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British Working People Enthusiastically Study, Propagate Mao TseTung Thought

First Publi shed: Hsinhua Correspondent, London September 1Oth 1970

Reproduced in People' s Canada Daily News September 17th 1970 p2.

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[EROL Note: The "progressive friends" referred to in the Hsinhua article were associated with the

Internationalists in Britain. The "small city" is probably Brighton .]

' Loildoo, Septo~ber 10 IH•!Mua Corrolpolldellt)

tA hla aol•mllal,atomoal "People or the w or 1 d, UAite and clefe1at the U. 8. IJ• poeuora ud all thetr n&JIAUiacfopl" luuecl on May 20, IIITO, the Clalneu peoptc •a 1 r c 1 t loador Chalrmao Jo(ao pointed ouh "The da~t~Cctr of a aow world,. war eUil extatil, ud the pooplo or all countrlea muat pt pres-~. ·Bill rev­olution Ia ·tho maiD treDd LD Ulf world l.oda.y." Chcl!r'!'•n Mao a.lao polDtcd out four year• aro, "The prolilt&rlal ud WCirf'laa people of Europo, ·Kort!l Amilr­lca ood Occ~nJ."' ar.o CU~pfll'le11C1Dc a aew •wokunJq. " What thl1 corrupolldeot hu st--un ud twa rd lD BrU.al• ·rwly beua oilt t hu abeoluw c.or~ll of tlle1e b r fIll a a l theM a of Chalrmlll Mao •a. Hur~ AN a /ow of)Uocltl• rocordl111 the IlriUNh wurk.log pc · e ardeDI etudy ·11ntf rm,p~JlHtlon of Mao Tact 1boul&i!L. Th<:y shed 11 tww Ulht oD the awak-conif!i of thlJ Brftl.,h worldl!J people,

A DOOKSflOI, SEL.LINO CII,\IRMAN MAO'S WOUKS

~~~• 11prlns, pJ"'trl'Vaaln· trtenda IJI a "mall ell)' lnYltud tbla eorreapcmdel!l to \ialt lholr boolUhop ICIUlQj c ··h&ll'inan Mno'"' wor~ ·

II wu loca!ed Jn a worker•• c~ntUDUD­lty. 'J'hO\II.ham~lJaapaae, lt .,. • . olo.,n and PI'OtlOriY dooor.ted. Wonera~ atu­d e nt 11 IUid o®u woniiiC popple oileD 'came &o relid o~buy Ma:rxlat-Lealilllt worka, ·

The fr!enda ill cbarse•of llle ·:abop told thla corrcepoodo~~· workt~u4 ·tu-9o.Jita IDlbe cU,y bad lODJYi·~ ·ban 11 bookebop IJl tb6 win'ker•• coJ\'mullity llltroduclq the llterat:ure of Marxl.8rn· LoDilliam-Mao Taetuq ~~. Now lbtJr hope bad ooara U'ue1 M .lald elat­edly. Tbo l;oobtiop wu::Wot tip'by the workera ·rod •tudeDta· ~mulYea , ac:p· urdl111 ~ ~ChaJtm-. M•O'I toaoiiiDa 1)11

IIClf-rello.,e, . · 11'8 r ... l dtffioulty Owl)' met Wltb •••

the hsck or II. bouae, Som• wunarriQd · youn& meJLOfrt:rod thtlri'OOm• whlie

I hoy thcmaolvea movod.eliOW~ro, They n(d that •• loa& u It wae of eome help L o t h c ~la.omlDAtloD of Mao .. Ttetuoi ThoUJht, they dld aot nUod wbethn they hAd to Uvo lll orowded room a or 1101, Tbla 11etUod the! hou1l~ prllbiem, .

Then, Uley coDtrlbuted fwlda for the purcha~~e of paJDI, ada .. aDd otller ma.,. crlala IXlcdcd In 'the repair work. Sev­enl YO\IDI worlcon ud at\ldeD&a apeat mor~ lhaoZO hoUdaya makJDibalkabelvu 11nd wiDdow- fnmoa asid wh!t.ewaahlq the -II• aNI coUirc.

Tht> book•hop WII flDally ope~aed OD May l thla yt'.il r . The a mall abop looked all the b r lchler lhatda,yuro-.orDew bookahelv41a wer• rUled wlUa worka by Marx, LcniD aDd ChaaJnnaa Mao.

