Mao Zedong: Conversations after the restoration of the United Nations seat (1)

 

(October 26 and November 8, 1971)

Mao Zedong (hereinafter referred to as Mao): Little Tang, (2) Miss Nancy Tang, your country has failed, what are you going to do?

Zhou Enlai (hereinafter referred to as Zhou): The Chairman originally instructed... (3)

Mao: That is old news, it doesn't count.

Zhou: We just had a meeting and we all thought that the UN General Assembly resolved the issue cleanly and thoroughly without any sequelae. It was just that we were unprepared, especially since the Security Council was more troublesome. If we participated now, it would not be in line with the Chairman’s teaching of “not fighting a battle without preparation.” I came up with an idea on the spur of the moment and asked Xiong Xianghui (4) to take a few people to the United Nations as advance personnel to understand the situation on the spot and make preparations.

Mao: That is not necessary. Didn’t the Secretary-General of the United Nations send a telegram? We will send a delegation. Let Mr. Qiao (5) be the head of the delegation and Xiong Xianghui be the representative. They will come back after the meeting. We also need to receive Nixon (5). You can study who to send to the Security Council.

Zhou: Let Huang Hua be the deputy head of the delegation and stay in the United Nations as the permanent representative to the Security Council.

Mao: Huang Hua has been the ambassador to Canada for less than four months. If he is transferred now, they may not be happy.

Zhou: Do some work and the Canadian government will understand.

Mao: Okay, let’s do it.

Mao: This year, there were two major victories, one was Lin Biao and the other was the United Nations. I did not expect these two major victories. I was aware that Lin Biao was playing tricks, but I did not expect him to go abroad, and I did not expect that the "Trident" plane he was riding would crash in Outer Mongolia and "sink into the sand". My head nurse (8) is an expert on the United Nations. She has studied the proposals of countries like Albania. These days, she often tells me: The United Nations can pass it; I say: It cannot pass; she says: It can; I say: It cannot. You see, she is right after all. I still have so much superstition about the baton of the United States.

Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, and Italy all became "Red Guards" and rebelled against the United States, voting for us in the United Nations. Portugal also became a "Red Guard". Among European countries, only Malta voted against, while Greece, Luxembourg, and Franco's Spain (9) abstained. Except for these four countries, all voted in favor. Nineteen Asian countries and twenty-six African countries voted in favor. Latin America is the "backyard" of the United States, and only Cuba and Chile have established diplomatic relations with us. This time, seven countries voted for us. The fire in the "backyard" of the United States is a big deal. Among the 131 member states, there were 76 votes in favor, 17 abstentions, and only 35 votes against. When the voting results were announced, there was singing, cheering, and some people slammed the table. What does slamming the table mean? (Zhou Enlai explained: slamming the table in the meeting hall expresses extreme happiness.) So many countries welcome us, it would be unreasonable not to send a delegation. There are also people who are unhappy, and "Chairman Chiang" is the first one. The US State Department said it would issue a statement, but I haven't seen it yet. It's just a "condolence letter".

What should we do if we are totally unprepared? I have said that we should not fight a war without preparation. I have also said that we should learn war in war. Now please let the Prime Minister take charge and make preparations as soon as possible. The most important thing is to prepare for the first speech at the United Nations General Assembly. (10)

In 1950, we were still in the "Huaguo Mountain era". At that time, you (11) and Wu Xiuquan (12) went to the United Nations. Wu Xiuquan gave a speech at the Security Council entitled "Accusing the United States of Armed Invasion of China's Territory Taiwan". Accusing means filing a complaint, accusing the "Jade Emperor". At that time, the "Jade Emperor" was very arrogant and did not take us seriously. Now it is different. The "Jade Emperor" will also visit Huaguo Mountain. This time you are not going to file a complaint, but to uphold justice, to boost the morale of the people of the world, and to destroy the prestige of the superpower. Shout out support for countries that oppose foreign interference, aggression, and control.

The first speech should show this spirit.

First, we need to settle accounts. For so many years, we have not been allowed to join the United Nations. The Chinese people and the people of the world are angry. The main reason is the United States, followed by Japan. We must name them. We must list the sponsors one by one.

Second, we need to talk about the changes in the world situation since the establishment of the United Nations. It is what I said in the "Communiqué" (13) with Kissinger this time, "Countries want independence, nations want liberation, and the people want revolution. This has become an irresistible historical trend." We need to talk about some history. The American War of Independence in 1776, the French Revolution in 1789, and the October Revolution in 1917 in Russia are all great. But none of them have been as large as those since 1945. We should talk about China, self-reliance, hard work, overthrowing the three mountains, achieving national independence, national liberation, and victory in the new democratic revolution. This is not bragging, but a fact. The purpose is to encourage the people of the world. The United States must withdraw its armed forces from Taiwan. No matter who wants to separate Taiwan from China, it is wishful thinking.

