Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung: The Little Red Book
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Gabriel
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Mao is a sexy badass mothafuka。 He had so many Woman！ Not to mention how fucking 🔥🔥🔥 the chinese national anthem is。 God damn。 I just want to clap daddy maos asscheeks。 I ❤️ PRC。
Arin Goswami
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A collection of quotations outlined by Mao to help revolutionaries like the Black Panthers who would carry this text and cite it whenever they had to outline the Communist position on issues。Definitely an interesting read， and understandable why revolutionary Marxists have felt a need for this theory for a long time。
William
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I read the first few pages of this book， and I must say， my conscience is PROVOKED。 I thought this was going to be more in line with previous oriental thought， such as the political diemnsion of a confucian， or something。No way。I'm setting this book down until another time when I am ready to properly treat marxism-leninism-maoism。Jeezuits。 I read the first few pages of this book， and I must say， my conscience is PROVOKED。 I thought this was going to be more in line with previous oriental thought， such as the political diemnsion of a confucian， or something。No way。I'm setting this book down until another time when I am ready to properly treat marxism-leninism-maoism。Jeezuits。 。。。more
Grace
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I read two pages of this book in the original Chinese version and put it down。 Sure， this book is a great "historical document"， but idc。 Reading the book retrospect， makes me feel a combination of anger， sadness， and cringe。 The two pages I read was basically Mao commenting on how "crucial" a Communist party is （"没有中国共产党的努力。。。中国的独立和解放是不可能的，中国的工业化和农业近代化也是不可能的"）。 I will give Mao some credit on the readability。 I struggle to comprehend elementary level Chinese texts but Mao's quotations are surpri I read two pages of this book in the original Chinese version and put it down。 Sure， this book is a great "historical document"， but idc。 Reading the book retrospect， makes me feel a combination of anger， sadness， and cringe。 The two pages I read was basically Mao commenting on how "crucial" a Communist party is （"没有中国共产党的努力。。。中国的独立和解放是不可能的，中国的工业化和农业近代化也是不可能的"）。 I will give Mao some credit on the readability。 I struggle to comprehend elementary level Chinese texts but Mao's quotations are surprising simple to understand even though it's on a topic like Marxism。 I picked up this book for Chinese reading practice and to perhaps learn some Chinese history。 am putting down it down for a remainder of the brutal past which is just too difficult for me to handle。 。。。more
ryan liau
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 She's so crazzzzzzzzy！ Love her！！！ She's so crazzzzzzzzy！ Love her！！！ 。。。more
Craic Elf
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Life changing， but just the tip of the Iceberg
Phillip
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This is the foundational theoretical document of Maoist Communism。 It is obviously an outgrowth of Marxist philosophy， and in some senses Mao's ideas are orthodox Marxism。 For instance， he definitely believes in the class struggle as the central defining characteristic of life under feudalism and capitalism， he believes in historical materialism， he believes in the crucial task of building class consciousness among workers and peasants。However， Maoism is also a third evolution of Marxism， develo This is the foundational theoretical document of Maoist Communism。 It is obviously an outgrowth of Marxist philosophy， and in some senses Mao's ideas are orthodox Marxism。 For instance， he definitely believes in the class struggle as the central defining characteristic of life under feudalism and capitalism， he believes in historical materialism， he believes in the crucial task of building class consciousness among workers and peasants。However， Maoism is also a third evolution of Marxism， developing out of Marxism-Leninism。 In a basic gloss， Marx thought the revolution would/could only happen in an industrialized country like Britain， Germany， or France。 Then Lenin came along and wanted to lead the revolution in Russia， which wasn't an industrial power at the turn of the 20th century， so he developed the idea that the Communist party could seize control and begin a rapid， centralized industrialization process （which was， in practice， an extremely painful historical period for the Soviet Union--though it's worth remembering that industrialization in the West was as well， it just was more spread out over a few centuries--but in the long run it did establish the USSR as an industrial nation）。 