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Documents and Statements of the
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

      We have posted here a collection of many documents and statements issued by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), including those issued under its earlier names. [From February 1995 until January 2009 it was called the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), and from December 1991 until February 1995 it was called the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre).] We have also included a section of news reports about UCPN(M) Party decisions and views, which of course are unofficial.

      In a separate area on this website we have also posted articles and statements by individual leaders of the UCPN(M).

      In June 2012 the more revolutionary and left-wing members of the UCPN(M) split off to form a new party, the Communist Party of Nepal — Maoist. We have a separate web page for their documents, and news reports about them, at: http://www.bannedthought.net/Nepal/CPN-Maoist/index.htm

      The UCPN(M) began moving ideologically in a rightist direction a couple years before abandoning its People’s War in 2006. After that abandonment it adopted a de facto bourgeois social democratic political line, but for a few years it still claimed to be promoting socialist revolution. With its 7th Party Congress in 2013 it openly shifted to the line of promoting “capitalist revolution rather than socialist revolution” as the supposed path to communism, following the capitalist-roader in China, Deng Xiaoping. Thus, despite their name, they have not actually been a “Maoist” party for many years now.

      Within each section here the most recent documents are at the top. If you know of additional documents or statements which should be posted here, or have any comments or suggestions, please contact us at: freespeech@bannedthought.net

Official Party Documents and Statements

• [Note: In the last few years the UCPN(M) has issued very few official public documents.]

• 2011:

  • “Note of Dissent”, submitted to the Central Committee by Mohan Vaidya ‘Kiran’, Vice-Chairman of the UCPN (Maoist), and Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’, General Secretary of the UCPN (Maoist), Oct. 2, 2011, 6 pages. This is one of a series of formal dissents registered with the Party which protest the actions of the factions led by Chairman Prachanda and Vice-Chairman Bhattarai.   PDF Format [284 KB]   MS Word Format [24 KB]

• 2010:

  • “Press Communiqué”, condemning and demanding the abrogation of the government’s agreement with India to print Machine Readable Passports for Nepal, issued by Prachanda, April 8, 2010, 1 page.   PDF Format [7 KB]   MS Word Format [27 KB]
  • “Greetings of 15th Anniversary of the People’s War”, a Press Communiqué issued on February 13, 2010, 1 page.   PDF Format only [23 KB]
  • “Press Communiqué”, from a meeting of the Standing Committee of the UCPN(Maoist), February 4, 2010, 2 pages.   PDF Format [53 KB]   MS Word Format [35 KB]
  • “Present Situation and Historical Task of the Proletariat”, resolution adopted by the CC of the UCPN(Maoist) at a meeting in December 2009 or January 2010, 11 pages. This is the most detailed statement of the political line and strategy of the UCPN(Maoist) that has appeared in recent years.   PDF Format [193 KB]   MS Word Format [87 KB]

• 2009:

• 2008:

• 2007:

  • “Free Joseph Maria Sison!”, by Gaurav, Chief of the International Bureau, CPN (Maoist), Sept. 2, 2007, 1 page.   PDF Format [63 KB]   MS Word Format [28 KB]
  • Press Communiqué from the Fifth Expanded Meeting of the Central Committee of the CPN(Maoist), issued by Prachanda, Aug. 12, 2007, 4 pages.   PDF Format [26 KB]   MS Word Format [44 KB]
  • “Overcome the Challenges to Achieve the Outstanding Victory!”, lead editorial in The Worker, #11, July 2007, 3 pages.   PDF Format [77 KB]   MS Word Format [36 KB]
  • “Present Situation and Party Task”, resolution adopted by the CC of the CPN(Maoist) at a meeting in April 2007, 5 pages.   PDF Format [145 KB]   MS Word Format [45 KB]

• 2006:

  • “Paper of the CPN (Maoist) at the Conference ‘Imperialism and Proletarian Revolution in the 21st Century’”, presented at a conference of revolutionary parties held in Kathmandu on Dec. 26, 2006, and later published in The Worker, #11, July 2007, 12 pages.   PDF Format [203 KB]   MS Word Format [74 KB]

• 2004:

  • Press Statement, about the holding of a 10-day Plenum of the Central Committee of the CPN(Maoist), in a base area in the countryside, issued by Prachanda, Aug. 3, 2004, 5 pages.   PDF Format [129 KB]   MS Word Format [43 KB]
  • Press Statement, about the appointment of Deuba as Prime Minister, issued by Prachanda, June 3, 2004, 1 page.   PDF Format [8 KB]   MS Word Format [27 KB]
  • Press Statement on Patna Arrests, protesting the arrests of a number of CPN(Maoist) Central Committee members in Patna, Bihar, India. Issued by Prachanda, June 3, 2004, 1 page.   PDF Format [8 KB]   MS Word Format [27 KB]
  • Press Statement on Arrest of Baidhya, protesting the arrest of Standing Committee member Mohan Baidhya in India, issued by Prachanda, March 31, 2004, 1 page.   PDF Format [8 KB]   MS Word Format [28 KB]
  • Press Statement of the CPN(Maoist) in response to the UN Appeal, responding to the appeal of UN General Secretary Kofi Annan for a peaceful solution to the civil war in Nepal. Issued by Prachanda, March 25, 2004, 1 page.   PDF Format [62 KB]   MS Word Format [28 KB]
  • Book: Problems & Prospects of Revolution in Nepal, a collection of articles by Chairman Prachanda and other leaders of the CPN(Maoist), from the early 1990s through 2003. (Janadisha Publications, January 2004).   HTML Format

