whats happening in nepal ?

[Miss-Shelf]

I know very little about Nepal wider politics except that I had to focus on it's early childhood system for something at work [in early childhood] the links and comments above are really helpful

 

[pbsmooth]

is this... real? seems to be.

 

[Sue]

I know very little about Nepal wider politics except that I had to focus on it's early childhood system for something at work [in early childhood] the links and comments above are really helpful

I was really shocked by the number of homeless children, many of them sniffing glue (I assume glue anyway) out of paper bags and being absolutely out of it. I mean like primary school aged kids.

 

[hitmouse]

Does anyone know owt about the Safal Committee?

https://xcancel.com/safalcommittee

Fwiw, Organise Magazine have a page of stuff here:

Nepal: Communications | International - Organise Magazine

The past few days has seen a series of protests in Nepal. Around the world this has been reduced to a reactionary response by youth to a "social media ban". This is a shallow obfuscation of the actual situation which has seen a long build up across the counrty against the corruption, nepatisim...

organisemagazine.org.uk

 

[JimW]

" Nepal ‘s president on Friday appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister" First woman to hold the post, apparently a popular anti-corruption record. Not young. Couldn't find any reference to party affiliation:

Nepal's president appoints former chief justice as interim premier and first woman leader

Nepal’s president has appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister, the first woman to head the South Asian country’s government, following massive protests that collapsed the previous administration.

apnews.com

 

[souljacker]

" Nepal ‘s president on Friday appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister" First woman to hold the post, apparently a popular anti-corruption record. Not young. Couldn't find any reference to party affiliation:

Nepal's president appoints former chief justice as interim premier and first woman leader

Nepal’s president has appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister, the first woman to head the South Asian country’s government, following massive protests that collapsed the previous administration.

apnews.com

I read something on reddit claiming that she was voted in by a Discord channel

This is a full on popular revolution though. Wild stuff.

 

[Flavour]

If there wasn’t so much other shit going down I’d pay more attention to this but yeah they actually voted in a new PM on Discord, with the Army’s support, and that’s what’s happening. I mean in the end they’ve voted for someone who’s a previous minister, but it’s the first woman leader of the country ever and that’s also pretty big news in itself. So no, it’s not communism, but it’s a wild example of revolution. Just goes to show how totally hollow the institutions are once people don’t believe in them anymore. They evaporate.

 

[hitmouse]

New interview with Nepali anarchists:

Nepali Anarchists on the Toppling of the Government

An interview with Black Book Distro on the background of the Nepali insurrection and the dynamics within it.

crimethinc.com