Maoism compared to Marxism

[Naroc]

Hey guys,
I've been researching a lot about Maoism the last few days, because i'm not really in touch what Maoists distinguishes from Marxists, Marxist-Leninist and Stalinists. A friend of mine calls himself Maoist, and since we haven't had contact for a while i'm not able to ask him right now. I'm just interested in their "beliefs". Can someone explain to me in detail whats the difference between the views from Maoists compared to all the others?

[ArisVelouxiotis]

Don't most Maoists consider themselves Marxists?I don't know what differences there are if any from Marxists-Leninists-Maoists to Maoists.

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

Maoism stands for class-conciliation/compromise(new democracy) is based on the peasantry (surrounding the city from the countryside) it is hella cultish and like all stalinism thinks socialism in one country is a possibility

[Comrade Jacob]

Maoism is an extension of Marxism-Leninism, hence 'Marxism-Leninism-Maoism'
You should read the Maoist groups description: http://www.revleft.com/vb/group.php?groupid=10

And some Mao (cheekily put in 'reference'):https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/index.htm
A lot of his stuff is short.

[Yet_Another_Boring_Marxist]

I'm going to a demo soon but I'll try to respond when I get back. If I don't then send me a private message. personally I prefer political discussions that way

[Sinister Intents]

Same thing. Mao adapted Marxism-Leninism to the conditions of China, and it became known as Marxism- Leninism- Mao Zedong Thought. He claimed his theory to be the true progress of Marxism-Leninism.

It was the Communist Party of Peru that relabelled it as Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.

If we just say Maoism, it could apply to 2 things:

Either the theoretical principle I just said above, or the practical way that Mao lead China.

I found this post in the exact same thread type useful.

[Naroc]

Alright, thank you all ;)

[boiler]

One of the main points of Maoism is anti-revisionism. Maoist believe socialism ended in the USSR when Khrushchovites came to power and revised the fundamental principles of Marxism-Leninism. One of the main points and what is my favorite point of the Maoist philosophy is the way to defeat revisionists within the Party, and the way to do this is by waging Cultural Revolution. During the Cultural Revolution in China there was a lot put into education and raising the cultural levels of the people, so they could impose proletarian ideology in place of the old bourgeois ideology "place politics in the command of administration", and to make sure every single Party official would "remain one of the common people". The people were encouraged to complain about local corrupt Party officials. During the Cultural Revolution "revolutionary committees" sprang up everywhere, member's elected were subject to recall, and directly responsible to the people. Members were taken from mass organizations, the People's liberation Army and the Party. Revolutionary committees sprang up everywhere and at all levels, from factories to communes to regional and provincial government, the committees provided a link for the people to participate in running the country.

[DDR]

See if this helps you :)

http://www.revleft.com/vb/marxism-leninism-maoism-t175401/index.html

[reb]

Maoism is a bourgeois ideology dressed up in marxist rhetoric, much like marxism-leninism. All of this anti-revisionism nonsense is just ideological veneers covering political agendas that have long since faded into history. Marxists-leninists are stalinists. Marxism-leninism is just the name they give themselves because it sounds nicer and marxism-leninism also had nothing to do with marxism.

[#FF0000]

Yo i think Maoism is a bunch of dumb nonsense too but can we at least pretend to give an explanation of what it is and not just what we think about it