Re: [Marxism] Former Shanghai CP chief sentenced for corruption

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Walter Lippmann
<walterlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The new law's passage was not attributed to "militant trade union
> action" according to the article Louis posted. Apparently there is
> no disagreement on the origins of this particular law, one which
> FAVORS the Chinese proletariat. We'll see over time what actually
> occurs in practice, but the new law seems quite positive, right?


The New York Times
May 25, 2008
Letters
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/books/review/Letters-t-3.html?ref=review>

To the Editor:

I am writing to counter the one-sided and distorted picture of the
Chinese revolution, particularly the Cultural Revolution, in the
reviews of several Chinese novels in your May 4 issue. I grew up and
worked on a collective farm during the Cultural Revolution. I have
been doing research in China for the last 20 years.

Today more and more Chinese working-class people look back at the
Cultural Revolution years with fond memories. Despite some
shortcomings of the Cultural Revolution, China was a socialist society
that was overcoming inequality with full employment, free medical care
and free education for its citizens. It was a country that had largely
eradicated deeply rooted problems of homelessness, prostitution,
bandits and drug abuse.

Since China abandoned socialism, it has been faced with the spread of
drug abuse and prostitution, worsening environmental degradation,
official corruption and other crimes. It is time that we recognize the
positive lessons of Chinese revolution, particularly the Cultural
Revolution.

Dongping Han
Swannanoa, N.C.
The writer teaches history and political science at Warren Wilson College.

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