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SS" Mee fse-Tung Th 7 — a ied a a ed 36 ought could be described as the ectgfice of ' Marxism-Leninism in the era of national l&beration strug7les. Mao took Lenin's organizational concepts in a semi-industriallzed country (Russia) and applied them to a colonized country totally a ee . ar. ees “MAO TSE-TUNG “ ORT ay :, Lmmersea in feudalism. «..Up until the Chinese Revolution the peasants in underdeveloped countries had been given a subordinate role in the revolution. Even _though Lenin had put forth the idea of a United Front based on an alliance between the peasanta and the proletariat, the Russian Revolution was primarily focussed on the oitiese After the defeats in 1927 Mao took his party and army to the countryside and organized his base anong the peasantry. He still believed the urban proletariat would eventua'ly be in the leadership of . the revolution, bat he did not orient his efforts toward them . In setting up a moel for notional lilerantion struggles, Mao developed the idea of the twoestare revolution, a model which has been closely followed ty the people of Viet Nam and Cambodiae Mao based his *vorsta;-e theory on & olaas analysis of colonized countries. In countries dorinetet by inportelisn Mao saw the existénce of five olassest 1) Landlords -- this was composed of two parte--big landlords who vere lac':egts of imperialism and were the min poople propping up the feudalisatioc system and the sraller landlords whose relationship to imperiealiam was ambiguouse Mio saw big landlormis as definite enemies of the revolution and viewed email landlords to pos: idle allies of the revolution during ita entieimooriclist phase. 2) the bourgedisie-- like the landlord class, the bourcebdisie had two components -- the big or comprador bourgeoisie who ran business for the imperialists in Chine and wore total enemies of the people and the national b rodioie Wio wore also exploitary of the people but at the same tine we:e often exploited by the fmper- jalistse Kao vieved the national bourreoishe es possible allies in kicking out the inocriclistse 3) the petit bourgeoisie ot , these vere the sxnll ocpitaliate wio were not totally revolutionary in potential but wre much more tho victics of imperialism ‘than exploiters of the peoples Meo sav the most progrensive elements of the petit bourgeoisie as hrvaing tho potenticl to beco.e communist revolutionaries. 4) the peasants -= the peasantry Comprised 80 per cent of the Olinesa peosle and b.0 Viewed t'e poorest elements amon:: the peasantry eo tle "rin eontincent of China's rovolutionoary forces". 5) the vroletcriat-- seen by veo no "the basic notive forea of the Chinese Revclution". realatem, In the first stzro of }ho sav the strug-le as oe to kick the imperialists :nd tietr leeceys out of the Country and establish a democracye The strete-y for tits strugcle vee © orotracteg peonle's guorrilia war led by en elliense of tha pecsantry, the proletarict, and the revolution. ry elensenta of the palit Sourpeoisiee Bo clno saw soe people @non; the notions tour eoiske as PB rticin nts in a United Front ecninst isnorlalisr but wes ecrefnl to euohcsize thet - the perty rust be in tho leacersti> of the revolutions The eulmination of t is »hasa of the rovolution wes a Soint Giotctorst.in of the peasents, the proletsrict, <n the Povokettiorsr: petit bourpeolsie uncer e mixed economy ( Ltr iniustrten nosionatized ang EL- furin: natiors lized tit o sicnifiecnt -r-urt of 2VOp rey remeinin: 45 vorie - vate tands)e This "ne cerotm: Sic" obese is sg en as tre period vben the Louncations for c@eic lism cre pulite Ths cto e of tice revolution en@ed in Shing in the nic SC's. The second Stace is tie socialist stage where virtucTty ti erttre economy 15 _