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THE LAND INVESTIGATION CAMPAIGN
IS THE CENTRAL IMPORTANT TASK
IN THE VAST (SOVIET) AREAS*
August #!, !(##
FROM MARX
TO MAO
All the past experiences prove that only through the correct so-
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lution of the land question, only through the resolute class slogan
under which the flame of class struggle in the countryside is whipped
up to the highest degree, can we spur the broad peasant masses to
participate under the leadership of the proletariat in the revolutionary
war, in the construction of the Soviet Areas in the various
spheres, and in the building of a firm revolutionary base to further
strengthen the Soviet movement and score greater progress and victory.
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According to the experience in developing the land revolution,
the growth of class struggle in the countryside calls for three general
stages to follow, namely, 1) the stage of land confiscation and
distribution, 2) the stage of land investigation, 3) the stage of land
construction. Based on the three stages of development in the land
struggle, there exist generally three types of regions regardless of
any soviet area, namely, 1) the region where the struggle has deep-
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ened, 2) the region where the struggle has relatively fallen behind,
3) the region where the struggle is newly developing.
In the newly developing region, the development of land struggle
is still at the stage of land confiscation and distribution. The central
question at this stage is to overturn by armed power the political
power of the landlord class, to establish a revolutionary provisional
political power (the Revolutionary Committee), to build a
local armed force of the workers and peasants as well as revolutionary
mass organizations, to confiscate the land and property belong-
* Taken from Hung-chi Chou-Pao (Red Flag Weekly), No. 59, August 31, 1933.
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