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Mao Tsetung wrote an excell— ent article entitled "Combat Liberalism" in which he co- gently pointed out how a B0— urgeois Liberal reacts to life's situations. The eleven points he chose to illustrate (there are others) are here printed for your own personal comparison -- with yourselfl! - Editor -

Liberalism manifests itself in various ways.

To let things slide for the * sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong. and refrain from principled argument because he is an old aquaintance, a fellow townsman. a schoolmate, 'a close friend. a loved one, an old colleague or old sub- ordinate. or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms. The result is that both the organization and the indiVi— dual are harmed. This is one type of liberalism. '

To indulge in irresponsible criticism in private instead of actively putting fosward one's suggestions to the or- ganization. To say nothing to people to their faces but to gossip behind their backs, or to say nothing at a meet-

ing but to gossip afterwards.v

To show no regard at all

for the principles of collec—

tive life but to follow one's own inclination. This is a second type.

To let things drift if they don't affect one personally: to,say as little as possible while knowing perfectly well what is wrong. to be worldly wise and play safe and seek only to avoid blame. This is a third type.

Not to obey orders but to give pride of place to one's own opinions. To demand special consideration from the organization but to re— ject its discipline. This is a fourth type.

" To indulge in personal att— acks, pick quarrells. vent

"personal spite or seek reven-

ge instead of entering into an argument and struggling against incbrrect views for

the sake of unity or progress or getting the work done pro—

perly. This is a fifth type.

To hear incorrect views with-

out rebutting them and even

to hear counter-revolutionary

remarks without reporting them, but instead to take

‘them calmly as if nothing had

happened. This is a sixth type. To be among the masses and

to fail to conduct propaganda

and agitation or speak at meetings or conduct in—

vestigations and inquiries among them. and instead to

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he indifferent to them and show no concern for their well being, forgetting that one

is a Communist and behaving as ifi one were an ordinary non—communist. This is a se- venth type.

To see someone harming the interests of the masses and yet not feel indignant. or dissuade him or stop him or reason with him, but to allow him to continue. This is an eighth type.

To work half—heartedly with— out a definite plan or direc- tion: to work perfunctorily and muddle along —— "So long as one remains a monk, one goes on tolling the bell." This is a ninth type.

To regard oneself as having rendered great service to

the revolution, to pride one— self on being a veteran. to. disdain minor assignments while being quite unequal to major tasks, to be slipshod in work and slack in study° This is a tenth type.

To be aware of one's own mistakes and yet make no at— tempt to correct them. tak- ing a liberal attitude towards' oneself. This is an eleventh type.

We could name more. But th— ese eleven are the principle types.

They are all manifestations of liberalism.