Anti-Maoism

Front cover of Imperialism and the Revolution, by Enver Hoxha, a major anti-Maoist work.

Anti-Maoism encompasses nominally communist movements which seek to undermine and denigrate Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, Mao Zedong Thought, and the Mao Zedong himself.

Anti-Maoists frequently engage in dogmato-revisionism, anti-Chinese chauvinism, and generally fallacious arguments to attack Maoism. Most "communists" who are anti-Maoists belong to Hoxhaism, Dengism and other revisionist stances. These revisionists are threatened by Maoism due to it being the most advanced stage in Marxist thought, giving it the capacity to expose the shortcomings in their own tendencies.

The ideological superiority of Maoism is shown through its role as the guiding ideology for many communist movements around the world (such as Peru, the Philippines, and India); Hoxhaism, by contrast, has very few adherents that are actively waging revolution.

Stances

Maoism being class collaborationist

Many communists, especially Hoxhaists, accuse Maoism of being "class collborationist" because of the concept of "New Democracy". However, Hoxha himself when making this criticism, was not taking China's material conditions into account. Only 10% of modern industry in China consisted of the national economy, while the other 90% consisted of handicrafts and agriculture. This situation required the participation of the national bourgeoisie. Although New Democracy was an alliance of various classes, power was firmly in the hands of the proletariat, who guided socialist construction in China.

Maoism being Third Worldist

Critics of Maoism frequently conflate Marxism–Leninism–Maoism with Maoism–Third Worldism, despite these tendencies being mutually conflicting. Although Maoists may hold disagreements over the extent of revolutionary potential in the First World, most maintain that revolution is in fact possible.

Further reading

• Enver Hoxha Refuted (1981), by N. Sanmugathasan

See also

• Anti-Stalinism
• Anti-Leninism