Then Mao comes along in mid-century China and he's dealing with even less infrastructure than Tzarist Russia had， both because China had been prevented from industrializing by European imperialism and because the Japanese destroyed a lot of the infrastructure。 So Mao develops a different take。 He emphasizes the role of the peasants in a way Lenin didn't and Marx definitely didn't。 And he eventually develops plans for the Great Leap Forward， which was a de-centralized industrial plan， wherein the peasants themselves would begin a kind of industrial production without being organized in massive urban factories。 Historically， this didn't work， but it was an idea developed to acknowledge China's rural character。https://youtu。be/xOxqfRf1bfA 。。。more
Floris Bakker
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Definitely not as interesting as I'd hoped。 Reading it in longer sessions brings you in a communist trance， guess that was the purpose of the book anyway。Translation into English is very poor and many symbols have not even been recognised and printed as square symbols。 Definitely not as interesting as I'd hoped。 Reading it in longer sessions brings you in a communist trance， guess that was the purpose of the book anyway。Translation into English is very poor and many symbols have not even been recognised and printed as square symbols。 。。。more
Jack
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The work of Mao has always been met with harsh criticism， especially by those who do not understand Marxism， what it offers， and the stakes at hand in the coming decades。 Nonetheless， his words are fascinating and profound。Though I am not a Maoist， I have been told that my own expressions against capitalist bourgeoise have been in line with Chairman Mao's line of thinking。 Note this is my first time reading in full the works of Mao。 Safe to say， I am not surprised that I agree with him on a lot。 The work of Mao has always been met with harsh criticism， especially by those who do not understand Marxism， what it offers， and the stakes at hand in the coming decades。 Nonetheless， his words are fascinating and profound。Though I am not a Maoist， I have been told that my own expressions against capitalist bourgeoise have been in line with Chairman Mao's line of thinking。 Note this is my first time reading in full the works of Mao。 Safe to say， I am not surprised that I agree with him on a lot。For instance， the purpose of Marxist-Leninist Thought is to seize the means of production， and one cannot do so without expecting violent pushback from what Mao refers to as "domestic and foreign reactionaries"。 It is not our to beat down or to destroy people， but to correct them。 Contradictions in of themselves are not bad things and will always exist， but we must be wary that they do not become antagonisms。Overall， Chairman Mao had incredible vision and showed how deeply he and his comrades cared for the working class。 。。。more
Christian Miró
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Como lectura no tiene mucho sentido más que la curiosidad histórica， son sólo citas que Mao dijo en algun momento concreto。Está bien para entender algo mejor los relatos y libros que hablan sobre el comunismo en china， el pcch y demás， siempre encontraras citado este libro múltiples veces debido a su importancia en la épocaYo lo he hojeado un rato pero no me lo he leído entero ya que se hace cuanto menos pesado siendo muchas de estas afirmaciones para nada sorprendentes。Lo curioso y lo que me ha Como lectura no tiene mucho sentido más que la curiosidad histórica， son sólo citas que Mao dijo en algun momento concreto。Está bien para entender algo mejor los relatos y libros que hablan sobre el comunismo en china， el pcch y demás， siempre encontraras citado este libro múltiples veces debido a su importancia en la épocaYo lo he hojeado un rato pero no me lo he leído entero ya que se hace cuanto menos pesado siendo muchas de estas afirmaciones para nada sorprendentes。Lo curioso y lo que me ha gustado es que está dividido en los diferentes ámbitos de la vida y puedes ver muy claramente y de forma sencilla lo que seguían los revolucionarios en cada ocasión 。。。more
Hermann Winston
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The Made In China version of Marx's work; 'the Communist manifesto'。Like Marx， Mao thinks that his worldview and his idea of Socialism would benefit， alas his utterly abominable policies starved millions of his brainwashed followers。 Ironically， his party has reformed into a quasi-Capitalistic state which still oppresses their people surreptitiously of course。Get this if you want to learn how to repress a Billion souls and control their lives。 The Made In China version of Marx's work; 'the Communist manifesto'。Like Marx， Mao thinks that his worldview and his idea of Socialism would benefit， alas his utterly abominable policies starved millions of his brainwashed followers。 Ironically， his party has reformed into a quasi-Capitalistic state which still oppresses their people surreptitiously of course。Get this if you want to learn how to repress a Billion souls and control their lives。 。。。more