The frleDda rwmiq tho boekahop nld excitedly that they would make, m.ore ef­roru to cU.~um~te r.tio Tlitt\IIII.Tb.oucht amoq tM W<>tker.. In·add.IUoD to tol• Uq boob • lhcy did other propaplida work u well. One of thom 1ud ~t lu urde)' t4 do the prOP'lp.ada won ~U .., ~e co~~erete C9~UOAS1D . Brltabl, tboy themaolv.e• muat · ,rudy woll MiarxJam.:.. Loninlam-Mao Teetuni Tbo\iiht. Tbey alii~~ Ch&ll"$Q~ao•a .worb 1D •U9b ·a way tb&t e..C~,t Ume :th.e.y co~ntratod ·on ODe topic lD tbe tiKb\. of thiltr , nvolutJoD-1\ly pracuoe. in&cuaalona were held regularly, In ao dolDg. they reaped good r~•~ta. . . Th~y 14ldJ "New problem• -and d,t,tnc­

ulUoa miPit crop up iJ:I the pro~~ work, but we wUl do our ~it to taolde them by rollQwi~g Cbah·m.a.n Mao•a lotu:lliag: 11Bo roaoluta, rear oo· ea¢ri:.. rice and aunnount every cWfio U1 ty to wiD victory.'·'

Shntlarbookahopa .have been opoile:d ln roeenl YCIATilD many other c1~··· W1.~ 11omeot the c~i1ea b•ving more~ QD.O · auch eho~. ~ •howe tbllt Mao Tie~

· T h,o u" tu, 1• bOlni . d.J.ae~tnated 'more ex~cnalvely airi'o.ai ~-. Bi'iti1b p®pte.

~UOY ClVtmMAN MAO•S·wo'RKS c9N8Qp;tl'r'IO'(JS~Y . . . . .

On bOlidlaya. a iriiilpor · w.orke~: aDd stu'donta, Ofto:D clalherJn • ·~bby' houlie . in ~e ·aubur~ ·Of ll oJty to atudy ~halr-­II1fJflt~o'• work.. 0:~ - ~~y, thi· ·COI'J'9BpODdeDt wn.lb­

vlted:to theli'boUie, AsJie entere\:1 the r'OOin, ·be ••w c>n.\ho ·Vt'8.11 a ·pgr.tnlt of

· the -ttea\ l!SI(.del: ChiJl'nl~ Mt,o O~~d by quotattoM from Chatnn.an .M~ II.Dd revvluUoniu:y'_alo;&U • . /i large dej~,~t U\e.wtildow·1iVJ·· c)ovn.cr :~u. Chalnl)u

:Maotawo·r'kwi:Ddo~~atio~ . wl,'ur · . revol\l.\tOnQ.J)'.OODtent; A me~ber'Q,f the) croup ·i.id.~ i"rlle .roc)m hu ll ·~lg ·tt~ . . t-l~~~_: J·o)' -~--~•P.lte ;~'- trnalloe•.• ·-~ !~b~•JI• ~o~ylle ·~ · ~~.oCif1\e:t~ere . to atUdy the. r e.vohi tl~a a ry irutha 10 c~an Ma.O-ia tdoh!Dp, · '.Moat ·or the. ,roup .aultJibl.U uve lJI pl&Qae q~Le Car a.w~ but .. ~y. alw~•:~t:famo on·ume evoil' lil'bad woo.P\er aDd .were DeV'er abaept:l{

A nieotiaiiiO .~r.ket ~otive, in IDOtber Cltyottoncanieb)'t.ralll;uter werldc> )OJa the group •tudy. $0m•UmQii 1 be i .tudiod ud'dJaeuaaed .wU~ h1W o~mrade• Ulllate . nt lllpt o.Dd ruahod baok to work af:ter a ahort rut, He aald that be 1\ad deeply undcretood after 1~ • tudy that "Mao Taetw~~ Thouch~ ta tbe. LOnint•m of our or' I When _Mao Tntunl Thought It 1 r a aped by the muaet of tho .world•• people, lmpertallam, re.vllioallm Udall rvacUOQ will bo •mashed. &Ad a br!&ht new world Wlll j)e b~lt." IQipil'ed·by thiii aonvlcUon, bo roriOj~~ •• ~c:l -f!i~ ii\10 IU¥1. atudled co~CJtAttouily ~ wsth -.vor !~roaa~ . keeiie•'•· 1

