Word: mao
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...people today identify as revolutionary communists. Even fewer unabashedly and excitedly espouse the political ideology of Chinese dictator Mao Zedong...
...that’s just what Bob Avakian does in his memoir “From Ike to Mao and Beyond.” As you may have deduced from the title, the book traces Avakian’s transformation from an unenlightened bourgeois child—a product of those stiflingly conformist ’50s—to a revolutionary Maoist...
...penned. He is the author of “Conquer the World? The International Proletariat Must and Will,” “Democracy: Can’t We Do Better Than That?,” and, my personal favorite, “Radical Ruptures, or, Yes, Mao More Than Ever” (I’m just a sucker for political word play). Clearly we are a long way from a youthful, ebullient, Kerouacian musings...
Avakian confesses that, like Mao, he believes that “not having a correct political, and ideological line is like having no soul.” The perceived soullessness on the part of the ideologically misinformed caused Avakian to break ties with his family...
...what is truly disturbing about Avakian’s philosophy was his advocacy of violence and his ability to whitewash violence enacted by his heroes, Mao and Stalin...