The Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) is presented by the bias West as one giant wave of manic (physical) destruction throughout the entirety of China! This fits in well with the racialisation of the Chinese people – who are presented in Western media ‘as not quite human at all’! The ‘Cultural Revolution’ attacked one very important element of world imperialist domination – and that was the attitude of ‘bourgeois’ White dominance that lived on in China through elements of its institutions corrupted by the rhetoric of the right-wing ‘Nationalist’ government (defeated elements of which had invaded and took refuge on the island of Taiwan), and the survival of feudalistic and imperialistic tendencies! Yes, in some areas ‘old’ physical objects were attacked by over zealous youths (who mistook material objects for the ethereal ideas that produced them or that had become associated with them), but this was not everywhere, and neither was this behaviour continuous! The ‘Cultural Revolution’ possessed many progressive and positive elements that benefitted the people of China! Today, the ‘Cultural Revolution’ continuous with the preservation of of ancient artefacts as the racist bourgeois (and ‘imperialistic’) attitudes have been thoroughly defeated! There is nothing to fear from the material past and everything to learn!
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 