Basics, Part 1a
How to be a Good Communist
In today’s document (attached) Liu-Shaoqui discusses how
members of a Communist Party should “cultivate
and temper themselves” and “why
communists must undertake self cultivation.”
Liu says “…the proletariat must conscientiously go through long periods of
social revolutionary struggles and in such struggles change society and change
itself.”
The linked document is the first chapter. The remainder of the book can
be found on the Marxists Internet Archive.
This text is quite in demand, possibly because of its title, and because
of the simple didactic certainties that it offers. Let it speak for itself.
But we should in any case note that Liu Shaoqi’s political career ended
with his arrest in 1969 during the “cultural revolution”. He was expelled from
the Party in 1968, accused of being a “capitalist-roader”. His death followed
in 1969.
So in life, being a good communist, or being recognised as such, turned
out to be problematic for Liu Shaoqui.
Click the link below the graphic, above, to read more about Liu Shaoqui.
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The above is to
introduce the original reading-text: Liu Shaoqi, How to be a
good Communist, 1939.
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A PDF file of the reading text is attached
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