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

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The main c<strong>on</strong>tents <strong>of</strong> the theories and policies advancedby Comrade <strong>Mao</strong> Tse-tung in this c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> are as follows:FIRST, it is necessary <strong>to</strong> apply the <strong>Marx</strong>ist-Leninist law <strong>of</strong>the unity <strong>of</strong> opposites <strong>to</strong> the study <strong>of</strong> socialist society. Thelaw <strong>of</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong> in all things, i.e., the law <strong>of</strong> the unity<strong>of</strong> opposites, is the fundamental law <strong>of</strong> materialist dialectics.It operates everywhere, whether in the natural world, inhuman society, or in human thought. The opposites in a c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>both unite and struggle with each other, and it isthis that forces things <strong>to</strong> move and change. Socialist societyis no excepti<strong>on</strong>. In socialist society there are two kinds <strong>of</strong>social c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>s, namely, the c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>s am<strong>on</strong>g thepeople and those between ourselves and the enemy. Thesetwo kinds <strong>of</strong> social c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>s are entirely different in theiressence, and the methods for handling them should be different,<strong>to</strong>o. Their correct handling will result in the increasingc<strong>on</strong>solidati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the dicta<strong>to</strong>rship <strong>of</strong> the proletariat and thefurther strengthening and development <strong>of</strong> socialist society.Many people acknowledge the law <strong>of</strong> the unity <strong>of</strong> oppositesbut are unable <strong>to</strong> apply it in studying and handling questi<strong>on</strong>sin socialist society. They refuse <strong>to</strong> admit that there are c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>sin socialist society -- that there are not <strong>on</strong>ly c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>sbetween ourselves and the enemy but also c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>sam<strong>on</strong>g the people -- and they do not know how<strong>to</strong> distinguish between these two kinds <strong>of</strong> social c<strong>on</strong>tradicti<strong>on</strong>sand how <strong>to</strong> handle them correctly, and are therefore unable<strong>to</strong> deal correctly with the questi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> the dicta<strong>to</strong>rship <strong>of</strong> theproletariat.SECOND, socialist society covers a very l<strong>on</strong>g his<strong>to</strong>ricalperiod. Classes and class struggle c<strong>on</strong>tinue <strong>to</strong> exist in thissociety, and the struggle still goes <strong>on</strong> between the road <strong>of</strong> socialismand the road <strong>of</strong> capitalism. The socialist revoluti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong>the ec<strong>on</strong>omic fr<strong>on</strong>t (in the ownership <strong>of</strong> the means <strong>of</strong> producti<strong>on</strong>)is insufficient by itself and cannot be c<strong>on</strong>solidated. Theremust also be a thorough socialist revoluti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the political andideological fr<strong>on</strong>ts. Here a very l<strong>on</strong>g period <strong>of</strong> time is needed471

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