Third, we need to talk about our basic attitude towards international issues. Many of the words we said in our discussion with Kissinger on the communiqué can be used. We oppose the imperialist war and aggression policies, oppose the hegemonism of the superpowers, and support the just struggles of all oppressed peoples and oppressed nations. The struggles of the people of all countries support each other. We need to publicize the Five Principles: all countries, big or small, are equal; China belongs to the Third World and will never be a superpower; we oppose big countries bullying small countries and strong countries bullying weak countries; and we do not allow any country to manipulate the United Nations.

What else do I want to say? Please consider it. In short, we must have a clear-cut banner, "a high-profile leadership", and "unstoppable force". "Unstoppable force" was said by Du Yu, the "chief of the three armies" of Sima Yan, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. He was known as "Zuo Zhuan Ci". He led his troops to occupy Wuchang and prepared to attack Jianye, the capital of the Eastern Wu. A "second-rate" staff officer suggested to him that the Yangtze River was flooded now, so he should wait until next year to fight. Du Yu said: "Now the army is powerful, like a bamboo breaking momentum, after a few sections, all problems will be solved easily, and there will be no more opportunities." As expected, it was a success, and "the three-part world was unified". When writing an article, you must use "unstoppable force" to convince people.

Cao Cao was a great military strategist. Zhuge Liang praised him in "The Second Expedition to the Emperor": "Cao Cao's wisdom and strategy are unique, and his use of troops is like Sun Wu's." At the same time, he also criticized him for losing battles. How did he criticize him? Please tell me.

(Ye Jianying: trapped in Jianyang, in danger in Wuchao, forced in Liyang, almost defeated in Beishan, and almost died in Tongguan.)

The "almost defeated in Beishan" refers to Cao Cao's fight for Hanzhong after Xiahou Yuan died in battle. "The Second Expedition to the Emperor" mentions Xiahou Yuan three times, and the other two are "Xiahou was defeated" and "Xiahou was beheaded".

Xiahou Yuan was one of Cao Cao's generals. Cao Cao appointed him as the General of the Western Expedition and the "Security Commander" of Hanzhong. When Liu Bei attacked Hanzhong, Xiahou Yuan deployed the main force at Dingjun Mountain and ordered Zhang He to defend the East Encirclement. Liu Bei "lured the snake out of its hole" and attacked Zhang He first. Xiahou Yuan divided half of his troops to personally assist Zhang He, but was beheaded by Huang Zhong. There is a Peking opera called "Dingjun Mountain", which is the specialty of Tan Xinpei and Tan Fuying. (14) You can take a look at the biography of Xiahou Yuan in "Book of Wei". At the beginning, Xiahou Yuan won several battles. Cao Cao wrote a letter to remind him: "When you are a general, you should be timid and not just rely on courage. A general should take courage as the basis and act with wisdom; if you only know how to rely on courage, you will be no match for a common man." "When you are timid" means that you should think about your weaknesses and shortcomings, and there is a possibility of defeat. Xiahou Yuan did not take Cao Cao's warning seriously, and the whole army was annihilated. You will face many difficulties when you go to the United Nations. You must be brave and pay attention to the fact that you may be timid. The head of the delegation is the general. Don't be blinded by victory. I will give you two sentences. One is "No investigation, no right to speak" and the other is "Humility makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind."

Our policy in the United Nations is to "unite the majority and isolate the minority". The 23 proposing countries are our friends in need, and we must unite with them. We must also unite with the other 54 countries that voted in favour of us. We must treat the 17 countries that abstained correctly. Under such great pressure from the United States, they did not support the United States and expressed their sympathy for us by abstaining from voting. We should thank them. The 35 countries that voted against are not a monolithic entity, and we must also work on them. Unity is principled unity, and principles are our basic position on international issues. Our current slogan is: safeguard the independence and sovereignty of all countries, safeguard international peace, and promote human progress. Use this slogan to unite the majority.