A prlnte.racUwl,V p~papt.ed lirrlnoSble Mao. T~~ Thouaht ~mQq the ~••e• of ~rkera wbUe •tud>'hla' h&J'1l.him•elf. Fe a r 1 D i. t t\ e apnad of 'Mao 'ra~tWtc Thoil&bt, Ule ocrpltallat. naked bhn Un­d6r ·u. prete1tt that oo ' "cll~~,~qloJi of pol_lt.lo•''wa .. allowed in the fa<~tory. But bo retueed to aubmlt, Witb ~· apecWc problem lD mind, he atud10d tbAfrmu Mao•a teachlDia "In·ll 1~813 rent .by clue ~~~. 11 ~ro •• rre~Qin tor. ~ ex~oft.iq9lauoa to explolU~ work­IDa peQpl_et thetoo le no Creodom ror the \Vorid.ni . people· not 'to be uP\olted.· i.nd uae~ La ·n.o littroOQro.ey. tor the proleta~ l~t ·~. 'Qther wot:klui ~pl~, 11 'Mib ~ auwortot'manrother Woritert,, be fOt!aht the oapltll,ll•t. of'the C•ctoey for a looc ~JUl. Ho ~pree-.ed · the dciterinJnaUon

. to devote hima~aitto the rcvoluUo~ry praoUoe of ovozibiowlDg tbe ruli'r of the mo~~.r. oap1W1et.i. R~epUy., lheae .w~n:kert &n~ etudeza~

atudied ap.Lra ~· apia ChQ.1)1nan M&ot.a aol,flmn · ·~~mt~Dt or ¥..v ZO.· SD .-upport or the atr~a:g\e ~ .t}}e· w.o~id ... pe~ple .... ~t u.s. lmlie:r~Jsm. , Thoy •a:t<t to tbia o.o~apobdc:Dt. JQYtUllyi "Cbalrm.&A ?,\~();• ~r~•t ~ brQ.lll#~ ~I.'No~on. tbu ·~·1/Ql~Uoi\ l.lhtl'm~m trtftdln .the wor-lcl todaf" :h"'' . p~n ul .Jriat :W.PiZ.aison,· Wo • n~"• :t ; o,lt~~-iiP~lr•Pidr '~app&y ~-~ r :ut~~~ 'tho~~l:, ·~k••n • ·~~ve ~t 1n :the ·~e ~·~f!.tt u~ s. ~~P­crwum IDd alHt»+uziDlilf dop :and112~~ ~r ¢G.D~t~u~ocf~ wo'tl~'.h!ioluu6n.•• ·

PAtOCrL£$St1N ·Y~qE Ol'' Q()UNTER-REVO~oT.rQN!/~V ·v'IOLENCt .

01ite aftetDOoil, iteveral y6wig men 1n • m.aJOr J:lrl~ab O:ity •PNld Mao Tiieh.t.a. ·

~ 't~~fj~<>ir~. · · · t:•lD~tr ..;;; . .:ttme~~~t to~r~t;• quazier ~jl biib •P.J.rltl'• e~b W:...l.tifli • ~·~

·~an Maob•,~iO ~~ - ~~~l~:~Uiihern '"Q~~tto• r~ c~.; Mao Ta~

.t~'i o~rWQtkalif, P~rm,~li·~ -~ b'oOka oii·ChlJIA '•Oreat P.i01etariaa Cult)... ural Re•olutlori. · · · · · · ·

T)loj w•r• WJ'rii!-lY W.llcomod, Milly of ~ 'wo,r~ere iD4'.~!f.-4f t&mut•• 1~t roUD(J . thHe YOUIII' maD 1ln4~d (b~m ,,~ ltv­ely cll&Ou:.atozil on the'·;grei:it •l&iUfio~e or Ma.o T·attN!li ThOu&hi to the re·totuuciD­al')'•trugCteebfthi;JworlOiltolau uct the o~roe.ed pcgplo Qf thli world &IXJ. ·on ttae· tremendoua lnfJuenco of ChiDA'I C\iitur.J revolution In the world, SOme ol them Yhct w Ub e 'ao h other to read or. buy Chairmu Ma·o•a worlra, Tbe-Y.o"Or~cn•ai ardoat •ove for Moo Tee­

tq'i'boupt th,..w the reacUoury .auth­orttie•lnto rreat w1nn, At duak, eroupe or JI()Uce were altm to tho place. to dl~t­per" the Wt>rkcre. Batch •ltet b*t.ch .ot ~l.ioo ~rn~dcw ~r.-:wltb'bU~II{ •· .. do­Uitli8 and pollee whittlet made a tarrU­lo ~~.! ... TJ!t' )'O!'~ii Ud worbrit dld pot

