Question

Contribution of mao zedong to the marxist theory of revolution

Answer 1

September 9th, marks the 32nd anniversary of the passing of Comrade Mao Zedong. Mao made many important contributions to Marxism-Leninism. He correctly understood the nature of revolution in underdeveloped countries and laid out the line and strategy of New Democratic Revolution and protracted people’s war. He developed the philosophy of dialectical materialism in his essays On Practice and On Contradiction. He expounded the theory of leadership which communists came to know as the Mass Line. He struggled against both ‘Left’ and Right opportunism and in the struggle against modern revisionism Chairman Mao developed the theory of continuing the revolution under the dictatorship of the proletariat. Today, his theories are being put into practice by revolutionaries around the world, in the Philippines, in Colombia, in Nepal, Palestine and here at home. To honor his life and contributions to Marxism-Leninism and international proletarian revolution, I’m posting this memorial speech by his successor, Comrade Hua Guofeng. Hua fought to carry forward Mao Zedong’s revolutionary legacy amid attacks from both the ‘Left’ and the Right.