“Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
- Mao Zedong, ”Problems of War and Strategy,” November 6, 1938
‘The evil system of colonialism and imperialism and arose with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, and it will surely come to its end with the complete emancipation of the Black people.’
- Mao Zedong
Today in history: October 1, 1949 - Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declares the victory of the revolution and the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The world-historic announcement signaled the end of the civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which was preceeded by victory over the Japanese.
Via Freedom Road Socialist Organization (Fight Back!)