Chris
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I found this book to be quite a comprehensive insight into Mao's mind。 It covers many basesincluding politics， morals and sociology in general。He makes some valid points， especially when it comes to emotional intelligence and self-criticism。 Although he may not have always practiced what he preached， I can see why China has grown into the superpower that it is today under this leader's guidance。 I found this book to be quite a comprehensive insight into Mao's mind。 It covers many basesincluding politics， morals and sociology in general。He makes some valid points， especially when it comes to emotional intelligence and self-criticism。 Although he may not have always practiced what he preached， I can see why China has grown into the superpower that it is today under this leader's guidance。 。。。more
Omar Fakhry
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Quotations from Chairman Mao was a fundamentally good idea for a number of reasons， but one that I haven’t really thought about until now is that somewhat unlike other major communist figures， Mao’s most important political interventions are not really contained in formally drafted polemics or position papers but are scattered among voluminous， relatively short statements that were clearly drafted in the midst of carrying out concrete political tasks。 In other words， a huge portion of what Mao w Quotations from Chairman Mao was a fundamentally good idea for a number of reasons， but one that I haven’t really thought about until now is that somewhat unlike other major communist figures， Mao’s most important political interventions are not really contained in formally drafted polemics or position papers but are scattered among voluminous， relatively short statements that were clearly drafted in the midst of carrying out concrete political tasks。 In other words， a huge portion of what Mao wrote seems to have been deeply connected to specific projects， so instead of lofty speeches and essays you have “Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan” or “A Talk to the Editorial Staff of the Shansi-Suiyuan Daily。”This is of course not criticism and I think it can really be considered a positive thing。 However， it does mean that for someone looking to learn about “what Mao had to say，” that’s actually kind of difficult because so much of Mao’s writing is tied to specific tasks that had a very definite context that might not be intelligible for readers who weren’t directly involved in those processes。 Plus it is very spread out。 So， the editors who compiled Quotations from Chairman Mao did the hard work of taking all of that political writing and sussing out “what are some general lessons that can be drawn from all of this，” which is also very important。The impression that people get about the Quotations is often that they’re a sort of cult thing， and I think attempts to repeat the Quotations （i。e。 modern “Quotations” books from living communists） have definitely been very culty。 But in the case of Quotations from Chairman Mao I think， despite perhaps lending itself to hero-worship， it serves an incredibly practical purpose in that it condenses a lot of disparate stuff into a coherent and digestible message。I’m thinking about this because I’ve been trying to compile a list of things for beginners to communism to look at。 With Marx or Lenin， you can definitely be like “here are a handful of neat essays and polemics you can read，” but with Mao， it’s not so easy。 Whatever， I’d honestly recommend just reading the Red Book， and if you find any of the sections to be particularly interesting you can look at the specific texts that are cited in the Red Book from there。 。。。more
Iván Santaella
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Es un libro histórico de mucha relevancia， simplemente hay que leerlo para entender la China comunista。
Melissa Chalhoub
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Thought I would dislike reading a collection of quotations instead of full on essays， but it reads like a mix of Lao Tzu， Art of War and The Prince。 Really good guide communist guide， and well collected into chapters， from how to prepare to war， anti-imperialism/anti-capitalism， improving the Communist Party， working together， the dangers of Liberalism， Women Equality， Education and Art etc。。。
Sadewo Dewobroto
