All Nepal National Free Students Union
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Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of Nepal , also known as CPN-UML, CPN, is one of the largest communist parties in Nepal. It was created on January 6, 1991 through the unification of the Communist Party of Nepal and the Communist Party of Nepal...
. As well as declaring itself a legitimate and independent students' organisation of all progressive, democratic and patriotic students of Nepal, the mainstream ANNFSU is currently a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth
World Federation of Democratic Youth
The World Federation of Democratic Youth is a progressive youth organization, recognized by the United Nations as an international youth non-governmental organization. WFDY describes itself as an "anti-imperialist, left-wing" organisation...
.
History
The organisation was founded in 1965, and was associated with the pro-ChinaChina
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trend of the Nepalese communist movement. ANNFSU did however remain as a united organisation, in spite of various splits amongst the radical communists. The ANNFSU gained prominence as an activist movement in a period when large sections of the established communist movement remained in jail.
In 1979 ANNFSU was split. One section would be known as ANNFSU (Fifth) (which was tied to the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of Nepal , was an underground political party in Nepal. It was founded 1978 by the All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee . The founding congress was held December 26, 1978-January 1, 1979. The first general secretary of CPN was C.P...
) and the other grouping became known as ANNFSU (Sixth) (which was connected to the Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention)). The former group is the current mainstream ANNFSU connected to CPN(UML).
In 1992 the students wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
Communist Party of Nepal , formed through the unification of Communist Party of Nepal , led by Manmohan Adhikari, and Communist Party of Nepal , led by Sahana Pradhan, in 1987...
, the Nepal Progressive Students Union, merged with ANNFSU.http://www.hri.ca/partners/insec/Yb1996/Annex_5a.shtml
See also
- Nepal Revolutionary Students' UnionNepal Revolutionary Students' UnionNepal Revolutionary Students Union is the student wing of the Nepal Workers Peasants Party. The president of NRSU is Rabindra Jyakhwo, and the secretary is Niraj Lawaju.from 9th national conference butwal...
(the student wing of the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party) - All Nepal National Free Students Union (Unified) (the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal))
- Nepal Progressive Student FederationNepal Progressive Student FederationNepal Progressive Student Federation is a students organisation in Nepal. It is the students wing of the Communist Party of Nepal ....
(the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)Communist Party of Nepal is a political party in Nepal, formed on September 15, 2005 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal...
) - All Nepal National Free Students Union (Revolutionary) (the student wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)