Farewell to the God of Plague Poem by Mao Zedong Brief note by editors: Mao wrote this poem after not being able to fall asleep, excited after hearing snail fever had been wiped out in Yukiang County. Centuries of feudal exploitation and imperialist domination, compounded by the spread of epidemics and disease, were in the [...]
Month: March 2020
Countering Pessimistic Winds: Applied Revolutionary Optimism in Revolutionary China
Article by Mariposa Vermelha Editors note: Edits were made to this piece on 4/1/20 after an email requesting clarity over who Li Feng-lan was and what side she took during the 1976 counterrevolution--which was revealed to have been the left line by the original author. During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (GPCR) a great many [...]