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Fighting a protracted people’s war is certainly admirable, is it the correct strategy in all circumstances? No. Is it the right strategy in the Phillipines? It has a severe lack of results to speak for itself, instead the maoists say China’s revisionism is why they’re failing. Even if that’s the case, why would they still then continue with a PPW that is achieving very little instead of analysing concrete conditions and applying a different strategy that might be more fruitful?
each revolution has its own conditions; mao and the cpc themselves realised this when they tried to apply the russian strategy to china. Assuming 21st century Philippines would work like mid 20th century China seems to me like a repetition of the same error and makes me question how they can call themselves Maoist
I get what you are saying, but you are critiqueing dogmatism. That is a seperate problem. Dogmatism is being closed minded towards newer theory / tactics and strategic retreats. Revisionism is the abandonment of class struggle and integrating into bourgeois politics.
Fighting a protracted people’s war is certainly admirable, is it the correct strategy in all circumstances? No. Is it the right strategy in the Phillipines? It has a severe lack of results to speak for itself, instead the maoists say China’s revisionism is why they’re failing. Even if that’s the case, why would they still then continue with a PPW that is achieving very little instead of analysing concrete conditions and applying a different strategy that might be more fruitful?
each revolution has its own conditions; mao and the cpc themselves realised this when they tried to apply the russian strategy to china. Assuming 21st century Philippines would work like mid 20th century China seems to me like a repetition of the same error and makes me question how they can call themselves Maoist
I get what you are saying, but you are critiqueing dogmatism. That is a seperate problem. Dogmatism is being closed minded towards newer theory / tactics and strategic retreats. Revisionism is the abandonment of class struggle and integrating into bourgeois politics.