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

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Basing himself <strong>on</strong> the <strong>Marx</strong>ist-Leninist theory <strong>of</strong> violentrevoluti<strong>on</strong> and the new experience <strong>of</strong> the proletarian revoluti<strong>on</strong>and the people’s democratic revoluti<strong>on</strong> led by the proletariat,Comrade <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung advanced the celebrateddictum that “political power grows out <strong>of</strong> the barrel <strong>of</strong> a gun”.Comrade <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung said:. . . revoluti<strong>on</strong>s and revoluti<strong>on</strong>ary wars are inevitable inclass society and that without them, it is impossible <strong>to</strong>accomplish any leap in social development and <strong>to</strong> overthrowthe reacti<strong>on</strong>ary ruling classes and therefore impossiblefor the people <strong>to</strong> win political power. 1He stated:The seizure <strong>of</strong> power by armed force, the settlement <strong>of</strong>the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form<strong>of</strong> revoluti<strong>on</strong>. This <strong>Marx</strong>ist-Leninist principle <strong>of</strong> revoluti<strong>on</strong>holds good universally, for China and for all othercountries. 2He stated further:Experience in the class struggle in the era <strong>of</strong> imperialismteaches us that it is <strong>on</strong>ly by the power <strong>of</strong> the gun that theworking class and the labouring masses can defeat thearmed bourgeoisie and landlords; in this sense we may saythat <strong>on</strong>ly with guns can the whole world be transformed. 3To sum up, violent revoluti<strong>on</strong> is a universal law <strong>of</strong> proletarianrevoluti<strong>on</strong>. This is a fundamental tenet <strong>of</strong> <strong>Marx</strong>ism-Leninism. It is <strong>on</strong> this most important questi<strong>on</strong> that Khruhchov betrays <strong>Marx</strong>ism-Leninism.1<strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung, “On C<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>”, Selected Works, Eng. ed., FLP,Peking, 1964, Vol. I, p. 344.2<strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung, “ Problems <strong>of</strong> War and Strategy”, Selected MilitaryWritings, Eng. ed., FLP, Peking, 1963, p. 267.3Ibid., p. 273.369

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