And Mao Makes 5: Mao Tsetung’s Last Great Battle

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From the preface:" The scathing criticism and slanders against the Four are thinly veiledattacks on Mao Tsetung and Mao Tsetung Thought. In fact, this wasnot a "gang of four," it was a "gang of five" because these revolutionaries were closely allied with Mao and he had placed his confidence inthem. And, actually, it wasn't a "gang" at all-it was the core of therevolutionary headquarters within the Chinese Communist Party.Today exhortations for order, labor discipline and everything foreconomic development have replaced Mao's basic line of continuing therevolution and his call to "grasp revolution, promote production." TheCultural Revolution has, indeed, come to an end as inscribed by thenew rulers of China in the Political Report delivered by Hua Kuo-fengat the llth Party Congress in 1977-but not for the reasons they wouldhave us believe. It has ended because the opposition which Mao wasfighting to his last breath has come out on top, having seized control of the Party, army and state organs.How could something like this happen? Is it simply the result of the machinations and ambitions of a few leaders? "