Maoism

An Attempt of Restarting a Country to “Year Zero” Today, Cambodia ranks number 43 of the poorest countries in the world (Pasquali). Cambodia is a country in South East Asia and is less than half the size of California. Missing a bridge sentence to connect to theses statement. During the Cambodian Genocide, a group of Communist guerillas took over leaving the people of the country in devastation, with thousands of brutal interrogation centers, until one country saves them. The Rise of the Khmer…

Essay: In the aftermath of the Vietnam War (1955-1975) Cambodia’s political and social tensions rose so dramatically that they led to war with Vietnam. Cambodia went from celebrating their victory over the Americans to a nation on the brink of war with its neighbours. In the aftermath of the war, due to clashing communist ideologies, the countries, Cambodia and Vietnam, positioned themselves against each other. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge conducted mass purges that kill a million people and…

In China the cultural golden age of philosophy was the spring and autumn period as well as the warring states period, many of Chinas most famous philosophies were conceived of in these periods, including; Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism. There are countless other schools of thought of this era hence why it is commonly known as the hundred schools of thought period, which includes both the times of the spring and autumn and warring states. The majority of Chinese Philosophies are concerned with…

On December 26, 1893, the architect of China’s Communist revolution and the founding member of the Chinese Communist Party(CCP), Chairman Mao Zedong(毛泽东) was born. Although many of his socialist reforms resulted in failure and caused much devastation for the people of China, his legacy as a nationalist leader and the creator of an independent China still inspires post-Mao generations. Born from a peasant family, Chairman Mao understood what it was like to be in the “98 percent”. This allowed him…

Nevertheless, the party’s ideologies were an extension of the practices of the late Malcolm X, and the precepts of Maoism and Marxism. The Malcolm X – based belief that “…by any means necessary…” was much embraced among the B.P.’s, and was the main reason why the B.P.’s carried guns in public; it was on the basis of self-defense. Newton explained how the nature of the…

literally meaning ‘Red Khmers’, to describe the Communist Party of Kampuchea, led by Saloth Sar, or more commonly known as Pol Pot. From 1975-1979, the Khmer Rouge seized power over Cambodia and conducted the tragic Cambodian genocide. Inspired by Maoism, they believed in the creation of a classless, communal society to achieve equality of all, and enforced this through the evacuation of cities. The establishment of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia emerged out the era of French colonisation during…

Under Maoist socialism the traditional Chinese family was entirely reconsidered. The Communist Party, eager to rid China of its old feudal culture, promoted new policies that destroyed the patriarchal kinship model the people of China had been following whereby the male individual was of most value within the family and expected to continue the family lineage. The idea of filial piety was replaced by filial nationalism and the people of China were ordered to prioritize the state over one's…

On October 1st, 1949, communist leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the People’s Republic of China, naming himself as head of the state. The declaration ended over six years of bloody civil warfare against the Guomindang (GMD, Chinese Nationalist Party) led by the Chiang Kai-Shek, whose eventual unpopularity and corruption drove them to flee China altogether. Chairman Mao’s popular revolutionary vision for the People’s Republic Of China aimed to favor the peasantry, whereas the redistribution of land…

Another brutal dictator was Saloth Sar, or as he was known, Pol Pot. Pot killed nearly a quarter of Cambodia’s then population by means of execution, torture, starvation, and disease. Pot and his men took part in a style of communism based off of Maoism and Stalinism and then went even further, into the…

[footnote ming 7] By providing “alternative moral discourse” Falun Gong has become a perceived threat, as the “Communist leadership considered itself triumphant in regulating the bodies and minds” of the people. [footnote ming1] Thus, Marxism (and perhaps Maoism) are placed in direct opposition with Falun Gong’s ideologies. While Marxism stresses science, Falun Gong emphasizes spirituality. While the Party places the importance of the collective and the masses first, Falun Gong advocates for…