{UAH} ARMED STRUGGLE IN UGANDA: BASIC GUIDANCE FROM CHAIRMAN MAO ZE DONG

Below are some of the greatest quotations from Chairman Mao Ze Dong on the question of war. Every Ugandan patriot who wants to join our efforts to   liberate our people from the Kayibanda Museveni fascist tyranny must read, internalise and put into practice some or all of these exhortations or advice. They are eternal and essential tool-kit for any successful peoples war.. What comes out very clearly is the ideological clarity that  led the war effort, and the fact that the war was not simply one of picking up and firing a gun. At the top of the monumental struggle was Chairman Mao himself , undoubtedly one of the greatest intellectuals of the 20th Century and certainly one of the greatest military strategists that ever lived!! .

Bobby

The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japan 1941-1945

The masses are the real heroes, while we ourselves are often childish and ignorant, and without this understanding, it is impossible to acquire even the most rudimentary knowledge. 
"Preface and Postscript to Rural Surveys" (March and April 1941), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 12.

Communists must listen attentively to the views of people outside the Party and let them have their say. If what they say is right, we ought to welcome it, and we should learn from their strong points; if it is wrong, we should let them finish what they are saying and then patiently explain things to them. 
"Speech at the Assembly of Representatives of the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region" (November 21, 1941), Selected Works, Vol. III.

A Communist must never be opinionated or domineering, thinking that he is good in everything while others are good in nothing; he must never shut himself up in his little room, or brag and boast and lord it over others. 
"Speech at the Assembly of Representatives of the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region" (November 21, 1941), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 33.

We should encourage comrades to take the interests of the whole into account. Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every action must proceed from the interests of the whole Party; it is absolutely impermissible to violate this principle. 
"Rectify the Party's Style of Work" (February 1, 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 44.

Communists must always go into the why's and wherefore's of anything, use their own heads and carefully think over whether or not it corresponds to reality and is really well founded; on no account should they follow blindly and encourage slavishness. 
"Rectify the Party's Style of Work" (February 1, 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, pp. 49-50.

[Our purpose is] to ensure that literature and art fit well into the whole revolutionary machine as a component part, that they operate as powerful weapons for uniting and educating the people and for attacking and destroying the enemy, and that they help the people fight the enemy with one heart and one mind. 
"Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art" (May 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 70.

Our stand is that of the proletariat and of the masses. For members of the Communist Party, this means keeping to the stand of the Party, keeping to Party spirit and Party policy. 
"Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art" (May 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 70.

We are Marxists, and Marxism teaches that in our approach to a problem we should start from objective facts, not from abstract definitions, and that we should derive our guiding principles, policies and measures from an analysis of these facts. 
"Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art" (May 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 74.

Our literary and art workers must accomplish this task and shift their stand; they must gradually move their feet over to the side of the workers, peasants and soldiers, to the side of the proletariat, through the process of going into their very midst and into the thick of practical struggles and through the process of studying Marxism and society. Only in this way can we have a literature and art that are truly for the workers, peasants and soldiers, a truly proletarian literature and art. 
"Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art" (May 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 78.

All our literature and art are for the masses of the people, and in the first place for the workers, peasants and soldiers; they are created for the workers, peasants and soldiers and are for their use. 
"Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art" (May 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 84.

In the world today all culture, all literature and art belong to definite classes and are geared to definite political lines. There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause; they are, as Lenin said, cogs and wheels in the whole revolutionary machine. 
"Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art" (May 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 86.

To criticize the people's shortcomings is necessary, ... but in doing so we must truly take the stand of the people and speak out of whole-hearted eagerness to protect and educate them. To treat comrades like enemies is to go over to the stand of the enemy. 
"Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art" (May 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 92.

Historically, all reactionary forces on the verge of extinction invariably conduct a last desperate struggle against the revolutionary forces, and some revolutionaries are apt to be deluded for a time by this phenomenon of outward strength but inner weakness failing to grasp the essential fact that the enemy is nearing extinction while they themselves are approaching victory. 
"The Turning Point in World War II" (October 12, 1942), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 103.