• 2003:

  • “Concentrate Total Force to Raise Preparations for the Offensive to a New Height Through Correct Handling of Contradictions”, a Supplementary Resolution to “Present Situation & Our Historical Task” (see below), adopted by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPN (Maoist) in October 2003, 8 pages.   PDF Format [188 KB]   MS Word Format [52 KB]
  • “Present Situation & Our Historical Task”, adopted by the Central Committee Meeting of the CPN (Maoist) in June 2003, 16 pages.   PDF Format [180 KB]   MS Word Format [85 KB]
  • Press Statement by the CPN(Maoist), June 5, 2003, [Not available.]
  • “An Executive Summary of the Proposal Put Forward by CPN (Maoist) for the Negotiations”, presented by the Negotiation Team of the CPN (Maoist), headed by Baburam Bhattarai, on April 27, 2003 in Kathmandu, 8 pages.   PDF Format [95 KB]   MS Word Format [50 KB]
  • Press Statement regarding Iraq issued on March 20, 2003, [Not available.]
  • Press Statement by the CPN(Maoist), Feb. 25, 2003, [Not available.]
  • Press Statement by the Party, Feb. 16, 2003, [Not available.]
  • “The Appeal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on the Occasion of the Seventh Anniversary of the Glorious People’s War”, Feb. 13, 2003. [Not available.]
  • Press Statement regarding ceasefire by the Party, Feb. 2, 2003. [Not available.]

• 2001:

  • “Common Minimum Policy & Programme of United Revolutionary People’s Council”, adopted by the First National Convention of the Revolutionary United Front consisting of the representatives of the CPN (Maoist), the PLA, various class and mass organizations, local People’s Committees and prominent personalities in September 2001, which founded the United Revolutionary People’s Council, Nepal, 13 pages.   PDF Format [224 KB]   MS Word Format [77 KB]
  • “The Great Leap Forward: An Inevitable Need of History” This is a long (56 pages) and important Party statement. It is not dated, but from internal evidence we believe it is from 2001. We do not yet have any other information about it.   PDF Format [423 KB]   MS Word Format [238 KB]

• 1998:

  • “Experiences of the PW and Some Important Questions”, extract from the resolution adopted at the Fourth Expanded Meeting of the Central Committee of the Party, in August 1998, 7 pages.   PDF Format [141 KB]   MS Word Format [50 KB]

• 1996:

  • “Review of the Historic Initiation of the PW and Future Strategy of the Party”, excerpts from a document adopted by the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party held in the third week of March 1996, 4 pages.   PDF Format [165 KB]   MS Word Format [42 KB]
  • “Appeal of the C.P.N. (Maoist) to the People”, historic leaflet distributed in hundreds of thousands of copies all over Nepal at the time of the initiation of the People’s War on February 13, 1996. Three pages.   PDF Format [156 KB]   MS Word Format [32 KB]

• 1995:

  • “Theoretical Premises for the Historic Initiation of the People’s War”, excerpts from the document “Plan for the Historic Initiation of the People’s War” adopted by the CC of the Party in September 1995, 2 pages.   PDF Format [156 KB]   MS Word Format [32 KB]
  • “Strategy & Tactics of Armed Struggle in Nepal”, document adopted by the Third Expanded Meeting of the CC of the CPN(Maoist) in March 1995, 13 pages.   PDF Format [127 KB]   MS Word Format [77 KB]

• 1993:

  • “Mao Tse-tung’s Contribution in the Development of Universal Theory of People’s War”, by Prachanda, December 1993, 7 pages.   PDF Format [159 KB]   MS Word Format [52 KB]

• 1992:

  • “To Fight for the Life and Liberation of Comrade Gonzalo is Part of the Liberation Struggle of the Oppressed Masses”, statement by Prachanda on the capture of Chairman Gonzalo of the Communist Party of Peru. Issued Sept. 23, 1992, and included in The Worker, #1, (Feb. 1993), 2 pages.   PDF Format [66 KB]   MS Word Format [31 KB]

• 1991:

  • “On Maoism”, resolution adopted by the National Unity Congress of the C.P.N. (Unity Centre), December 1991, from The Worker, #1 (Feb. 1993). [HTML]
  • “Political Line of CPN (Unity Centre)”, an extract from the Political Report adopted by the Unity Congress of the then CPN (Unity Centre) in December 1991, 5 pages.   PDF Format [156 KB]   MS Word Format [44 KB]

• 1990:

  • “Marxism-Leninism-Maoism or Revisionism?”, by Prachanda. [HTML]

The Himalayan Thunder Magazine

Described as the “Quarterly Bulletin of the CPN(Maoist)”,
but few issues produced (possibly just this one issue).