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Perhaps some of the quotation could be very helpful in our real life sake。 But in case with the ideological term， what i could say， this book is the evidence of propaganda effort at its ‘very best language’ to persuade their fellows that i think the basic of their ideology is extremely dogmatic。
RM
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I decided that not enough of the books I read are by people of colour。 So I re-jigged my automatic book-choosing system （which is built on an Excel spreadsheet using random number functions） to give greater priority to non-white authors。 This was the first "people of colour" book the system chose for me。 I may need to tinker with the settings a bit more。 I decided that not enough of the books I read are by people of colour。 So I re-jigged my automatic book-choosing system （which is built on an Excel spreadsheet using random number functions） to give greater priority to non-white authors。 This was the first "people of colour" book the system chose for me。 I may need to tinker with the settings a bit more。 。。。more
Ger-bart Egberts
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Excellent work。 People should know that there was not only the 'red book' but also other books written by Mao's network and distributed amongst the people during the Great Asian War。 This ' red book' is where Maoist are against [unity without antagonism， obedience without treason etc。]， that is why this apparent policy was so poorly executed。 There were other books， in different colours， books about Chinese culture， their hopes and fears， there plans， but the books were lost in history。 let's ho Excellent work。 People should know that there was not only the 'red book' but also other books written by Mao's network and distributed amongst the people during the Great Asian War。 This ' red book' is where Maoist are against [unity without antagonism， obedience without treason etc。]， that is why this apparent policy was so poorly executed。 There were other books， in different colours， books about Chinese culture， their hopes and fears， there plans， but the books were lost in history。 let's hope the new China will come up with good alternatives for the Maoist ideas。 。。。more
Aaron Schuschu
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Sounds weirdly like all his recent critics。 Though sometimes yeah at some point， confrontation just goes past the point of trying to prove your point。
Luís Garcia
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Read in Bang Nam Chuet， Thailand
Angel
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amazing book， lots of great nuggets that inform theory。
Bruno Godinez
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Es una muy buena tesis， de ahi que muchos comunistas occidentales se sintieran tan atraídos al maoismo en vez de optar por la concepción y aplicación sovietica pero si vemos toda esta ideologia llevada a la practica pues， dista mucho de lo que Mao realmente plantea。 Actualmente son una superpotencia， si， ¿pero a que costo？ traicionar los valores mas puros de la revolución e implementar la nefasta Revolución Cultural que amedrentaba muchos principios contenidos en varios capítulos del libro como Es una muy buena tesis， de ahi que muchos comunistas occidentales se sintieran tan atraídos al maoismo en vez de optar por la concepción y aplicación sovietica pero si vemos toda esta ideologia llevada a la practica pues， dista mucho de lo que Mao realmente plantea。 Actualmente son una superpotencia， si， ¿pero a que costo？ traicionar los valores mas puros de la revolución e implementar la nefasta Revolución Cultural que amedrentaba muchos principios contenidos en varios capítulos del libro como la "Linea de Masas" y "Las contradicciones en el seno del pueblo。"， generandole las ya conocidas criticas a Mao acerca de su autoritarismo desmedido y sus purgas sin sentido para afianzarse en el poder。Independientemente de lo anterior señalado， es muy buen libro para comprender un poco el basto ideario de Mao， aunque para adentrarse con mayor profundidad al Maoismo yo recomendaria "Sobre la practica y la contradicción" ya que en este se amplia y sedimenta mejor mucho de lo que se habla en la obra。 。。。more
Bilbo
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«En la etapa actual， período de edificación del socialismo， integran el pueblo todas las clases， capas y grupos sociales que aprueban y apoyan la causa de la construcción socialista y participan en ella; son enemigos del pueblo todas las fuerzas y grupos sociales que oponen resistencia a la revolución socialista y se muestran hostiles a la construcción socialista， la dictadura democrática popular， el centralismo democrático y la dirección del PCCh»。
Breno Coelho
