Revolutionary violence

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Revolutionary violence is a concept of Marxism–Leninism–Maoism that posits that force (violence) is an inevitable consequence of socialist revolution.[1][2]

References

  1. “Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one. It is itself an economic power.”

    Karl Marx; Capital, Volume 1 (1867)

  2. "... without revolutionary violence one class cannot replace another, an old order cannot be overthrown to create a new one..."

    Chairman Gonzalo; An Interview with Chairman Gonzalo (1988)