Monitoring Indian Communists - 2

[acharya]

Outlook Article

Maybe this is the "south asian" version of the "color revolutions" in Central Asia. The American flip-flopping on Nepal, especially with all the pains it takes to be *dissociated* from the maoists in public -- fighting the fire while fueling the flames, the SAME tactic that the US uses with the jihadi islamists.


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From the beginning, the Maoists have been closely associated with the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) with its headquarters in Chicago, USA.</span> On February 1, 1998 the RIM Committee wrote: "The participation of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, the concern and assistance given by your Party to the advance of the Communist movement in the South Asia region and throughout the world, even at difficult moments in your struggle, inspire us.
<b>The Committee of RIM and the CPN (M) will continue to march forward as in the past -- united by our all-powerful ideology." In 2001 Prachanda responded: "The present rapid pace of development would have been inconceivable without the support of Communist revolutionaries, particularly the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, during the period of the historic initiation of the People's War."</b>

<b>The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) is the US political arm of the apex international body, RIM. Mr Robert Avakian heads both RCP and RIM. Other fraternal members of RIM, apart from Nepal’s Maoists, include Peru’s extremist party Shining Path.</b> RIM is strongly opposed to China’s economic reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping. Its leaders endorse China’s Cultural Revolution. To evade arrest after a White House demonstration against Deng Xiaoping in 1981, Mr Avakian and other RCP leaders fled the US to live in France. While Mr Avakian directs affairs from France, RCP is led by Mr Clark Kissinger in the US. The RCP spokesperson is a former convict, Mr Carl Dix, who firmly believes in world revolution through violence.

<b>The puzzling fact is that the US State Department has designated Nepal’s Maoists as a terrorist group. Despite this, RCP’s Avakian supports the Maoists. He condemns the US for describing Nepal’s CPN (M) as a terrorist group. And yet, both RIM and RCP continue to function in the US. How?</b>
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How much is indian maoists, naxalites connected to their US headquarters.
Why did they increase their activities after 2000 when NDA/BJP come to power. Is there a connection here.