Continuous protests shook the length and breadth of mountainous Nepal in September as the U.S. pushed again to chain this Asian country of 28 million people to its anti-China alliance through the Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC).
The U.S. claims that the MCC’s $500 million grant agreement is merely a generous gift to help improve the country’s infrastructure, with no strings attached. But that story has been shot full of holes by anti-imperialist forces leading the protests.
Solidarity from Nepal with the people's uprising against racist police terror in the U.S. #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
On June 5 the Nepal Revolutionary Students' Union and Nepal Revolutionary Youth Union jointly organized a webinar to educate people about the struggle and support it. Chairman Narayan Man Bijukchhen (Rohit) of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) gave the keynote talk.
The following editorial appeared on the front page of the June 3 edition of Workers’ Daily, newspaper of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party.
The U.S. government never tires of proclaiming itself the global policeman and protector of human rights. But to its dismay, today the U.S. is on fire. After the killing of George Floyd, the spread of mass demonstrations all over the U.S. beyond Minneapolis has exposed the age-old social and economic disparity and repression embedded in U.S. society.
Have you heard of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)? Yes, it sounds like a company that produces cheesy reality TV shows. But the truth is more dangerous.
By Greg Butterfield
On Feb. 25, thousands of people marched through the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, to demand that the country’s Parliament reject participation in the MCC. Many carried banners and signs in Nepali and English denouncing the MCC, while others carried red flags. The action was organized by the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP).
The angry crowd marched to the U.S. Embassy, where they were confronted by lines of police. After a standoff, a delegation of NWPP leaders was able to deliver a letter of protest addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump. Embassy staff refused to meet with them, sending out a security guard to take the letter.
At that moment, Trump was being wined and dined by the far-right prime minister of neighboring India, Narendra Modi. Trump’s visit to India unleashed a wave of violence against Muslims and supporters that left at least 24 people dead.
Dailekh, Nepal: Commemoration of Mao Zedong’s 125th birthday, December 26, 2018.
Nepal Workers & Peasants' Party (NWPP) marked 125th birth anniversary of leader of Chinese Revolution and teacher of the working class Chairman Mao Zedong across the country. Some photos of Dailekh, a district in mid west Nepal.
