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Zak
10th February 2006, 16:16
Hello everyone! I'm Zak living in Taipei. I can speak English, some Chinese, and some Spanish. I can read Spanish better than speak it and speak Chinese better than read it.

I found this board while reading about Castro and Che. I'm a leftist but wouldn't consider myself a communist because I really don't know enough about it to say so. I joined this board to learn about communism. I'm interested in people's opinions on Maoism. My perspective is more Taiwanese sympathizing with the DPP. I admit my bias but it comes more from the people I'm surrounded by than a solid analysis. I don't think I'm well enough informed to make an arguable opinion.

I look forward to learning.
loveme4whoiam
10th February 2006, 17:14
Welcome to the forums :D I came here in similar circumstances, and believe me this is a great place for education. Hope you enjoy your stay.
Tekun
11th February 2006, 02:52
Welcome brother, may ur stay be long and informative :D

Im somewhat of a Mao admirer
How do u feel about the revisionist policies enacted in present day China?
BattleOfTheCowshed
11th February 2006, 07:42
Welcome! Hopefully you will find your stay enlightening.
leftist resistance
11th February 2006, 12:56
Ni hao?welcome

DPP is the one who is against the merging with China right?
Zak
11th February 2006, 14:22
Right the DPP are more against merging. But even their opponents the KMT don't support unification. It's very hard to get elected on that basis now. The KMT were originally a dictatorship. A little over 20 years ago in Taiwan there was no free speech. You could be thrown in prison for speaking out against the president. Now you can trash him on a talk show all you like.
So originally the DPP were the party in favor of a democracy rather than a dictatorship. A lot of them spent time in jail. Now that the DPP won their democracy politics are a little strange. The parties are not really strongly divided into right and left, though DPP is probably more the left since they are progressive. There are also other parties with seats in the Yuan, like the PFP people first party.
HamptonComesAlive
11th February 2006, 16:43
Hey man,

My name is Zak too
RedJacobin
12th February 2006, 20:22
Originally posted by [email protected] 10 2006, 04:43 PM
Hello everyone! I'm Zak living in Taipei. I can speak English, some Chinese, and some Spanish. I can read Spanish better than speak it and speak Chinese better than read it.

I found this board while reading about Castro and Che. I'm a leftist but wouldn't consider myself a communist because I really don't know enough about it to say so. I joined this board to learn about communism. I'm interested in people's opinions on Maoism. My perspective is more Taiwanese sympathizing with the DPP. I admit my bias but it comes more from the people I'm surrounded by than a solid analysis. I don't think I'm well enough informed to make an arguable opinion.

I look forward to learning.
Hi,

What do you think of the Taiwan Labor Party?

I'm in the US, but I found them on the web when I was searching for leftist writings on Taiwan.

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/6173/lp-en.htm
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senat...73/linseoul.htm (http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/6173/linseoul.htm)
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/6173/awc0111.htm

Are there any books/articles/websites/authors in English that you'd recommend for understanding Taiwan?

Here's one article I found:
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lab/85/minns.html

For Maoism, I'd recommend William Hinton's book Fanshen as a point of departure.