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Mao: "Without investigation, there is no right to speak." This was said to dogmatists. I still think this sentence is correct. Don't be biased in your understanding of this sentence. Objective things are constantly developing and changing, and people's understanding can never keep up with this change. Understanding always lags behind reality. If you require that everything be investigated before speaking or doing things, then you will never be able to speak or do anything. Once you understand the main situation and the essential situation, you can make a judgment and make up your mind. I have always opposed people who talk a lot when they get off the train. Such people are not good enough to do things, but they are more likely to cause trouble. They think they are great and only want to be teachers, not students. Some people have fought in the war and have some merits, or they think they have some merits. They keep thinking about their merits when they eat, shit, sleep, and dream. If you say that he has no merits, he will say that even if he has no merits, he has worked hard; even if he has no hard work, he has also been tired. This is low taste. In recent years, the thinking of some people in the army has been messed up by Lin Biao. The Jinan Military Region proposed "Anti-arrogance and undermining the fullness of the people" which is a good idea. I will let the whole army learn from it. I have often said recently that the army should be cautious. This is a targeted move. This year we won a great victory at the United Nations. This victory was mainly won by our foreign friends. We have no reason to be proud of ourselves. Now we are "not living up to our reputation". So I say "a general should be timid sometimes". Or "three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang". We should discuss things and make more plans and make good decisions. Don't be like Yuan Shao who "made many plans but made few decisions" and even more so, "made no plans but made decisions". Being cautious does not mean being overly cautious. When you see something, say it when you should and do it when you should.

We must establish a united front in the United Nations. This is an international united front, which is similar to and different from the domestic united front. The fundamental difference is that the domestic united front is a united front of different classes, and the proletariat must take the lead; the international united front is a united front of different countries, and there is no question of who leads whom. All countries, big or small, are equal, and no one should lead anyone, and no one should listen to anyone else's leadership. In the past, we said that the Soviet Union should be the leader because it is the big brother. In order to deal with imperialism, we let it take the lead when necessary and let it be the chairman during meetings. But it wants to take the lead and establish a father-son party and a father-son country, which is completely wrong. The United States always wants other countries to listen to it, which is hegemony. Hegemony should be overthrown. Therefore, in establishing an international united front, we must negotiate on an equal footing. We must never regard ourselves as a big country and act arrogantly, and we must never interfere in other people's internal affairs, and we must never have the idea of ​​leading others.

You can rest assured when you go to the United Nations this time. My "close comrade-in-arms" is gone. Do the comrades present know this?

Zhou: We haven't told them yet. After the Chairman finished speaking, we went to the Great Hall to read the document (15) to them and introduce the relevant situation. "May 7th" is a homonym of "armed uprising". This is the program of the Lin Biao counter-revolutionary group to plot to assassinate the Chairman and launch a counter-revolutionary coup.

Mao: Read this to them later. Print and distribute the full text to all Party branches across the country as soon as possible.

Zhou: It is full of malicious slander against the Chairman. How can it be printed? Mao: Why not? Do not change a single word. Distribute it verbatim so that all Party members and the masses know it.

Mao: Security is very important. Everyone should live together when they go there.

Mao: (To Zhou Enlai) Immediately send a telegram to Huang Zhenchuan's assistant and ask him to tell Kissinger that the US government must guarantee the safety of our delegation while it is in the United States. If there is any problem, only the US government will be held responsible.

 

 

(1) This is Mao Zedong's conversation with relevant comrades after my country resumed its seat in the United Nations. The first part of this article is the conversation between Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, Ye Jianying, Tang Wensheng, Ji Pengfei, Qiao Guanhua, Xiong Xianghui, Zhang Wenjin, and Wang Hairong on October 26, 1971; the second part of this article is the conversation between Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, Ji Pengfei, Qiao Guanhua, Fu Hao, Xiong Xianghui, Chen Chu, Tang Mingzhao, An Zhiyuan, Wang Hairong, Tang Wensheng, Zhang Wenjin, and Ambassador to France Huang Zhen and Ambassador to the Soviet Union Liu Xinquan who returned to China to report on their work at 8 pm on November 8, 1971.

(2) Xiao Tang refers to Tang Wensheng, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Tang Wensheng and Wang Hairong were important translators of Mao Zedong in his later years.

(3) From July 9 to 11, 1971, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who was on a secret visit to China, told Zhou Enlai that President Nixon had decided that the United States would support the People's Republic of China in obtaining seats in the United Nations and the Security Council (UNSC) this year, but would not agree to expel Taiwan from the United Nations. When Zhou Enlai reported this to Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong said: We will never board the "pirate ship" of "two Chinas". China will survive and develop as usual without joining the United Nations. We are determined not to join the United Nations this year, no matter if it is a magpie or a crow.

