Polemic on General Line of International ... - From Marx to Mao

without wars”, a new world of “all-round co-operation”,will appear.It is obvious that these erroneous views inevitably lead toerroneous and harmful policies and hence to setbacks andlosses of one kind or another to the cause of the people andof socialism.6. The balance of forces between imperialism and socialismhas undergone a fundamental change since World WarII. The main indication of this change is that the world nowhas not just one socialist country but a number of socialistcountries forming the mighty socialist camp, and that the peoplewho have taken the socialist road now number not twohundred million but a thousand million, or a third of theworld’s population.The socialist camp is the outcome of the struggles of the internationalproletariat and working people. It belongs to theinternational proletariat and working people as well as to thepeople of the socialist countries.The main common demands of the people of the countriesin the socialist camp and the international proletariat andworking people are that all the Communist and Workers’ Partiesin the socialist camp should:adhere to the Marxist-Leninist line and pursue correctMarxist-Leninist domestic and foreign policies;consolidate the dictatorship of the proletariat and theworker-peasant alliance led by the proletariat and carry thesocialist revolution forward to the end on the economic, politicaland ideological fronts;promote the initiative and creativeness of the broadmasses, carry out socialist construction in a planned way,develop production, improve the people’s livelihood andstrengthen national defense;strengthen the unity of the socialist camp on the basisof Marxism-Leninism, and support other socialist countrieson the basis of proletarian internationalism;9