started this thread rather late and I am only responding to Nepe's following remark " Maoists are in no ideological prerogative, so to speak, to continue their journey to one party communist republic at any rate. " Unfortunately Nepe forgot that the Maoists in India and Nepal have joined forces to establish communism not just in Nepal, here is the excert from the source "The Maoists declared that they will unite to fight, until the time when "conspiracies hatched by imperialists and reactionaries are crushed and the people's cause of socialism and communism are established in Nepal, India and all over the world." here is the source http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/09/04/2003270327 We all like to imagine that moaists will one day "wake-up" and realize that they are only day dreaming, however ground reality says otherwise. ps. I am an ocassional browser and was complled to post this.. pardon me for jumping in ;-) darn it ..my html skills ..