[lbo-talk] A Call from the Maoists of Iran

Thomas Seay entheogens at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 30 09:09:38 PDT 2003


Chiang,

You fail to address Pugliese's comments on the Great Leap Forward and the Great Proleterian Cultural Revolution. Instead you choose to focus on the post-mao regime.

Mao once said that Stalin was 85% good, 15% bad. That should be some indication of his orientation, no? Or do you defend Stalin as well? Do you really still believe that the Great Proleterian Cultural Revolution was revolutionary? Do you really know what happened or is your position based on a blind religious impulse? You dont have to reply to this, but I suggest that you think about it. Millions of people died and suffered. Mao never once did one of his "beloved" self-criticisms. All that blood, all that suffering and fear and the mother fucker couldnt even do one of those cheap "self-criticisms" that everybody else was made to perform. Think about it. Is that the kind of world you want to live in? I dont believe your intention was this when you turned to radical politics. You should reconsider your allegiances.

-Thomas

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