Reprinted from http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2009/octubre/mier7/Reflections-6OCT.html:

Reflections of Fidel
History cannot be ignored

(Taken from CubaDebate)

THE 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China was commemorated this past October 1.

On that historic day in 1949, Mao Zedong, as leader of the Communist Party of China, presided over the first parade of the People’s Army and the people of China in Tiananmen Square. The victorious soldiers bore the arms seized in combat from invaders, oligarchies and traitors to their homeland.

The following is a very interesting document from China, regarding recent events, ideological issues at stake, and the implications for the direction of socialism in China. It's reprinted here from MR Zine. The list of signatories on this letter are at the end of the document.

Our Views on the Black Brick Kiln and Other Incidents and Recommendations for the 17th Party Congress

by Ma Bin, et al.

Let us refer to a famous poem by Mao that stirs excitement among us all: "A cuckoo is crying in the midnight until she throws up blood; she believes that her crying can bring the east wind back!" We deeply hope our respected leaders will stir up the east wind!

General Secretary Hu Jintao and the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau Standing Committee Members, Members and alternates:

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December 26, 2006 marks the 113th birthday of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. Mao died on September 9, 1976.

Mao was the principal leader of Chinese Communist Party, which led the 1949 revolution in China, which liberated 1/4 of the world's population from semi-colonialism, semi-feudalism and bureacrat capitalism.

In the Chinese revolution, Mao developed the military strategy of Protracted People's War, which was key to the victory in China and was then adapted to other successful socialist revolutions of the 20th century, such as in Vietnam, Korea, and was adapted as far away as places like El Salvador by the revolutionary national liberation movement.

Mao also deepened communist theory on how to organize the masses in his writings on the mass line and the united front.

Mao also was the main figure in the fight against modern revisionism as propogated by the Communist Party of the Soviet union under Kruschev. Mao and the Chinese Communist Party wrote some of the most important and influential polemics in this debate in the international communist movement.

There is of course much more to say but for time's sake I'll leave it at that and encourage readers to add their thoughts on Mao Zedong's important contributions to human liberation.

A Proposal Concerning the General Line of the International Communist Movement

The Letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Reply to the Letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of March 30, 1963

June 14, 1963

The Central Committee of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Dear Comrades,

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has studied the letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Sovi

ON THE QUESTION OF STALIN

Second Comment on the Open Letter of the Central Committee of the CPSU

by the Editorial Departments of Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) and Hongqi (Red Flag)

(September 13, 1963)

THE question of Stalin is one of world-wide importance which has had repercussions among all classes in every country and which is still a subject of much discussion today, with different classes and their political parties

IS YUGOSLAVIA A SOCIALIST COUNTRY?

COMMENT ON THE OPEN LETTER OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE CPSU (III)

by the Editorial Departments of Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) and Hongqi (Red Flag) September 26, 1963

Is Yugoslavia a socialist country?

All documents here were copied from the now-defunct Maoist Documentation Project.