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101 Arguments Against Supporting Nepal's Revolution - debate between Joseph Ball and Mike Ely

Joseph Ball:

If you propose a new strategy you have to show HOW it will actually make revolution, not just come up with any old strategy and assert that we must all accept it because it is "new."

Mike Ely:

In fact, the Nepali Maoists are not obligated to show you or me anything. And we don't need to accept their new strategies (as some new orthodoxy).

It is a strange misunderstanding to assume that our support requires us to have an elaborated verdict on their strategies. That is an argument for abandoning internationalism — because (if we are materialists, not fundamentalists) those kinds of verdicts often take years to unravel.

The future is unwritten. It is infantile (and worse) to insist that the Nepali path must be proven or its outcome must be certain before our own revolutionary responsibilities kick in. There is in fact a global two line struggle over this.

Nepal's revolution is a real-world class struggle. It faces real dangers, real intrigues, real problems. And it deserves our attention and support.

Read more: http://kasamaproject.org/2010/05/25/communiques-from-the-sandbox-cherry-picking-facts-to-deny-revolution-in-nepa/#more-20227

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