Theoretical Premises for the Historic Initiation of the People's
War*
A. This plan of ours would be based on the lessons of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
regarding revolutionary violence. On the occasion of formulation of the plan
for initiation of the process that will unfold as protracted people's war
based on the strategy of encircling the city from the countryside according
to the specificities of our country, the Party once again reiterates its
eternal commitment to the theory of people's war developed by Mao as the
universal and invincible Marxist theory of war.
B. This plan of initiation of the people's war would be based on the principle
that everything is an illusion except state power. While remaining firm on
the principal aim of the armed struggle as to capture political power for
the people, the Party expresses Its firm commitment to wage relentless struggle
against all forms of deviationist thoughts and trends including economism,
reformism and anarchism.
C. This plan would be based on the aim of completing the new democratic
revolution after the destruction of feudalism and imperialism, then immediately
moving towards socialism, and, by way of cultural revolutions based on the
theory of continuous revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat,
marching to communism - the golden future of the whole humanity. We are firm
that it is a crime against the proletariat and the general masses of the
people to start an armed struggle without the firm conviction of carrying
it out to the end. We shall never allow this struggle to become a mere instrument
for introducing partial reforms in the condition of the people, or terminating
in a simple compromise by exerting pressure on the reactionary classes. Thus,
our armed struggle will be totally free of all sorts of petty bourgeois,
narrow nationalist, religion-communal and casteist illusions.
D. This plan of ours would be based on the great spirit of proletarian
internationalism. The Nepalese revolution is an integral part of the world
proletarian revolution and this will serve the world revolution. In this
context our Party takes it as a serious responsibility to contribute towards
the further development of Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM)
(of which our Party is a participating member), which is marching forward
to advance world revolution under the guidance of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
and to create a New International.
E. This plan would be based on the theoretical premises of building a
revolutionary united front and a revolutionary army under the leadership
of the Party of the proletariat in the phase of the new democratic revolution.
The Party is firmly committed to establish the leadership of the Party in
every sphere by maintaining its vitality by way of conducting inner - party
struggle in a dialectical manner according to the principle of universality
of contradictions, to serve the people wholeheartedly, to maintain close
relations with the people and to adhere to the principle of mass line.
F. This plan would be formulated basing on the principle of the right of
self-determination of the Party of the proletariat. Armed struggle will be
carried out by uniting all strata and categories of anti-feudal and anti-
imperialist masses of the people under the leadership of the Party. Our armed
struggle will be conducted by taking agrarian revolution as the axis and
by relying on the labouring masses, particularly the poor peasants, and the
Party will never and under no circumstances succumb to the pressures, threats
and enticements of the internal and external reactionary forces.
G. The war will develop according to its own laws not in a straight line
but in a complex zigzag path. It is necessary to acknowledge the importance
of Lenin's saying that the revolution always creates in its course of development
an unusual and complex situation. The people's war will triumph after going
through cycles of victory and defeat and gain and loss. We shall be able
to lead the people's war only by correctly grasping the law of contradiction
of transformation of wrong into right.