Revolution #160, March 29, 2009
Notice to the Public
On March 23rd, a set of documents on developments in Nepal was released to the public and posted at revcom.us; these included the article: “On Developments in Nepal and the Stakes for the Communist Movement: Letters to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, 2005-2008 (With a Reply from the CPN[M], 2006)”; 4 Letters from the RCP,USA to the CPN (M); one letter from the CPN(M) to the RCP,USA; and two Appendices by Bob Avakian–“The Creative Development of MLM, Not of Revisionism” and “Some Further Thinking on The Socialist State as a New Kind of State.” This set of documents was made available to the public by the RCP, USA. The collected documents are available as a single PDF file at revcom.us, and may be distributed, downloaded and republished in full as long as they are credited to the Revolution newspaper website, revcom.us.
Shortly after the posting of this set of documents, the Kasama website immediately packaged and posted a “pirate”, unauthorized, inaccurate and incomplete version as their own “webpamphlet,” under the title “Two Lines, Five Letters”. Mike Ely and others connected to Kasama have posted links to this unauthorized, incomplete version on other websites as well.
Notably what was omitted were the article “On Developments in Nepal and the Stakes for the Communist Movement: Letters to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, 2005-2008 (With a Reply from the CPN[M] 2006)” and the above-mentioned Appendices.
The publication of this unauthorized and incomplete set of materials reveals and is yet another expression of a completely opportunist and dishonest method and approach. In this case, the publication and dissemination of this selectively edited set of documents distorts the content of the material, and obstructs the kind of thorough and serious study, discussion, and struggle required in relation to these documents.
Again, the full set of documents, “On Developments in Nepal and the Stakes for the Communist Movement: Letters to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) from the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, 2005-2008 (With a Reply from the CPN[M], 2006)” is available to the public, and may be downloaded at revcom.us. And these materials may be distributed and republished in full (that means without addition or subtraction) as long as they are credited to the Revolution newspaper website, revcom.us.
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