(4) Xiong Xianghui, then Zhou Enlai's assistant. A famous ace spy in the history of our party, originally named Xiong Huiquan, was born in Ye County, Shandong Province (now Laizhou City) with his ancestral home in Fengyang, Anhui Province. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University. In 1937, he was instructed by Zhou Enlai to infiltrate the Kuomintang Hu Zongnan's army. From March 1939 to May 1947, he served as Hu Zongnan's aide-de-camp and confidential secretary, becoming Hu Zongnan's confidant, responsible for handling confidential documents and daily affairs, and drafting speeches: Mao Zedong praised Xiong Xianghui, saying that he could replace several divisions. After the founding of New China, he engaged in diplomatic work.

(5) Master Qiao refers to Gu Guanhua, who was then the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. The name "Master Qiao" originated from the 1960s comedy film "Master Qiao Goes to the Sedan".

(6) Nixon, then President of the United States.

(7) Huang Hua was then China's ambassador to Canada.

(8) Refers to Wu Xujun, Mao Zedong's head nurse, who worked with Mao Zedong for 21 years from 1953 to 1974, fulfilling her duties conscientiously and dedicatedly, staying on the front line of caring for Mao Zedong day and night, and also doing some work as a secretary for international affairs.

Mao Zedong: The Imperialists are afraid of the Third World

 (This is my translation of Chairman Mao's discussions with two African leaders that appears on p. 35 of Vol 51 of the Complete Works of Mao Zedong located on the bannedthought.net website - Trans.)

 (July 11, 1970)

The Commonwealth is like a club, and China used to be a member of this club. Britain was okay during the First World War, but after the Second World War, it could no longer care about China and gave it to the United States. So after Japan surrendered, the United States helped Chiang Kai-shek fight us. And we were called Communist "bandits", different from ordinary bandits, we were Communist "bandits". In this way, we were not qualified to join the United Nations. How could "bandits" join the United Nations? We also thought about it, our country is also a United Nations! It's okay for me not to go to your United Nations! Imperialism is not happy with us. Whether it's your two presidents or us, we don't really meet their expectations. So what can we do? You didn't inform Britain and the United States when you came to Beijing, right?

In fact, the imperialists in the world are not having a good time now. They are afraid of the Third World, and they are afraid of you as well as us. We must get rid of superstition and stop believing in imperialism. Of course, I am not saying that the people of imperialist countries must oppose it, nor am I saying that we cannot learn the technology of imperialist countries. What I am saying is that we must get rid of the superstition of imperialist politics and their deception. It is not easy to get rid of this superstition of imperialism, which is deeply rooted in some people. You see, imperialism is so great, they have so many atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs, planes flying everywhere, navies running everywhere, and occupying other countries everywhere, such as the United States sending troops to Cambodia. But their method is the method of the old imperialist Britain. Didn't Britain occupy everywhere? Now it is more obedient.

[1] This is part of Mao Zedong’s conversation with the Tanzanian and Zambian government delegations.

Chinese Maoists ask: What does it mean to suffer twice and be punished twice?

 Two interesting observations from contemporary capitalist China

"Suffering twice and being punished twice" is what we, the post-60s generation, often wrote in our essays when we were in school. The background at that time was to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius, and later it was to fight back against the rightist trend of reversing verdicts and criticize the capitalist-roaders, all of which were about class struggle. The general meaning of the whole sentence is: If their conspiracy to restore the old order succeeds, we, the poor and lower-middle peasants (or the working class), will suffer twice and be punished twice. These two times of suffering and two crimes refer to the old society, which means that if we follow their path, the working class and peasant class will return to the dark old society and work like slaves for others. We were born in the new society and have no idea what life was like in the old society, how much suffering there was, and what kind of punishment we suffered?

Today, I say "suffer twice, be punished twice", because I think the saying at that time is still quite effective and reasonable. Isn't it the case now? Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, the workers and peasants who have been liberated are now oppressed again.

At the bottom, those who are laid off are laid off, those who lose their lands lose their lands. Most people live at the bottom of society, and it is estimated that they will never be able to turn over and become masters of their own destiny as before. In China today, people without real power have no voice, let alone the ability to defend their rights. Under the oppression of the system, although some people get a lot of money, they are bitter, depressed, and numb inside. The machine gun of power is wantonly shooting at the head of dignity. It is an extremely abnormal social phenomenon that the majority of people are controlled by a few people to do whatever they want. Therefore, a large part of us will "suffer twice and be punished twice". This suffering is material, but more of it is spiritual. This is a sad world. Pu Xianhong's BLOG