• Vol. 1, #1 — May, 2001:   PDF Format   (32 pages; 5,679 KB)

Commentary by Bourgeois and Reactionary Sources

• “Explaining the Success of the Nepal Communist Party—Maoist (NCP-M) in Nepal: A Comparison of Maoist Insurgencies in the 21st Century”, by Shantosh B. Poudyal, a Lt. Colonel in the Nepalese Army, a Master’s Degree thesis at the U.S. Naval Post-Graduate School (Dec. 2010), 115 pages.   PDF format (324 KB)

News Reports of Party Decisions and Views

• 2016:

  • “UCPN(Maoist) to Change Its Name Again”, MyRepublica.com, May 19, 2016, 1 page.   PDF format (45 KB);   MS Word format (27 KB)
  • “Maoist Splinters in Bid to Merge with Mother Party”, Kathmandu Post/ekantipur.com, Jan. 17, 2016, 3 pages.   PDF format (129 KB);   MS Word format (.docx) (60 KB)

• 2013:

  • “IDSA COMMENT: Maoist’s New Political Line and Challenges”, by Nihar Nayak, of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, a reactionary think tank in India funded by the Indian Ministry of Defence, Feb. 18, 2013, 4 pages. They of course applaud the formal shift in line of the UCPN(M), but raise some worries they still have that much of the rank and file may abandon the party because of this shift.   PDF format (141 KB);   MS Word format (40 KB)
  • “India’s Nepal Hands Watch Maoist Shift”, from eKantipur.com, Feb. 12, 2013, 2 pages.   PDF format (111 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
  • “Nepal Maoists to Change Ideology, Hint at Giving Up Anti-India Stance”, from DNA, Feb. 1, 2013, 2 pages.   PDF format (10 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
  • “UCPN(Maoist) General Convention: Fight over Posts, not Ideology”, from eKantipur.com, Jan. 20, 2013, 2 pages.   PDF format (70 KB);   MS Word format (30 KB)

• 2012:

  • “Why Maoists Decided on Talks for Concensus Govt”, from MyRepublica.com, Feb. 11, 2012, 2 pages.   PDF format (9 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
  • “Maoist Boss, Baidya Meet Halfway to Mend Fences”, from eKantipur.com, Jan. 16, 2012, 2 pages.   PDF format (109 KB);   MS Word format (102 KB)

• 2011:

  • [None yet available.]

• 2010:

  • “Plenum Weakens Dahal”, a report about the struggle over the strategic direction within the UCPN(M), My Republica, Nov. 30, 2010, 2 pages.   PDF format (149 KB);   MS Word format (32 KB)
  • “Plenum Fails to Bridge Differences”, My Republica, Nov. 28, 2010, 2 pages.   PDF format (77 KB);   MS Word format (32 KB)
  • “Nepal Army, Maoists in Face-Off Over Recruitment”, news report on Indian Express, Aug. 4, 2010, 1 page. About both the Nepal Army and the PLA saying they will recruit new forces.   PDF format (74 KB);   MS Word format (28 KB)
  • “Nepal Govt., Maoists at Loggerheads Over UNMIN Extension”, news report at RTT News, March 9, 2010, 2 pages.   PDF format (20 KB);   MS Word format (29 KB)
  • “Hardliners Push for Revolt, Delay in [Army] Integration”, news report at MyRepublica.com, Jan. 29, 2010, 2 pages.   PDF format (210 KB);   MS Word format (59 KB)
  • “Maoist Number One and Two Spar in Nepal”, news report about discord between Prachanda and Bhattarai at a recent UCPN(M) meeting, along with a report of certain Party decisions. DNA/PressTrustOfIndia, Jan. 6, 2010.   PDF Format [78 KB]   MS Word Format [29 KB]
  • “Nepal Maoists Now Think Big, Parallel Govt. Declaration Soon: Reports”, Telegraph Nepal, Jan. 4, 2010.   PDF Format [136 KB]   MS Word Format [28 KB]

• 2009:

  • “Maoists Slam Reactionary Forces”, news report about a recent politburo meeting, The Himalayan Times, Dec. 31, 2009.   PDF Format [138 KB]   MS Word Format [29 KB]
  • “‘National Independence’ Top Priority in Dahal’s Proposal”, news report quoting several UCPN(M) leaders on a recent politburo decision, MyRepublica, Dec. 28, 2009.   PDF Format [107 KB]   MS Word Format [30 KB]

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