Pow tJae alJP~al fear IJl fa(!O Of -po\ioe , "~\larne~ry~m.oc~11 ~ O.nthe.~ll tOnor~ Tbor ti'J'*1 ~mly ·uhoberly of 1lw "'"tlJII .l'~ were~~~ portr~t.e with Ule pouoe aod de~ tbelr t..... of Man, · ~~1!!1, · _LoAlD anif~ln Qc!· clat. -.eta~. the port.nll ol'CbairtnA!l Ma~ i.Dd ~atera

ACCllled b)' the I.DI"fY. mu .. •, the ~ with revo\u(lonary alo~·au •. After the Uoe fo\!Dd tbeut"lnt devo~ or all. ar&- 'II\. e tlu I Wll .. deolal'ed··D· 'Worlcen umoittt aDd i.n p-eiahmbanutmeDt. tOQk the Door one a.ttor the-oth,er to de­Tbey reeon.d. to coiJD!.e.,.reYolutioD&'r'J u,ounce 1everoly the m~pQI.Y cnpltaUat . v lc>\'.el)o·e ~ . A IWniber ofpeQP,e MN 'tl'lcb of "tvro-'pllrty 1yatem" i:u¥1 "pat-. •ll'~lntowilee (l&rl alter.m~ puab- liam eat a ry democraoy". T.hey nu~de iq .Dd ~atlq. 'Wbou ~ car-. i!epo to .moro -tbai:l ten cborp1 apt nat the ·te>­drtve .~; DOble -NvOl~o"D&'i'y,~ C'&lled. t~par1y1yatem. Spea:ldnJ from wot.elh·~t;;ythoaidnaidlh "Dowll -wlth FJOrloD.il exporJc!n:cc, an old worker a.o­moDOpOlt' ~~p!tallim 1" "~Wii ~th ru- c.u.ed tbe lnOQOpoly capl.talJ.at olua of c~mt" iry1o~ry beloJSP ~the WOrkiq· i'\lth 1118 i orltnOI a~~t the WO,rker& oJ~qfti 11l.-oQcU'Yt -Cba,l~m l!{to:l" .. ~rO\IP. poUuc·al opflreaeion llnd ·~oon--

Tboae ~tjieopltl wen pUt lnc.O pi1- 0 m fc .. oxploiLaUoa. They cam a to UD'!'

10Ji·and. orueU)' toi'ti&red. 15o.tno of ~11:1 ammous coPClualoD that 11¢rUam.;n~ey ·were i)oaten ~~ ~•1 J~~d~ . But tbe'lr dclribOr:acy" Ia a .bo"t'~ola i~lt'ument Rabtllll ·~onie beoame evea.blper uw;l forhoOdwinldaii ·~ enalaviDi·\hQ work­lh&). wapd a ~Ull inore:bi;r'OlQ at~e er11 II.Dd oUter labourhli peojllc; lbat tbe in pnaoll, They •U« lo\Hny "T~ J'Jde.r- w Q rkt nc- claia will never take po.rl In n,aUQnalt" ~- othor reYo.Iu\lOb&ty IJOD.,a INCh · "olee~ona" ~\1&& the two bour­wblobecboe:cithroupo~ 9lewtlclle p_r.i~on.,eole paitica comiag 1n pc;W(:r ln turn do Thq 119c.uaedults wa,~ra wra~~y · f.ac.e · t~'h" ·-utmost to . ~rve · mc)nc)po1y capital; . to face •· upoalzl&the hypc)Oniy or tbt ·•o- i.ha~!ho w.orlQilc cla•.• 1'1:\uat mere lle'&al)' calle~ : .,fnit ·ioelbtytt, ·tbrowilli the wa~ .Xpoao ~be b,y_poorl~y or "~rlla~cnt&l'i')' de-r• · blto~CU•~nv. · . . :d8m0Ct'll¢y imd enorcet1ea1ly .arm!~

At a. reeultof~ ·~bc,n ·~o oft:lf·Witb.·J,ta~m-Lonlnllin-MaoT.a.,t\1~ ·the ~c)u~ ' tbt<.;uthoritst• ~·d ·-to 1'"1 1.'-boulbi),ll .~. :•~r~l~ w. ov~l!U-OYt'· the Qb.tr,.• .~p.Su.~ ~171. tor ~~~r f)~r- r-ule of monopoly oapl~ :~ ~.to.bll•b 1 e o~tlo.~. ~~ ~jle - llnall.Y ~eu~d atote pOWer; of: the woridnf elA:at:< .-·he'!-: befi:ll iiM4. An.r their nleaae At UiO lll.t·b c r lni, o.wor.ker told tht. t.~Y •~d·tbat ~1~ 'POre- oxpci'ii.