centers, taking lessons from the past mistakes and vowing not to repeat the past history of the Black Chapter with the class brethren, have merged into a single party, the CPI (Maoist). Definitely, this is a good example of how two different centers, which were fighting separately for the common cause but had an antagonistic relation between them, can bring about transformation to each other through ideological and political struggle. However, none should be self-contented that their self-criticism and merger has erased their entire imprints of the past wrongdoings, rather, should learn more from the past mistakes and grasp more firmly the fact that the process of revolutionary transformation first sets off from the self. The relative unity that has been achieved now can be maintained and strengthened only when the absolute form of ideological and political struggle is continued throughout its course. However, the spirit of self-criticism they have shown is admirable and is worthy to learn by all the revolutionaries in the world, mainly those in the South Asia.

      But one must not lose sight from the fact that these advances in the region are always accompanied by serious challenges. We the revolutionaries must be able to fight the challenges from all the fronts. What is noteworthy to mention here is that the ideological development, whether we take note of or not, goes on taking place where the class struggle advances. It is the dialectical materialist theory of knowledge. Unless we synthesize the experiences acquired from the furnace of class struggle and develop our ideological and political understanding to the higher level we cannot face the challenges the new situation imposes upon us. On the other, the unity of the genuine revolutionaries, including the masses, is another obligatory factor to make one capable to confront the dangers our class is facing now. When the entire basic contradictions in the world, including the principal one, are intensifying in a level unseen for the last twenty years and when the masses the world over are in the streets in the hope of a better world they live in, it is our obligation to lead them for a revolutionary alternative. We are now in more favorable situation for the world revolution than we were twenty years before. We can seize this opportunity only by intensifying our intervention from all the fronts of ideology, politics and culture and of course the People’s War.    

     When we specifically come to the situation of South Asia, it is very much sensitive. Particularly, the development of People’s War in Nepal to the stage of strategic offensive and the unity of Maoists in India and new advances of People’s War they have made has created an unforeseen threat to the reaction, particularly the Indian expansionism. On the other, the Indian expansionism, with a full backing of the US imperialism, is prepared to do all that it can do to contain possible upheaval of the oppressed masses in India in general and possible seizure of central power in Nepal in particular. As a consequence of this, the South Asia, in the coming days, is going to become a front of strong collision between two adversaries the proletariat, on the one hand, and the imperialists and its lackeys, on the other. A new power of the proletariat is possible to emerge in the midst of this clash. Because, it is a dialectics that dangers are accompanied by big successes provided the revolutionaries dare to attain that height. In this critical juncture of the history, when the heroic Nepalese people are in the threshold of seizing central power, the role of the entire oppressed masses the world over and those in India and South Asia in particular, has increased manifold. History is a witness that no reactionaries in the world can sustain before the strength of the masses. The road is certainly torturous, but the future is bright. 

Successful Conclusion of the Third Conference of the CCOMPOSA

  Press Statement

    The Coordination Committee of the Maoist Parties and Organisations of South Asia successfully concluded its Third Conference from 16 to 18th March 2004. The Conference was attended by seven of the participating members and two observers. It concluded its deliberations vowing to further intensify and develop people’s wars in the respective countries.

     The Conference was taking place at a time when the people’s war in Nepal is preparing for the strategic offensive, with nearly 80% of the country under Maoist control, with a new world taking birth. At a time when the people’s war in India was further advancing and the two major Maoist parties, the MCCI and the CPI(ML)(PW), were advancing towards greater unification. And at a time when, in Bangladesh, the Maoist parties were extending their people’s wars to new areas, and when a new Maoist Party has been formed in Bhutan.

     The Conference was attended by the member countries 1) PBSP (CC) [Bangladesh] 2)CPEB (ML)(Red Flag) [Bangladesh] 3) MCCI (India) 4) CPI-ML (PW) [India] 5) CPI-ML (Naxalbari) [India] 6) RCCI (MLM) [India] 7) CPN (Maoist) [Nepal], with two parties from Bangladesh and one from Sri Lanka unable to attend due to technical reasons. The parties that attended as observers were the PBSB (MBRM) from Bangladesh and the newly formed party from Bhutan, the Bhutan Communist Party (MLM).

           The Conference began with the singing of the International and homage to all martyrs who laid down their lives since the last Conference in August 2002.

