Socialist Challenge1980Socialist Challenge No. 175, 3 December 1980Charges
Socialist Challenge No. 175, 3 December 1980 · p. 12 of the scan · 123 words
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page 12 of the scan
Which is not to say that the charges have any bearing upon reality. During the increasingly Mao.
But the accusation that they plotted to murder him, or were responsible tor deaths of tens of thousands is ludicrous. The trial is the culmination of a struggle the Chinese leadership going back 20 years.
That struggle began in the late 1950s with the launching by the leadership of two immensely important movements - the People's Commune movement and the Great Leap Forward. Collectives These were directed, organised and inspired by Mao. The People's Commune movecreate, rapidly, 26,000 aniculula corecaves. of which would have well over 10,000 members.
The productivity communes would be increased by 'moral incentives' Socialist Challenge 3 December 1980 Page 12