Dispatches from the people's war in Nepal / Li Onesto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Onesto.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National liberation movements--Nepal.

National liberation movements.

Nepal--History--Civil War, 1996-2006.

Nepal.

Nepal--Social conditions--20th century.

Nepal--Economic conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, Mich. : Pluto Press ; Chicago : Insight Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'This unique, intimate look into the People's War in Nepal provides invaluable background to the world's most vigorous Maoist movement, and insight into the theory and practice underlying contemporary Maoism elsewhere in South Asia and globally.'Gary Leupp, Professor of History at Tufts University and Coordinator of the Asian Studies Program 'In her dispatches from the ongoing revolutionary war in Nepal, where she was the first, and longest-staying, foreign journalist to report from the Maoist-held areas, Li Onesto keeps up the committed, conscientious revolutionary journalism of John Reed, George Orwell, and Agnes Smedley. ... Probably the best, if not the only, account of how the Maoists built their organization, and of how they operate and govern.'Stephen Mikesell, author of Class, State and Struggle in Nepal: Writings 1989-1995 'This lively, exciting and enlightening presentation of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal will help people to understand the real state of affairs behind the "People's War";.' Padma Ratna Tuladhar, facilitator in the peace talks in Nepal A Maoist revolution has been raging in Nepal since 1996. In 1999, Li Onesto became the first foreign journalist to travel deep into the guerrilla zones. Allowed unprecedented access, she interviewed political leaders, guerrilla fighters, villagers in areas under Maoist control, and relatives of those killed by government forces.This book is the result of her journey. Illustrated with photographs, it provides an invaluable analysis of the social and economic conditions that have fueled the revolution and profiles some of the key people involved. Millions in Nepal now live in areas under guerrilla control. Peasants are running grass-roots institutions, exercising what they call 'people's power'. Li Onesto describes these transformations -- the establishment of new governing committees and courts, the confiscation and re-division of land, new cultural and social practices, and the emergence of a new outlook.Increasingly, the UK and US have directly intervened to provide political and military support to the counter-insurgency efforts of the Nepalese regime. Onesto analyzes this in the context of the broader international situation and the 'war on terrorism'.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

1 Meeting the People's Army

2 Villages of Resistance

3 The Raid on Bethan

4 Rifles and a Vision

5 Revolutionary Work in the City

6 General Strike in Kathmandu

Carrying the Story Forward: The Problem of Disinformation

7 Land in the Middle

8 Hope of the Hopeless in Gorkha

9 Preparing the Ground in the West

10 Learning Warfare by Waging Warfare in the West

Carrying the Story Forward: Revolutionary Policies

Photographs

11 People's Power in Rolpa

12 Guns, Drums, and Keyboards

13 Teachers in a School of War

Carrying the Story Forward: Children in the War Zone

14 Martyrs of Rolpa

15 Families of Martyrs: Turning Grief into Strength

Carrying the Story Forward: The Rising Death Toll

16 Women Warriors

17 New Women, New People's Power

Carrying the Story Forward: The Fight for Women Leaders

18 Magar Liberation

19 Preparing for War in Rukum

20 Starting and Sustaining People's War in Rukum

21 Camping with the People's Army

22 Red Salute in the West

Afterword

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241) and index.

ISBN:

9786611750695

9781849642521

1849642524

9781281750693

1281750697

9781435662476

1435662474

OCLC:

71347149