The Defeat of the Left-Wing in the Cultural Revolution

Hold high the great red banner of Mao Zedong Thought to wage the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution to the end--Revolution is no crime, to rebel is justified

Following up on my posting of the Leading Light Communist Organization’s basic points on the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, I am posting this much more drawn out analysis of the defeat of the two principal left-wing factions within the GPCR – Lin Biao’s People’s Liberation Army and the spontaneous mass movements. This piece was written by LLCO member Prairie Fire and was published with the title Two Roads Defeated in the Cultural Revolution.

As I noted in my posting of the LLCO’s basic points, the GPCR and its outcomes, especially the defeat the left-wing, was an a world shaking event and is of key importance for revolutionary communists to understand. Firstly, because Mao and others blazed a path in laying out, and then acting on, the necessity to not only revolutionize the relations of production, but also the superstructure (culture, institutions, political power structures, roles, rituals, and state) as well. 

Some Basic Points on the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

This article originally appeared on the home page of the Leading Light Communist Organization (LLCO) with the title Beginning Talking Points on the Cultural Revolution Era. While I have attempted to put forward a critique of the Maoist-Third Worldist politics of the Leading Light Communists from the understanding of African Internationalism/Yeshitelaism, it cannot be denied that they do on occasion produce articles that are thought provoking and worth discussing.

Some of their more interesting work has been on the era of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. This key period was paradoxically both the highest advance of the revolution in China and the period immediately preceding the restoration of capitalist social relations and the entrance of China into the camp of imperialism.

In Memory of Chairman Mao Zedong

December 26th marks the birthday of Mao Zedong. Mao was one of the greatest philosophers, military strategists and revolutionary leaders ever to be born to the oppressed people of the world. As one of the founders and leaders of the Communist Party of China he lead the people’s war that defeated Japanese imperialism, its Chinese comprador allies and initiated the world historic Chinese Revolution. With this one quarter of humanity stood up to shake off domination by imperialism. In the 1960s, in an attempt to further deepen the Chinese Revolution Mao opened up the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, one of the most profound revolutionary social experiments yet seen.

Most importantly though it was Chairman Mao who taught us more than anyone else that it is the masses of oppressed people who are the agents of history.

Long Live the Memory of Chairman Mao!

Victory to the Oppressed Peoples of the World!

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