Since ancient times, "Those who work with their minds rule over others, and those who work with their hands are ruled by others." Only the era under Mao's leadership was an exception. Mao Zedong once said: "I don't want to see the phenomenon of people exploiting people again on the land of China, and capitalists, business owners, hired workers, prostitutes and opium smokers appear again; if that happens, the blood of many martyrs will be shed in vain..." Mao Zedong also said: "Born in adversity, die in comfort." "Wang Anshi once said in his later years, 'The overlord took the two rivers alone, and his descendants mostly surrendered with hundreds of cities (a line from Wang Anshi's four poems "Recalling the Past in Nanjing")'.  We must learn from the experience and lessons of history and prevent ourselves from being "peacefully evolved" by bourgeois ideology; otherwise, wouldn't the blood of so many of our revolutionary martyrs have been shed in vain? Even if you sit in a spacious and bright modern office today, you will experience the system of slave society and know what slaves and slave owners are. They oppress you mentally and exploit you economically. In such an environment, the Chinese people live without any dignity in order to survive. It seems that we have returned to feudal society and slave society.

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Suffering twice, being punished twice: Little Red Building in Shanghai, minors in Xi'an

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Abstract : In 1959, during the Hangzhou Conference, Chairman Mao said something about peaceful evolution: "I don't want the phenomenon of man exploiting man to appear again on the land of China, and capitalists, business owners, hired workers, prostitutes and opium addicts to appear again; if that happens, the blood of many martyrs will be shed in vain..." That...

　　In 1959, during the Hangzhou Conference, Chairman Mao spoke about peaceful evolution and said:

　　"I don't want the day when the phenomenon of man exploiting man, capitalists, business owners, hired workers, prostitutes and opium addicts will appear again on the land of China; if that happens, the blood of many martyrs will be shed in vain..."

　　At that time, probably many people did not quite understand this sentence.

　　He was worried that the people would suffer twice and be punished twice. In order to prevent the phenomenon of man exploiting man again on the Chinese land, the old man was ready to smash it to pieces. Concerned about the country and the people, he did his best.

　　Before his death, many people found it difficult to understand why this weathered old man, who had sacrificed six of his relatives for the revolution, would not take a break but continue to fight.

　　However, decades later, his worries became a reality.

　　In the Shanghai Xiaohonglou (Liitle Red Building) case, Zhao Fuqiang used violence to force women into prostitution, accumulating 1 billion yuan in 20 years, and was not arrested until 2019. Beating, imprisonment, insults, egg extraction, severing fallopian tubes, and filming sex videos, the methods he used to enslave and control women are hard to imagine, but this is indeed what happened in 2019.

　　Du Yuesheng, a Shanghai gangster, would be ashamed of himself if he saw such means. He was rampant in Yangpu District, Shanghai, and many political and legal officials escorted him. The victims went to the police station to report to the police, but it was useless. The collusion between officials and businessmen made people despair. Just the night before Zhao Fuqiang was arrested, Lu Yan, the former secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Yangpu District Committee, pulled him into the office and complained to him, "Go quickly, the net will be closed soon ." If it weren't for the victims' desperate reports, no one knows how long the crimes of the Little Red Building would continue.

　　In Xi'an, the Huashang Daily reported a case of forcing a minor into prostitution. A 13-year-old girl who was on leave from school to work was beaten, burned with cigarette butts, and forced to take nude photos. She had been "serving customers" for more than half a month. When she was rescued, her body was still covered with scars. When she parted her hair, she saw blood on her head. Ironically, she was rescued because a client had a change of heart.

　　It is true that the secretary in Shanghai has no bottom line, while the clients in Xi'an have a conscience.

　　What does it mean to suffer twice and be punished twice? After this painful experience, we should have woken up, right?

　　Faced with such a tragedy, should we remain indifferent, gloat over its misfortune, or thank God that it did not happen to us?

　　Is this a coincidence?

　　The author searched the Internet for relevant information and found that there are news about pornography in Xi'an almost every year. A dozen villages in the city have been in the news because of streetwalkers. The most famous of them is of course Jixiang Village. "Come here, auntie will tell you something" has become a well-known laughing stock. News about forcing minors to accompany drinking and prostitution has also become commonplace.

　　The measure of women's liberation is the natural measure of universal liberation. Women and even girls as young as 12 or 13 are forced into prostitution, which shows how serious the problem is. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to eliminate pornography, gambling and drugs, the People's Government made continuous efforts to transform a large number of fallen women into self-reliant workers, and then announced in 1964 that venereal diseases and open and hidden prostitution had been completely eliminated.

