Re: The Chinese Left

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Subject: Re: The Chinese Left


> Regarding the discussion of the Chinese "left":
>
> Questions - (1) Where is the discussion of the position and fate of the
> so-called "gang of four" who were those allegedly closest to Mao, and were
> presumably imprisoned? Where are those across China who were also
imprisoned,
> or worse, with whom they were politically associated? Are they dead or
alive?
> What has happened to them? Does ANYONE in China (or anywhere else for that
> matter) care? And if they, any of them, are alive, what is their position
on
> the current politics and policies of china and the world? Do they have
> positions? Can their positions be known? Do they have adherents in the
form
> of groups or individuals?
>
> (2) I did not see in the China "left" discussion a clear (or any!) class
> analysis, nor discussion of the shifting alignment of class forces in
> internal and anti-imperialist struggle within China at present nor over
the
> years of the the near past since Mao's death. Nor who (parties,
individuals)
> represents, or has represented the various class and anti-imperialist
> positions. Isn't such a dynamic analysis obligatory for Marxists? How else
> are we to understand what is going on there?
>