Over recent weeks, chaos has engulfed Nepal. Public and private buildings have been set ablaze, with dozens of civilians reportedly killed. On September 9th, Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli resigned. The Western media has universally framed the upheaval as spontaneous revolutionary fervor on the part of Kathmandu’s “Gen Z”, motivated by anger over official corruption, unemployment, state efforts to censor social media, and more. However, there are unambiguous indications the insurrectionary disarray has long-been in the making, and assisted by spectral, foreign forces.

British anti-imperialist journalist Kit Klarenberg writes for The Grayzone and Mint Press News, and is also co-hosts  Decline and Fall, a weekly video stream on YouTube and Rumble exposing the crimes of Anglo-American imperialism.  Kit’s substack is at https://substack.com/@kitklarenberg.   Decline and Fall is at https://dandf.substack.com/