　　Why have prostitution, gambling and drugs, which have been eradicated, become rampant again? Why were the poor Chinese able to enjoy dignity back then, but are now forced to sell themselves out?

　　When public ownership turns into private ownership, everyone thinks they can get rich, but the reality is that only a few people get rich while the majority become workers for the capitalists. Under the exploitation of capital, on the one hand, the rich enjoy wine and meat, while on the other hand, people freeze to death on the road. In order to survive, many people have to give up their dignity and sell their bodies. In places where people cannot see and where the masses cannot supervise, it is difficult for unrestrained power to resist the temptation to take a share of the pie.

　　However, people who have suffered twice and been punished twice should be able to see the reality more clearly, understand Chairman Mao’s painstaking efforts, and seek new ways to liberation.

 

My letter to Peter Dutton, Leader of the Opposition

 The Leader of the Australian Opposition, the despicable racist ad reactionary Peter Dutton, has said that Australia should not take in refugees or grant any form of visa to Palestinians from Gaza, because they may be terrorists. However, he is happy for Jewish Australian citizens to serve in the genocidal and terrorist Israeli Defence Force, and to take in Israeli citizens applying to come to Australia.

I have sent him the following letter to remind him of the cruel inhumanity of his attitude towards the victims of Israel's aggression.

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(Address supplied_

18 August 2024

 

Dear Mr Dutton

Could you please…

show…

a little more…

compassion…

 

to the non-combatant…

victims…

 

of Israeli aggression…

and genocide…

 

in the West Bank and Gaza…

and their families (or what’s left of them).

Thank you,

(name supplied)

73-year old 5^th generation white Australian.

Mao Zedong: My Thought is not a new stage, "but no one listens to me".

 

Critique and revision of the editorial article “Leninism, or social imperialism?” Criticisms and corrections of the draft submitted for review[1] (3 April 1970)

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This article is well-written and has been read, and I am waiting to read another one. It seems to be enough to use this one, and it can be used by two newspapers and one magazine. I've deleted a few paragraphs of my words[2], which are useless and offensive to others. Don't write such words. I have said this a hundred times, but no one listens to me. I don't know why, so please ask the comrades of the Central Committee to look into it. I've kept a few paragraphs of useful words, but not all of them, as far as offensive words are concerned. Please take note of the above.

Mao Zedong

3 April 1970

Please rearrange the footnote numbers because a few paragraphs have been deleted.

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But history has its twists and turns. Just as after the death of Engels there was the revisionism of Bernstein and Kautsky, so after the death of Stalin there was the revisionism of Khrushchev and Brezhnev.

Eleven years after Khrushchev came to power, a split occurred within revisionism, and Brezhnev replaced Khrushchev. It took him more than five years, but such a person is now presiding over the ‘commemoration’ in the USSR of the centenary of Lenin's birth.

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The ‘Slavic empire’ of the old tsar has long since come to nothing. The tsarist rule itself was eliminated by the Great October Revolution led by Lenin in 1917, and the rule of the old tsar was over. In today's era of total collapse of imperialism, the new tsar's attempt to re-establish a bigger empire to dominate the whole world can only be a dream.

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(In the second footnote, there is a reference to Khrushchev’s “three-no-world”. In his Secret Speech to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956, Nikita Khrushchev criticized the policies of Joseph Stalin. One of the key elements of his speech was the repudiation of Stalin's alleged personality cult. Khrushchev highlighted three main aspects, often referred to as the "three no's":

No to the cult of personality: Khrushchev condemned the alleged excessive glorification of Stalin's personality and his elevation to almost god-like status within the Soviet Union.

·       No to arbitrariness in decision-making: Khrushchev criticized Stalin's alleged autocratic style of leadership, which often led to arbitrary decisions and the suppression of dissenting voices within the party.

·        No to violations of socialist legality: Khrushchev criticized Stalin for numerous alleged human rights abuses, including purges, forced labor camps (Gulags), and executions carried out without due process, which violated socialist legal principles. – Translator)

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[1] “Leninism or Social Imperialism?” was written to commemorate the centenary of Lenin's birth. The original title of the revised draft sent by Zhou Enlai and others to Mao Zedong for review on 1 April 1970 was “Leninism and Soviet Social Imperialism”, but when Mao Zedong reviewed it, he changed it to “Leninism or Social Imperialism?” The first part of this article is Mao Zedong's comments on the draft for review; the second part of this article is the two paragraphs he added to the draft for review; and the third part of this article is his revision of a paragraph in the draft for review. This article was later published by the editorial departments of the People's Daily, the Red Flag magazine, and the PLA Daily in the 22 April 1970 issue of the People's Daily, the PLA Daily, and the 1 May issue of the Red Flag magazine.