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Este livro é apenas uma coletanea de citações de Mao。 São comentários rasos， e quando são mais concretos， revelam tendencias autoritarias escondidas sob o termo "centralismo democrático"。 Uma visão mecanicista e totalmente deturpada do marxismo。 Este livro é apenas uma coletanea de citações de Mao。 São comentários rasos， e quando são mais concretos， revelam tendencias autoritarias escondidas sob o termo "centralismo democrático"。 Uma visão mecanicista e totalmente deturpada do marxismo。 。。。more
Shchors
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A book that helped reinforce the god-like cult of personality around the anti-Marxist revisionist， Mao Tse-Tung。 Contrary to what Maoists or some anti-communist historians may tell you， this work is by no means essential or even slightly necessary in the study of Marxism-Leninism or communism， as the quotes and subjects within it tend to fall into one of 3 categories: 1。 lack of understanding or total misunderstanding of Marx， Engels， Lenin and Stalin's works， ideas， and theories， 2。 contradicti A book that helped reinforce the god-like cult of personality around the anti-Marxist revisionist， Mao Tse-Tung。 Contrary to what Maoists or some anti-communist historians may tell you， this work is by no means essential or even slightly necessary in the study of Marxism-Leninism or communism， as the quotes and subjects within it tend to fall into one of 3 categories: 1。 lack of understanding or total misunderstanding of Marx， Engels， Lenin and Stalin's works， ideas， and theories， 2。 contradiction or rejection of the ideas of Marx， Engels， Lenin and Stalin， or 3。 whitewashing himself and trying to disguise his sinister revisionist， anti-Marxist， ideas with facts a Marxist-Leninist should know from day one。 Certainly not an essential piece in the study of Marxism-Leninism or communism， but good for a study of Mao， his mentality， and his revisionist ideology。 。。。more
Laurens Bynens
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As a historical piece of propaganda and political theory， I very much enjoyed reading this little book。 Yes， it's repetitive and often mind-numbingly monotonous。 That's probably partly the point， although there certainly are very interesting passages。 After a while， you kind of 'get into' the maoist mindset。As someone interested in North Korea on a non-scholarly basis， I found it interesting to see how certain worldviews， arguments and terms are used in both this book and in North Korean propaga As a historical piece of propaganda and political theory， I very much enjoyed reading this little book。 Yes， it's repetitive and often mind-numbingly monotonous。 That's probably partly the point， although there certainly are very interesting passages。 After a while， you kind of 'get into' the maoist mindset。As someone interested in North Korea on a non-scholarly basis， I found it interesting to see how certain worldviews， arguments and terms are used in both this book and in North Korean propaganda。 The book is also just a nice object。 It neatly fits into your pocket （again: the point） and the reference after every quote makes it a thorough collection。 。。。more
Ghetto Gerald
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Liebe Gruesze an JuLis und JuSos
David Peixoto
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Mao’s lessons are guidelines to the CCP （Chinese communist Party） and probably to the whole Chinese people in general still today。 It seems almost everyone still must read this book there。They learn （1） how to hate the US， （2） that China is a centralized democracy， （3） poverty was good in order to create a willingness to change， （4） they need capitalism and industries to become rich before they defeat the US， （5） freedom of speech is awful， （6） Marxism-Leninism is awesome， （7） they are doing us Mao’s lessons are guidelines to the CCP （Chinese communist Party） and probably to the whole Chinese people in general still today。 It seems almost everyone still must read this book there。They learn （1） how to hate the US， （2） that China is a centralized democracy， （3） poverty was good in order to create a willingness to change， （4） they need capitalism and industries to become rich before they defeat the US， （5） freedom of speech is awful， （6） Marxism-Leninism is awesome， （7） they are doing us （western civilization） a favor in destabilizing the US and thus they are liberating us （this is clearly they plan）， （8） education is key factor （familiar with that？） ， etc。It’s all written in plain Chinese （and translated to English）。 。。。more
Antoine Dusséaux
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Great to understand Chinese political culture。
Michael
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