–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: Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo »
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: On the Social Basis of the Lin Piao Anti-Party Clique »
Quotations from Chairman Mao Why did Lenin speak of exercising dictatorship over the bourgeoisie? It is essential to get this question clear. Lack of clarity on this question will lead to revisionism. This should be made known to the whole nation. Our country at present practises a commodity system, the wage system is unequal, too,… Read More: On Exercising All-Round Dictatorship Over the Bourgeoisie »
This is the main part of Mao Zedong’s talk with a visiting Syrian goodwill delegation. All revolutionaries and political parties in Asia should unite against imperialism. The strength of one or two countries is insufficient, but they can become a formidable force by uniting together. The entire Arab world is confronting imperialism. We hope the Arab countries will unite. The hands of the Americans stretch very far, committing aggression everywhere.… Read More: Mao Zedong, ‘We Hope the Arab Countries Will Unite’ »
An upsurge is occurring in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in socialist China whose population accounts for one quarter of the world’s total. For the last few months, in response to the militant call of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mao, hundreds of millions of workers, peasants and soldiers and… Read More: Sweep Away All Monsters and Demons »
The victory or defeat of the revolution can be determined only over a long period of time. If it is badly handled, there is always the danger of a capitalist restoration. All members of the party and all the people of our country must not think that after one, two, three, or four great cultural revolutions there will be peace and quiet. They must always be on the alert and must never relax their vigilance. (18-5-67) The present… Read More: »
Comrades! As entrusted by the Central Committee of the Party, I will now give a brief explanation of the revision of our Party’s Constitution. In accordance with the instructions of Chairman Mao and the Party’s Central Committee concerning the revision of the Party Constitution, a working conference of the Central Committee which was convened last… Read More: On the Revision of the Party Constitution »
Comrades, some comrades have talked not a little. All the points raised are very important and related to our future diplomatic operations. In diplomacy, I am inexperienced. I have to learn from the beginning just as I have had to learn “A.B.C.” in my study of English. I have to learn many things from you.… Read More: Address to Diplomatic Cadres »
The Indian people is one of the great Asian peoples with a long history and a vast population, her fate in the past and her path to the future are similar to those of China in many points. I firmly believe that relying on the brave Communist Party of India and the unity and struggle… Read More: Reply to a message of greetings from Ranadive »
The Years of “Royal Democracy” The first revolutionary Marxist organisation in Afghanistan was founded in 1966 under the name of Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO). The revisionist Moscow-directed “People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan” (PDPA) had been founded some time earlier by a number of intellectuals with suspicious links to a faction of the ruling elite. (Prince… Read More: Historical Overview of the Marxist Revolutionary Movement in Afghanistan and… »