After yesterday’s display, the protestors, more numerous than yesterday, have become radicalized to the point of raiding the houses of the ministers associated with the three big parties and set fire to them. Some of the buildings that have been torched:
- The parliament building
- Fomer PM Deuba’s residence, the school associated with his wife, a hotel owned by his son, his party’s (Congress) headquarters
- Former PM Dahal’s residence and his party’s (CPN MC) headquarters.
- PM Oli’s three houses
- President Paudel’s residence
- Home Minister Lekhak’s residence
- Vice president of CPN UML’s residence
- Finance Minister’s residence
- Multiple minor party buildings and police stations across the country
Color revolutions only happen when there’s an actual revolution. The US can’t conjure mass uprisings out of thin air. They can co-opt movements in moments of chaos or with liberal leaders. I don’t think they’ve gotten to that point yet here. This seems pretty spontaneous and unexpected. But I see nothing that would stop their tentacles from worming their way into the open space.
“Spontaneous” protests don’t involve immediately targeting every person in power and trying to kill them or destroy their homes. The PM has been filmed getting into a helicopter, presumably to leave the country or go somewhere safe. That isn’t something that happens during a spontaneous protest.
And it’s never left-wing protests or protests with a stated purpose to protest a specific thing that are like this. It’s always some vague “anti-corruption” or “pro-democracy” thing with no leaders or demands or clear organizers. Next thing you know a Harvard-educated banker is taking out IMF loans.
Color revolutions operate by having clear demands and slogans about replacing the government, they always have an organized section of NGOs behind them. And they tend to be highly oriented around visibility and international optics. This doesn’t seem to be the case here.
Are you going to call the 2022 Sri Lankan protests a color revolution too?
Exactly, this is a classic color coup targeting a left-wing (communist/soc-dem) type government. And we all know what the “NGO protest leaders” want: IMF loans and a US military presence.
Unfortunately the Communist movement in Nepal is deeply corrupt and opportunist. Not a whif of communism anymore, or even Socdem shit