Ⅰ Entrusted by Comrade Lin Piao with the task, Comrade Chiang Ching invited some comrades in the armed forces to a forum held in Shanghai from February 2 to 20, 1966, to discuss certain questions concerning the work in literature and art in the armed forces. Before these comrades left for Shanghai, Comrade Lin Piao… Read More »
Like a dim dream recalled, I curse the long-fled past–My native soil two and thirty years gone by.The red flag roused the serf, halberd in hand,While the despot’s black talons held his whip aloft.Bitter sacrifice strengthens bold resolveWhich dares to make sun and moon shine in new skies.Happy, I see wave upon wave of paddy… Read More »
Dear Fellow Students and Comrades, We are all pupils of Chairman Mao. We have spent six days studying together Chairman Mao’s brilliant work Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art. We have studied it extremely conscientiously; we have truly been studying it respectfully and earnestly. What we have learnt has been turned into… Read More »
Keynote speech delivered at the Communities Confronting Capitalist Globalization Conference, University of California at Santa Barbara, April 15, 2000 Globalization What? Clobalization is an extremely controversial notion, widely used both in academic and nonacademic discourse, up to and including speeches by the UN Secretary General and Zapatista texts. It describes a series of recent interrelated processes on a world scale that began in the economic sphere but immediately transformed every other aspect of social existence, including… Read More »
In the elections held last week for the 9th Executive President of Sri Lanka, the National People’s Power had put forward pro-people policies emphasizing the interests of the people and succeeded in having its leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected and sworn in as President. The basis of this victory can be seen as the culmination… Read More »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent visit to Malacañang is part of US imperialist war designs to portray Marcos Jr. as the new poster boy for its proxy war versus China. The Marcos Jr. media stunt exposes US imperialism’s use of puppet regimes such as the Philippines and Ukraine to advance its geopolitical ambitions. By aligning Marcos Jr. as a parallel of Zelensky, the US is positioning the Philippines as a key player in its broader strategy to counter its imperialist rival–China. In similar fashion to the US-NATO… Read More »
Armed groups of national minorities and people fighting in different regions in Myanmar against the fascist Tatmadaw junta have achieved successive victories. From separate efforts, the unity and coordination of the armed anti-junta groups have increased. Simultaneous and, in some parts, coordinated offensives from late 2023 have also accelerated. They are confident in significantly weakening, if not completely overthrowing, the despised regime this year. National minorities have been fighting… Read More »
Aragalaya: the Roots When the mass protests dubbed ‘the Aragalaya’ started in Colombo in February, not many suspected a foreign hand, for public disaffection with the government was strong because of its mishandling of the economy had led to shortages of food, fuel and many essential items including patent medicine. Prices were on the rise… Read More »
–to the tune of Man Chiang Hung On this tiny globeA few flies dash themselves against the wall,Humming without cease,Sometimes shrilling,Sometimes moaning. Ants on the locust tree assume a great-nation swaggerAnd mayflies lightly plot to topple the giant tree.The west wind scatters leaves over Changan,And the arrows are flying, twanging. So many deeds cry out… Read More »
Speaking of the necessity for a clear understanding of the question of the proletariat exercising dictatorship over the bourgeoisie, Chairman Mao pointed out explicitly: “It would be quite easy for people like Lin Piao to push the capitalist system if they come to power. Therefore, we should read some more Marxist-Leninist works.” This brings up… Read More »