On May 1 in Kathmandu, in a dramatic show of force by Nepal鈥檚 Maoists to demand a return to civilian rule and a democratic process of creating a new, pro-people constitution. With the government refusing popular demands for its resignation, an indefinite general strike has been called from May 2 in what the Maoists are calling a 鈥渇inal push鈥 to resolve the struggle for power between the poor majority and Nepal鈥檚 elite.