Liu's China

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jun 9 09:46:18 PDT 1999


Barbara Laurence wrote:


>Isn't it true that in Marx and Engels, the proletariat makes the
>revolution, while in Lenin, Stalin, and Mao, the revolution makes the
>proletariat?

And the party has to serve the role of both proletarian vanguard (making the revolution on behalf of the masses) and substitute for the bourgeoisie (by promoting rapid economic development). A tall order indeed!

Doug



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