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Maoism and the Chinese Revolution: A Critical Introduction

Maoism and the Chinese Revolution: A Critical Introduction

Liu, Elliott

Paperback

Series: Revolutionary Pocketbooks

Chinese HistoryGeneral World HistorySocial Movements

Publisher Price: $17.95

ISBN10: 162963137X
ISBN13: 9781629631370
Publisher: PM Press
Published: Jul 1 2016
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
The Chinese Revolution changed the face of the twentieth century, and the politics that issued from it--often referred to as Maoism--resonated with colonized and oppressed people from the 1970s down to the anticapitalist movements of today. But how did these politics first emerge? And what do they offer activists today, who seek to transform capitalist society at its very foundations? Maoism and the Chinese Revolution offers the novice reader a sweeping overview of five decades of Maoist revolutionary history. It covers the early years of the Chinese Communist Party, through decades of guerrilla warfare and rapid industrialization, to the massive upheavals of the Cultural Revolution. It traces the development of Mao Zedong's military and political strategy, philosophy, and statecraft amid the growing contradictions of the Chinese revolutionary project. All the while, it maintains a perspective sympathetic to the everyday workers and peasants who lived under the party regime, and who in some moments stood poised to make the revolution anew. From the ongoing people's wars in the Global South, to the radical lineages of many black, Latino, and Asian revolutionaries in the Global North, Maoist politics continue to resonate today. As a new generation of activists take to the streets, this book offers a critical review of our past in order to better transform the future.

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