#maosim

[squidswithguns]

The theory "debate"

I'm gonna say the "controversial" thing that actually isn't controversial. If you claim a leftist ideology, be it anarchism, socialism, syndicalism, etc. but you're not regularly engaging with theory and practicing self criticism; the most basic and simple things you can do as a leftist. You're not a leftist. you're hopping on a bandwagon.

Theory today is more available and accessible than ever before. there is literally no excuse other than your own unwillingness to engage with the fundamental principles of the ideology you claim. engaging with theory is no longer struggling to decipher dense historic tomes alone. the are innumerable resources out there that help explain these complex topics.

Online libraries like The Anarchist Library (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index) or the Marxist Internet Archive (https://www.marxists.org/) have countless texts freely and readily available for use. Educators like MarxismToday who have whole series breaking down the individual elements of marxist thought in easy to digest videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXaZHe901w&)list=PL0J754r0IteXABJntjBg1YuNsn6jItWXQ&index=9&pp=iAQB)

The successful revolutions of Cuba, Vietnam, China, were led not by great men alone, but by an engaged and revolutionary proletariat, in many cases individuals who were illiterate, uneducated, chained to a system of servitude. If you in the 21st century with all these resources available cant do the littlest leg work, you are simply a liberal wearing a costume to be shed at your convenience.

[johnny-moredread]

Liberalism stems from petty-bourgeois selfishness, it places personal interests first and the interests of the revolution second, and this gives rise to ideological, political and organizational liberalism.

Mao Zedong, Combat Liberalism, 1937

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Qui A Peur De Qui?” La Cause du Peuple. June 2, 1970. No. 24.

[workersandstudentsdemocracy]

Quotations from Chairman Mao on Socialism and Communism

Socialism must be developed in China, and the route toward such an end is a democratic revolution, which will enable socialist and communist consolidation over a length of time. It is also important to unite with the middle peasants, and educate them on the failings of capitalism.

[ultraviolet-techno-ecology]

Powiticaw powew gwows fwom a bawwew of a gun OwO

-Attributed to the lesser known Chaiwman Nyao during the Long Glomp. 

[theorynotebook]

Whoever sides with the revolutionary people is a revolutionary. Whoever sides with imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucrat-capitalism is a counter-revolutionary. Whoever sides with the revolutionary people in words but acts otherwise is a revolutionary in speech. Whoever success with the revolutionary people in deed as well as in word is a revolutionary in the full sense.

Mao Zedong, closing speech at the Second Session of the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. 1950.

[electricladyzap]

Maoist ballet and Bikini Kill mash-up. this is just excellent.

[revjalen-blog]

We must distinguish between fiction and ideology. Because, generally speaking, ideology is opposed to science, to truth or to reality. But, as we have known Lacan, truth itself is in a structure of fiction. Thus, finding the new great fiction offers the possibility of having a final political belief.

Alain Badiou, Philosophy for Militants