~• cor ro•P.o.~CleJ\1.:. uW,e w~rkerH~\ otlly }lp.~ • lu~l~ . them to rolllbe· ti\Ofe k-.enly bcld mq«~UDia 19 ~rl~oi~ and r~p\.IClla~ (h• ·-~~- ot, p~""u· )!ap'J. ~a,9.h101 ·•~rlliarnenta_tjr Cb!m!JCt:a'r>"' ! but ~l~() · thn(''A'l~ 110~g4o~u ~ 'pf.por U&or:~. d!ett:Sbti.tCd p.ro.-p.nda .mawiiata In the '{j) ·ia ppea r:h e'c, tli8 reactiosiadell a):e ttNCi.te -·Dd ~!)'(icci' roaldontilll . quJ.rW!ra Letrif.Ylliii but In roalltY .UieY -ire DOt ao to ~ta~de moro wor:kora tC) rofuf!O to powe r,(\&1. ff.9m a lq_·~tm point or tako parna ·voet~. He ~llid atadly ~o.t view, it la not ~· .-oP.9ti.~rie• but the t~lr propapil.dll •In workera• "'~rwra people who are really powerful;" . . had achfev~ ~~ rolldta·, Mney .vork-

H t.v ta:r auiiu~:ed up :~ experience or ar-, &,ere~ wltb ·lh91r vle.w• a~cl' ·~fuiod ·Ut*h· ·~ll• •. Ua"•·•·Y.O\Ial ~n,p-e 1iAW to ~· to ·.the. poll_. ®ritin~~~~ - ~ ~·~mi~ ...,o ~-••tuJll DUtlQI.the:"&UeralelooUon", thl• co­'thou.iht anwDI tbe iiiu1.eaJ.ia a more r~-~·lft>bdoAt 1\l.•o · wlt~~dthemit'-h vlfciroils and efCec~t wiJ.~ wodd.Pt ~· ~t:t1fU1~ lipJ.,nU mono-

• po~ ca¢-~jl':•!:dlte :a..,n&.f' tndlvora ~way a. JU;~I,.vTELY EXpOSE A~D OPPOSE ''Wbe n . tb~ ~l!i~f(.Qlu gf tl\& lwo~rtloa ·sovROEOIS tipA:RLlA$~'l'ARY n1ado their elecUoa epeoqhpa, : British bE_Moci~CY" · ·· · w.o~tl hold ckhnollltmtol\l/ _Carry•

iJI(·caple .• .-of"Q.uot:atioD# from !Ohnirman R.o.fc:i rTh g to "patllome~taty dam~ Mao Taelu11i1 lhcy Sl(pi)lod 'fl\cc~'~· race ·

c.raoy" In Out capltal18t ~u.otrlea~ '-he tbe c rtmu mo~poiy capltaf•{ld Cr.•~ 'leader Chninn&D . M.*;O polnle~ C)Ut ihoofe(S ievoluUobry alopna I drtvin'c . In or • ~n a ~de ago tliat "tbJI •o- ao~o reai:ltloDilry members or parUam­o&lled tw~P~Qif •Y•~ li nothi.Dr but em oft tbe S~tatfonn, a. device for maJntainllli tbe d.Jo~nbip A wor~r nld pn>uclly tbat the "brood of the bourpOlale; .lt C.l.!lM..ver prto-' and fio"e atl"Uiile o[ tho BrlUah work­tee freedom to tu worldq po<~ple." ID~elua ap1ul bo~o11 "parllameu-

Atthe ~~~~eral eloctlon" of. the DriUsb tary demoaraoy" b lUI Important mark aovoJ"Qftlent lut JUDe, Brttlab 'IJorker• of 1 ta new ll....Uk.enlni. A jourlllll pub­nppll6d tbl.l brUliant .lbll:lk1.q of Cba.lr"- i1bed by workcn pointed out that .th11 mu.Mao••to their enerpt~ 1tnqpe to 1.8 "the moat poUUclll expreulon or the e.q,o••. •!)It o.ppo•~. boufP.Oi• "parllam- p.o we r. or u,e. working clu• aDd a a~p ell~ de~ocraey • fol"tt'ard lu the yoara of BriUab woritln&

OQe ct.y_, UlJ• oon-e•poatent wa1 blvl~ cto.t1 hl.toryt•. · edto·~e -pejitna pthilrllll of a aumbor · ot wo.r\G J'l to ¢.rJ~lQ · aDd n~l.te ___ ,~~...__. __ . ____________ _ ..•. . .....