Schlagwort: Cultural Revolution
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Lynn Walsh: China – Behind the new Image
[Militant No. 819, 17 October 1986, p. 10] The Queen’s visit to China symbolises a profound change in the capitalists‘ attitude. Before, the media painted a picture of a regimented population, political thought-control, and unrelenting ‚Communist‘ austerity. Now they present a new China, enlivened by a blossoming market, with political ‚liberalisation‘ and a rapid adoption…
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Peter Taaffe: The Cultural Revolution
[Published in Militant, February 1967, Reprinted in the pamphlet China. The Tradition of Struggle, June 1989, p. 24-26] Within the last month events within China have taken a dramatic turn. Reports of fierce clashes between forces for and against Mao Zedong, strikes, allegations of ‘sabotage’ etc, have been splashed across the pages of the capitalist…
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Peter Taaffe: China
[This pamphlet reproduces the three articles on China published in ‘Militant’ in July 1979. Some minor alterations and corrections have been added by the author. Printed August 1979] Contents The Meaning of the Cultural Revolution Workers Fight Bureaucratic Stranglehold The Foreign Policy of the Bureaucracy The Meaning of the Cultural Revolution There has been an…