Comments on the evolution of empire LLCO.org Empire is constantly evolving to thwart the people’s movement. Imperialism has changed significantly since its beginning. The period of traditional colonialism during which the imperial powers literally occupied colonial lands mostly came to a close around the end of World War 2. The shattered empires of Europe could …
Comments on Labor Theory of Value, Productive Labor, Method, Orthodoxy, MIM LLCO.org [The following discussion is taken from our discussion on mass line, lumpen organizing in the First World, etc. (1) The comments are slightly edited.] 2001 MIM Congress: Again on the subject of the ‘masses’ in the imperialist countries by MC5, April 19, 2001 …
On definition mongering LLCO.org “Whatever is written in a book is right — such is still the mentality of culturally backward Chinese peasants. Strangely enough, within the Communist Party there are also people who always say in a discussion, ‘Show me where it’s written in the book.’ When we say that a directive of a …
Smashing idols LLCO.org The Old Testament states: “You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the …
On counter-revolution: Just pointing to revisionists is not enough Prairie Fire LLCO.org Someone writes: “Dear Leading Light, LLCO has not responded convincingly to the causes behind the degeneration of the Chinese and Russian Revolutions. Just pointing to ‘revisionists’ is not enough (and analysis based on individual personality traits is hardly systemic or materialist). In any …
Serve the people truth or fiction? LLCO.org In recent discussion, we contrasted science versus apolegetics in dealing with history. Stalin was used as an example. A familiar voice objected to our discussion. He roars: “There is nothing original in noting the USSR’s initial support of Israel as primarily geo-political. Of course it was a mistake, …
Two Roads Defeated Part 3: Proletarian Jacobins Prairie Fire 2008 LLCO.org Part 1: https://llco.org/two-roads-defeated-in-the-cultural-revolution-part-1-of-3-young-generals-and-mass-movements/ Part 2: https://llco.org/two-roads-defeated-in-the-cultural-revolution-part-2-lin-biaos-road/ The defeat of socialism in the People’s Republic of China was not the result of the lack of a social program or the lack of struggle as diverse critics ranging from Slavoj Žižek to Philip Short have implied. …
Did Mao Really Kill Millions in the Great Leap Forward? Joseph Ball 21 September 2006 LLCO.org (slightly edited); Original source: Maoists.org Over the last 25 years the reputation of Mao Zedong has been seriously undermined by ever more extreme estimates of the numbers of deaths he was supposedly responsible for. In his lifetime, Mao Zedong …
This is review of Jasper Becker’s Hungry Ghosts by MIM takes a critical look at the claim that Mao was responsible for tens of millions of death during the Great Leap Forward, finding many scientific errors in the work of Becker and other liberal authors.
Was Lin Biao guilty plotting a coup? LLCO.org “To be in the company of a king is to be in the company of a tiger.” — Chinese proverb, quoted by Lin Biao “After Lin Biao died… [t]he fanaticism faded. It had been as if we were all in a dream.” (1) Articles mentioning the accomplishments …