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Questions for lesson 1.
1. What is the principal contradiction in the world today? There are different formulations of the principal contradiction, provide one of them.
2. Maoist-Third Worldists say that a new bourgeoisie arises within the Communist Party and restores capitalism. When did this happen in China? When did it happen in the Soviet Union? More than one answer is acceptable here.
3. What do Maoists-Third Worldists say was the furthest revolutionary advance in human history?
4. Maoists-Third Worldists support the national liberation of the captive nations of North America. Name some of the captive nations.
5. Maoist-Third Worldists support the broad ______ ______ against the principal enemy, ________, especially _____ _____. Fill in the blanks.
7. Does the First World have a significant proletariat, a significant revolutionary class, a significant exploited class?
8. Where is the vast majority of the proletariat?
9. Are First-World women, as a group allies of the proletariat?
10. What do Maoist-Third Worldists say about Cominterns like the RIM?
11. What is our final goal? Define our final goal. More than one formulation is acceptable.
12. What famous article best articulated the strategy of surrounding the global cities from the global countryside? Who wrote it?
13. What is the basic difference between exploitation and oppression? There is more than one answer here. A very general answer is fine.
14. What is the nature of the White nation? More than one answer is acceptable here.
15. Are First-World women allies of Third-World women?
Answers will be provided in a week. Try to answer these without looking at the texts.