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

They are in fact protecting the interests of monopoly capital,betraying those of the proletariat, and degenerating into socialdemocrats.The attitude taken towards the revolutionary struggles ofthe people in the Asian, African and Latin American countriesis an important criterion for differentiating those who wantrevolution from those who do not and those who are trulydefending world peace from those who are abetting the forcesof aggression and war.9. The oppressed nations and peoples of Asia, Africa andLatin America are faced with the urgent task of fighting imperialismand its lackeys.History has entrusted to the proletarian parties in theseareas the glorious mission of holding high the banner of struggleagainst imperialism, against old and new colonialism andfor national independence and people’s democracy, of standingin the forefront of the national democratic revolutionarymovement and striving for a socialist future.In these areas, extremely broad sections of the populationrefuse to be slaves of imperialism. They include not only theworkers, peasants, intellectuals and petty bourgeoisie, butalso the patriotic national bourgeoisie and even certain kings,princes and aristocrats who are patriotic.The proletariat and its party must have confidence in thestrength of the masses and, above all, must unite with thepeasants and establish a solid worker-peasant alliance. It isof primary importance for advanced members of the proletariatto work in the rural areas, help the peasants to get organized,and raise their class consciousness and their nationalself-respect and self-confidence.On the basis of the worker-peasant alliance the proletariatand its party must unite all the strata that can be united andorganize a broad united front against imperialism and itslackeys. In order to consolidate and expand this united frontit is necessary that the proletarian party should maintain its15