[2] On pages 1 and 2 of the draft submitted for review on 1 April 1970, Mao Zedong deleted the following passage: “Chairman Mao, the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our time and our great leader, pointed out: ’The doctrine of Leninism has developed Marxism. In what ways has it developed? Firstly, in its world view (that is, materialism and dialectics); secondly, in the theory of revolution, revolutionary tactics, the party, class struggle and the dictatorship of the proletariat, and many other issues. Lenin had the doctrine of the world view, the doctrine of the dictatorship of the proletariat and the doctrine of the construction of socialism. Lenin had seven years of practice in socialist construction, which Marx did not have.’‘’ On the second and third pages, the following four paragraphs were deleted: “For half a century, Comrade Mao Zedong, in leading China in the great struggle to complete the New Democratic Revolution, in leading China in the great struggle for socialist revolution and socialist construction, and in leading the contemporary international communist movement in its great struggle against imperialism, against modern revisionism, and against the reactionaries of all countries, has inherited, defended and developed Marxism-Leninism, raising it to a brand-new stage, that is, the stage of Mao Zedong Thought. Combining the universal truths of Marxism-Leninism with the concrete practice of the revolution, he inherited, defended and developed Marxism-Leninism, and raised Marxism-Leninism to a brand-new stage, that is, that of Mao Zedong Thought.” ‘’Mao Tse-tung Thought is the Marxism-Leninism of an era when imperialism is heading for total collapse and socialism is heading for worldwide victory.‘’ “Comrade Mao Tse-tung is the Lenin of our time.” ‘It is precisely because of the victories of the proletarian world revolution and the death struggle of imperialism that the struggle between contemporary Marxism-Leninism and revisionism is more intense than at any other time in history. At the very beginning of Khrushchev's revisionism, Chairman Mao, our great leader, had an insight into the serious danger of modern revisionism to the cause of the proletarian revolution. Under the leadership of Chairman Mao, together with the Party of Labour of Albania, headed by the great Marxist-Leninist Comrade Enver Hoxha, and true Marxist-Leninists all over the world, Chairman Mao has time and again repelled the counter-currents of modern revisionism and defended Marxism-Leninism. This is of extremely far-reaching historical significance to the cause of the world proletarian revolution and the liberation of the oppressed peoples.” On page 5, the following three paragraphs were deleted: “Comrade Mao Tse-tung also pointed out incisively: ’One word can raise a nation, while one word can destroy a nation. When Marx spoke of the dictatorship of the proletariat, he said that one word that could create a nation; when Khrushchev spoke of a three-no-world, a state of the whole people and a party of the whole people, he said one word could kill a nation.’’ “Comrade Mao Tse-tung is referring to a socialist state when he talks about the rise and fall of the state. There is socialism only when there is dictatorship of the proletariat; without dictatorship of the proletariat, there is no socialism.” “Comrade Mao Zedong comprehensively summed up the historical experience of the dictatorship of the proletariat, both positive and negative, and with genius and creativity applied materialistic dialectics to analyse the contradictions of socialist society, expose the laws of socialist society, found the doctrine of continued revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat, and personally initiated and led China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, which resolved the problems of consolidating the proletariat both theoretically and practically. He personally initiated and led the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China, solving in theory and practice the most important contemporary problem of consolidating the dictatorship of the proletariat and preventing the restoration of capitalism. This is an epoch-making contribution to the cause of world proletarian revolution.”

 

Mao Zedong: Don't say my Thought "is a brand-new stage in the development of Marxism-Leninism"

 

Criticism of the draft communiqué of the 12th Plenary Session of the 8th Expanded Central Committee of the Communist Party of China[1]

(October 1968)

1

Issued for discussion by comrades in plenary.

2

This sentence is not to be used here.[2]

3

There is a slight modification.[3]

 

 

(Translated from Collected Works of Mao Zedong, Vol 50, pp 305-06)

 

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[1] This Part 1 and 2 were written on the draft communiqué of the Twelfth Plenary Session of the Eighth Expanded Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which was submitted for review on 28 October 1968; this Part 3 was written on the draft communiqué submitted for review on 30 October. This communiqué was adopted by the Plenary on 31 October and published in the People's Daily on 2 November.

