MARXISM - LENINISM - MAOISM

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Contents

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INTRODUCTION

 

PART  I

HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF

MARXISM - LENINISM - MAOISM

 

I . ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND TO THE BIRTH OF MARXISM

The Industrial Revolution

The French Revolution

The Bourgeois Democratic Revolutions

Conditions of the Proletariat

Working Class Consciousness and Proletarian Organisations

II. MAIN IDEOLOGICAL CURRENTS LEADING UP TO MARXISM

The Enlightment

Bourgeois Liberalism

Classical Political Economy

Socialist Theories

German Classical Philosophy

III. THE BIRTH OF MARXISM

Early Life of Marx and Engels

The Hegelian Left

Contact with Socialist and Revolutionary Thought

Study of Political Economy

Discovery of the Materialist Conception of History

Elaboration of Basic Principles of Marxism

Revolutionary Activity

The Communist Manifesto

IV. THE FIRST PERIOD: 1848 - 1871

Economic Boom

Marx’s Analysis of Capitalism

The 1848 Revolution

Marx and Engels During the 1848 Revolution

Other Revolutions in this Period

Formation of the International Workingmen’s Association

Fight against Wrong Trends in the First International

The Paris Commune and the First International

V. THE SECOND PERIOD: 1871 - 1905

Political Background

Economic Background

Fight against Opportunism in the German Party

Spread of Marxism

Opportunism in the Second International

Fight against Bernsteinian Revisionism

Lenin’s Early Years

Fight against Narodism

Fight against Economism

Fight against Menshevism

VI. THE THIRD PERIOD: 1905 - 1917

Political Background

The Russian Bourgeois Revolution of 1905

Two Tactics — the political preparation of the Party

Revolutions in the East

Second International on Colonialism and War

Fight against Revisionist Theories

World War I and Social Chauvinism

Bolshevik Position on the War

Analysis of Imperialism

Marxism and the National Question

February Bourgeois Revolution in Russia

Onwards to the Socialist Revolution

The State and Revolution

VII. THE FOURTH PERIOD: 1917 - 1949

Period of Historic Advances

Fight against the ‘Left’ Communists

War Communism

World-wide Revolutionary Crisis

Ideological and Political Foundations of the Third International

The NEP and the Trotskyite Opposition

Stalin’s Early Years

Foundations of Leninism

Socialist Industrialisation and Collectivisation of Agriculture

Errors of Stalin

Crisis of Capitalism

Rise of Fascism and Threat of World War

Third International’s Perspective on War and Fascism

World War II and the Tactics of the International Proletariat

Mao’s Early Years

Path of Revolution in the Colonies and Semi-Colonies

Establishment of Red Bases and Fight against various ‘Left’ Lines

Tactics for the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance

Mao’s Other Contributions to Marxism-Leninism in this Period

Victory of the Chinese People’s Revolution

Establishment of the Socialist Camp

VIII. THE FIFTH PERIOD: 1949 - 1976

Second Stage of General Crisis

Chinese Path of Revolution

Expansion of the World Economy

Modern Revisionism and Collapse of the Socialist Camp

The Great Debate

Two-Line Struggle against Capitalist Roaders

Political Economy of Socialism

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Establishment of Maoism as New Stage of Marxism-Leninism

Revival of Revolutionary Movements

Some ‘Left’ Ideological Currents in this Period

Deng Revisionism and the Loss of All Socialist Bases

IX. THE SIXTH PERIOD: 1976 ONWARDS

Crisis of Imperialism

Reorganisation of Revolutionary Forces

Some Anti-Marxist Ideological Trends

Advance to Final Victory guided by Marxism-Leninism-Maoism

 

PART  II

THE COMPONENT PARTS OF

MARXISM - LENINISM - MAOISM

 

X. PHILOSOPHY

Philosophical Materialism

Dialectics

The Materialist Conception of History

Lenin's Contribution to the Development of Marxist Philosophy

Mao's Contribution to the Development of Marxist Philosophy

XI. POLITICAL ECONOMY

Contribution of Marx and Engels

Contribution of Lenin

Contribution of Mao 

Economic Laws of Socialism

XII. SOCIALISM

1. SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM

Theory of Class Struggle

Socialism in One Country

2. THE SOCIALIST STATE

The Dictatorship of the Proletariat

The People’s Democratic Dictatorship

3. SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION

The Russian Experience

Socialist Industrialisation

Collectivisation of Agriculture

Victory of Socialism and Preliminary Conditions for Transition to Communism

Errors in Russian Experience

The Chinese Experience

General Line and Step-by-Step Collectivisation

Mao’s Development of Dialectical Approach to Socialist Construction

Great Leap Forward and the Birth of People’s Communes

Struggle against the Capitalist Roaders

4. THE GREAT PROLETARIAN CULTURAL REVOLUTION

Capitalist Restoration of the Soviet Union: Historical Lessons

The Cultural Revolution: A Form Found Anew

The Targets of the Revolution

Mass-Line in the Revolution

Historical Relevance of the Cultural Revolution

XIII. TACTICS OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE OF THE PROLETARIAT

1. BASIC PRINCIPLES

Marx’s Theoretical Basis

Leninist Tactical Principles

The Three Magic Weapons

2. BOURGEOIS-DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION AND PROLETARIAN-SOCIALIST REVOLUTION

3. TACTICS IN THE ABOVE THREE STAGES OF REVOLUTION

The Worker-Peasant Alliance

Leadership of the Proletariat

Lenin's Thesis on National and Colonial Question

Enrichment and Development of the Leninist Thesis on United Front by Mao

4. FORMS OF STRUGGLE

Forms of Armed Revolution

Mao's Theory of Protracted People’s War

5. TACTICS DURING WAR

Just and Unjust Wars

Tactics during Imperialist War

Mao’s Development of the Line on World War and Peace

XIV. THE PARTY

Marx and Engels on the Working Class Party

The Party of a New Type

Democratic Centralism

Mass-Line

Two-Line Struggle

XV. THE NATIONAL QUESTION

Marxist Understanding Regarding Early Nationality Movements

Leninist Linking of the National and Colonial Question

National Liberation Struggles

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

 

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