Ernest Mandel on China's Cultural Revolution

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A meeting organised by The Week on July 17 was attended by about a hundred and fifty people and proved to be an extremely valuable and interesting analysis of the phenomenon of Maoism and his cultural Revolution, Ernest Mandel, the speaker, editor of the Belgian paper 'La Gauche' and author of many important works including "Marxist economic theory" (to be published this year by Merlin press) put the Cultural Revolution in a historical and economic context which demonstrated the underlying causes and meaning of the subject. He emphasised the importance of the Sino-Soviet split in relation to the development of China over the past decade, and especially the effect of the withdrawal of all Soviet aid during the Kruschev period on the economy of the country and the politics of Maoism., Mandel made a very strong criticism of this withdrawal of Soviet aid by the Kruschev regime, He also laid much of the blame for the chaos in China at present on to the structure of the Chinese Communist Party which, unlike the Bolshevik party during the time of the Russian Revolution, was not a democratic worker's party, but was Stalinist from the beginning of the Chinese Revolution, Despite the 2/6d entrance fee a very good collection was made, The audience was enthusiastic about Mandel's masterly treatment of the subject and showed its appreciation by vigorous applause, Such was the interest in the subject and Mandel's answers to questions that the chairman, Pat Jordan, had some difficulty in closing the meeting.