In Nepal’s people’s war over 1,500 comrades have laid down their lives since the end of the last round of negotiations alone. This included senior comrades, like Regional Bureau member+Battallion Commissar, Com. Bivek and also Battalion Commander Com. Prahar. In India the PW lost 375 comrades since the last Conference and the MCCI 134. The PW has lost 8 comrades of the level of State Committee. They are Com. Ramakrishana (Wrangal), Com. Padma (Karimnagar), Com. Prasad (Anantapur), Com. Anupuram Kamyaiah (Karimnagar), Com. Asimdaj (Midnapore), and two DCSs Coms. Lalitha (Adilabad) and Ganganna (Anantpur). From the CPEB (ML)Red Flag 15 comrades have been martyred including one DCM, com Nassir. From the PBSB(MBRM) 4 comrades were martyred.

     The meeting began with a report of activities of CCOMPOSA by the convener, Com. Kishore of Nepal. This was followed by detailed reports of the development of people’s wars in their respective countries or their preparations for it. Finally it passed a political resolution on the current situation in the world and in the countries of South Asia.

    At the international level it analysed that the deep-rooted economic crisis is resulting in the increasing offensive of imperialism worldwide, particularly the war-mongering of the US. This has resulted in growing resistance worldwide.

     In South Asia too the imperialists, particularly the US imperialists, have been increasing their stranglehold over the respective countries of the region. This is being coupled with military intervention through the sending of officers to Nepal, deep military involvement in Pakistan and a strategic alliance with the Indian expansionists.

       In the light of the advancing people’s wars in the countries of South Asia, brutal state terror is being unleashed by the respective governments. The genocidal Gynandra regime is resorting to horrifying massacres in Nepal. In India the rulers have imposed the draconian POTA, banned the MCCI, PW and other orgainisations, resorted to hundreds of fake encounters, have illegally deported over 75 Nepalese Maoists and incarcerated top Maoist leaders from Nepal, Coms. Kiren and Gaurav.

    The Resolution also pointed out that imperialism, particularly US imperialism and their agent, Indian expansionism is the common enemy of the peoples of South Asia.

    The meeting called for a joint campaign all over South Asia during Naxalbari week, culminating on May 29: against the death sentence against comrades in India and Bangladesh, the illegal detention of Coms. Kiren and Gaurav, the deportation of more than 75 Nepalese Maoists leaders and cadre, and against the growing state repression in the respective countries.

    Finally the political resolution vowed to unite all the Maoist forces in the region ever more closely, build greater bonds of unity with the struggling forces of the region and turn the respective countries of South Asia into a strong bastion of world revolution.

1) PBSP (CC) [Bangladesh] 2)CPEB (ML)(Red Flag) [Bangladesh] 3) MCCI (India) 4) CPI-ML (PW) [India] 5) CPI-ML (Naxalbari) [India] 6) RCCI (MLM) [India] 7) CPN (Maoist) [Nepal],

April 10, 2004  

    In the eve of 19th century there was an unprecedented crisis in the international socialist movement. Contrary to the previous assumptions that the revolution will take place  in advanced countries like UK and Germany, Lenin could rightly grasp the contradiction particulary the principal contradiction from the general corresponding contradictions and the first socialist country of the Soviet Union was brought into reality in the beginning of the 20th century. Today the knot of jumbled but weak, contradiction exists in South Asia. The revolutionaries in South Asia, the epicentre of revolutionary volcano in the world, must play pivotal role for the revolution in the 21st century. Realising this objective fact, CCOMPOSA was formed two years before with an objective to unite  and build up a strong solidarity among  the revolutionary parties and organisations of  this region. Fighting against the Indian expansionism, the regional stooge of  U.S. imperialism, has been  the biggest  task and challenge  too, set before this organisation.

    After the formation,  the CCOMPOSA has successfully united the revolutionary forces  waging the class war in their respective societies. Still, there is a big challenge before us of revolutionary intervention in the ongoing and decades long  national liberation movements  in North-East and Kashmir in India as well as  in Northern and Southern part of Sri Lanka.

    The most significant development in the last one year in South Asia is the qualitative progress in the ongoing People's War in Nepal as well as in India. The People's War in Nepal has entered the third and higher state of People's War i.e. strategic offensive. The mast of new democracy can be seen on the horizon of Mount Everest and it has inspired the revolutionaries of the world in general and South Asia in particular.

    The merger of two revolutionary parties, CPI(ML-PW ) and MCCI is a milestone in the process of revolutionary polarisation in India. This avowal of unity will exert an influence on the actual unification of all the genuine communist revolutionaries in their respective countries. It will have an enormous impact on the revolutionary forces of the world in general and South Asia in particular. Beside these developments a embryonic revolutionary communist movement has emerged in Bhutan. Similarly the splintered Maoist revolutionaries in Bangladesh are coming closer and revival of Maoist movement in Sri Lanka are further source of inspiration for the revolutionaries all over the world.