Maoist Internationalist Movement Formally Breaks With Nepalese Revolution

I normally do not comment on the group known as “Maoist Internationalist Movement” (MIM). However, it is interesting that in a new document published in their newspaper (Link), MIM has taken a position that they will no longer support or publicize the struggles led by Maoist parties that recognize the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) as a fraternal party, or that do not support MIM’s class analysis of the U.S. or, specifically, its summation of the Chicano national question. Though the document does not name any parties or organizations, it specifies that it is referring to those waging people’s war currently.

It is clear that MIM is repudiating the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) [CPN(M)] and the decade-long people’s war it has been leading. The CPN(M) has always viewed the RCP as a fraternal party united in the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM). This is not a new thing. What is new is that MIM, in an over-the-top sectarian fashion, is breaking off support for any group that will not hew to its anti-RIM line. The implication from MIM is that it opposes any party in the RIM, which it refers to as “the RCP=U$A Comintern.” (Link) The MIM document states: “…anyone tolerating the Mujahedin or the RCP=U$A need not bother calling themselves comrades of ours. If that is not public, they can forget thinking they are making a contribution to the imperialist country struggle.” Furthermore, the document states that MIM will henceforth “demand reciprocity” in giving its support to other parties’ struggles - including people’s wars led by other parties. With this, MIM has disavowed all parties leading people’s war, including those outside RIM, such as the Communist Party of India (Maoist), and the Communist Party of the Philippines, which do not extend “reciprocity” to MIM, and maintain friendly relations with RIM parties. Finally, MIM threatens that “(a)ll organizations that MIM deems not to have met the challenges of this period now find web pages related to their struggle removed from our website.” At this time, there is no listing for Nepal under MIM’s “country index” (Link) Indeed, all articles formerly listed under MIM’s www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/countries/nepal directory have been removed from the MIM website. Such is the spirit of “proletarian internationalism” as understood by MIM.