[2] In the draft communiqué submitted for examination on 28 October 1968, it was written: ‘The Plenum is of the opinion that the great victory of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution has further proved that Mao Tse-tung's thought is a brand-new stage in the development of Marxism-Leninism, and that it has further proved the extremely far-reaching significance of Comrade Mao Tse-tung's doctrine of continuing the revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat. When Mao Zedong reviewed the draft communiqué, he deleted the sentence ‘further proves that Mao Zedong Thought is a brand-new stage in the development of Marxism-Leninism’ from the text and wrote this criticism. In addition, in this paragraph of the draft communiqué, it was stated that Mao Zedong Thought ‘is the only guiding ideology for all the work of the whole Party, the whole army and the whole country’, but Mao Zedong, when reviewing the draft communiqué, deleted the word ‘only’ from the text.

[3] Mao Zedong's amendments to the draft submitted for review on 30 October 1968 mainly consisted of deleting the following sentence: ‘The great popularity of Mao Tse-tung's thought among the masses of the country as a whole is a very great achievement of this Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.’

Australian billionaires

 

It is a triumph

of free enterprise, surely,

that in 2024 our country is

lucky to have 159 billionaires

with a total wealth of $503 billion.

 

Australians all, let us rejoice:

 

The desperate-to-play soccer

seven-year old whose parents

cannot afford

soccer club fees;

the old woman who may as well

live in a shoe, cramping in the cold

of her car, her home – her rent now paid

in rego fees and petrol prices;

the farmer who wants a life

and cannot even think about

those who will have to scrape his

body parts from the tree into which

he so desperately drives;

those whose hopes and dreams

are sacrificed in dozens of types

of gambling; the tjilpi drawing circles

in the dust with his toes, while the mining

company rips at the treasures beneath his feet.

 

And I haven’t even

scratched the surface yet

of the hurt and despair…

 

But there are 159 billionaires

Who make us what we are

 

“Young and free”

 

The rich man in his castle

The poor man at his gate

There’s no greater love

Than feeling class hate.

 

23 April 2024

Mao Zedong: Disagreeing with the reference to Maoism.

 

不同意毛泽东主义的提法

（1948年8月15日）

吴玉章（1）同志,

未元电(2)悉。那样说是很不适当的。现在没有什么毛泽东主义，因此不能说毛泽东主义。不是什么“主要的要学毛泽东主义”，而是必须号召学生们学习马恩列斯的理论和中国革名的经验。这里所说的“中国革命的经验”是包括中国共产党人（毛泽东也是在内）根据马恩列斯理论所写的某些小册子及党中央各顶规定路线和政策的文件在内。另外，有些同志在刊物上将我的名字和马恩列斯并列，说成什么“马恩列斯毛”，也是错误的。你的说法和这后一种说法都是不合实际的，是无益 有害的，必定坚决反对这样说。

毛泽东

未删

（1）     吴玉章 (1878-1966), 四川容县人。当时任华北大学校长。

（2）     指吴玉章1948年8月13日給周恩来的电报。 在电报中，吴玉章表示在华北大学成立典礼上提出“主要的要学毛泽东主义” “把毛泽东思想改成毛泽东主义“。 对这样的提法”是否妥当“，请周恩来”同主席和少奇同志商量后，赐以指示“。

 

Disagreeing with the reference to Maoism.

(August 15, 1948)

Comrade Wu Yuzhang, （1）

We have just received your letter. That would be very inappropriate. There is no such thing as Maoism now, so you can't say Maoism. Instead of "mainly studying Maoism", students must be called upon to study the theories of the Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and the experience of the Chinese Revolution. The "experience of the Chinese Revolution" here includes certain pamphlets written by the Chinese Communists (including Mao Zedong) on the basis of the theories of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin as well as documents of the Central Committee of the Communist Party setting out its lines and policies. In addition, some comrades have wrongly juxtaposed my name with that of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin in their publications, saying something like "Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin-Mao". This is also wrong. Both your statement and this latter one are unrealistic, unhelpful and harmful, and must be strongly rejected.

Mao Zedong

Unabridged

(1)   Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966) was a native of Rongxian, Sichuan. At that time, he was the president of North China University.

(2)   (1) This refers to a telegram dated 13 August 1948 from Wu Yuchang to Zhou Enlai. In the telegram, Wu Yuzhang stated that at the inauguration ceremony of the North China University, he had proposed that "the main thing to be learnt is Maoism" and that "Mao Zedong Thought should be changed into Maoism". Zhou Enlai was asked to "discuss with the Chairman and Comrade Shaoqi and give instructions" as to whether such a proposal was "appropriate".

 

（Translated from the Collected Works of Mao Zedong Vol 24 p.371 - 24-sm.pdf (bannedthought.net)）