Course on Anti-Imperialism,
War and Peace, Part 6a
Ho Chi Minh and Le Duan
Political and
Military in Revolutionary War
Le Duan’s
“Political and Military in Revolutionary War” is a short, powerful piece of
writing that manages to include a great deal of wisdom in a few words.
Le Duan says, confirming Pomeroy:
“… the close
combination of political and military struggle constitutes the basic form of
revolutionary violence in South Vietnam”
It is hard to introduce such
an article as this, except to say that it is an example of communist
simplicity, brevity and clarity that can hardly be beaten. It is ideal for
study circles. If necessary, such an article as this can be read out loud, and
serve as its own introduction. It is a good example to anyone, of how to
reproduce your theory in plain terms that workers and peasants can understand,
without losing any of its quality.
Le Duan even manages to
mention the National Democratic Revolution in an educational manner, thus:
“Like the national-democratic revolution all over
the country in the past, the present South Vietnamese revolution has the
workers and peasants as its main force and the worker-peasant alliance led by
the working class as the cornerstone of the national united front.”
A small archive of Le Duan’s writing can be
found on MIA.
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The above is to
introduce the original reading-text: Political
and Military in Revolutionary War, 1967, Le Duan.
