THE MAOIST REVOLUTION A DIALECTICAL, INTERSECTIONAL READING OF THE EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE SOULS OF CHINESE FOLK





Dedicated to the Diaspora

By Ting Jun

Contrary to the proclamation of being the (failed) supersession of capitalism, the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949 was in actuality a (successful) bourgeois revolution that took the political form of a communist ideology. From this standpoint, the fate of women, colonized peoples, and the environment will not merely be a fringe ‘also happened:’ rather, it will help illuminate the true nature of the Revolution, both its astounding achievements, and the soul-shattering price the Chinese people paid to attain what seemed unattainable. Above all, it will be an inquiry into that emotional subtext hiding beneath layers of ‘rational’ discourse. Here we will find zealous hearts thirsting for vengeance; revolutionaries with PTSD and heroes who sought the highest of powers as a means to the end of universal justice.