The masses in any given place are generally composed of three parts, the relatively active, the intermediate and the relatively backward. The leaders must therefore be skilled in uniting the small number of active elements around the leadership and must rely on them to raise the level of the intermediate elements and to win over the backward elements. 
"Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership" (June 1, 1943), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 118.

However active the leading group may be, its activity will amount to fruitless effort by a handful of people unless combined with the activity of the masses. On the other hand, if the masses alone are active without a strong leading group to organize their activity properly, such activity cannot be sustained for long, or carried forward in the right direction, or raised to a high level. 
"Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership" (June 1, 1943), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 118.

No one in a leading position is competent to give general guidance to all the units unless he derives concrete experience from particular individuals and events in particular subordinate units. This method must be promoted everywhere so that leading cadres at all levels learn to apply it. 
"Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership" (June 1, 1943), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 118.

Take the ideas of the masses and concentrate them, then go to the masses, persevere in the ideas and carry them through, so as to form correct ideas of leadership - such is the basic method of leadership. 
"Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership" (June 1, 1943), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 120.

We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies but even they do a dual job, warfare and production. With these two kinds of armies, and with a fighting army skilled in these two tasks and in mass work, we can overcome our difficulties and defeat Japanese imperialism. 
"Get Organized!" (November 29, 1943), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 153.

We should go to the masses and learn from them, synthesize their experience into better, articulated principles and methods, then do propaganda among the masses, and call upon them to put these principles and methods into practice so as to solve their problems and help them achieve liberation and happiness. 
"Get Organized!" (November 29, 1943), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 158.

We Communists must be able to integrate ourselves with the masses in all things. If our Party members spend their whole lives sitting indoors and never go out to face the world and brave the storm, what good will they be to the Chinese people? None at all, and we do not need such people as Party members. We Communists ought to face the world and brave the storm the great world of mass struggle and the mighty storm of mass struggle. 
"Get Organized!" (November 29, 1943), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 158.

We should always use our brains and think everything over carefully. A common saying goes, "Knit your brows and you will hit upon a stratagem." In other words much thinking yields wisdom. In order to get rid of the blindness that exists to a serious extent in our Party, we must encourage our comrades to think, to learn the method of analysis and to cultivate the habit of analysis. 
"Our Study and the Current Situation" (April 12, 1944), Selected Works, Vol. III, pp. 174-75.

If we have shortcomings, we are not afraid to have them pointed out and criticized, because we serve the people. Anyone, no matter who, may point out our shortcomings. If he is right, we will correct them. If what he proposes will benefit the people, we will act upon it. 
"Serve the People" (September 8, 1941), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 227.

All men must die, but death can vary in its significance. The ancient Chinese writer Szuma Chien said, "Though death befalls all men alike, it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather." To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai, but to work for the fascists and die for the exploiters and oppressors is lighter than a feather. 
"Serve the People" (September 8, 1944), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 227.

In times of difficulty we must not lose sight of our achievements, must see the bright future and must pluck up our courage. 
"Serve the People" (September 8, 1944), Selected Works, Vol. III, pp. 227-28.

We hail from all corners of the country and have joined together for a common revolutionary objective.... Our cadres must show concern for every soldier, and all people in the revolutionary ranks must care for each other, must love and help each other.
"Serve the People" (September 8, 1944), Selected Works, Vol. III, pp. 227-28.

Wherever there is struggle there is sacrifice, and death is a common occurrence. But we have the interests of the people and the sufferings of the great majority at heart, and when we die for the people it is a worthy death. Nevertheless, we should do our best to avoid unnecessary sacrifices. 
"Serve the People" (September 8, 1944), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 228.

An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy. 
"The United Front in Cultural Work" (October 30, 1944), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 235.

We stand for self-reliance. We hope for foreign aid but cannot be dependent on it; we depend on our own efforts, on the creative power of the whole army and the entire people. 
"We Must Learn to Do Economic Work" (January 10, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 241.

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history. 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 257.

This army has an indomitable spirit and is determined to vanquish all enemies and never to yield. No matter what the difficulties and hardships, so long as a single man remains, he will fight on. 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 264.

This army has built up a system of political work which is essential for the people's war and is aimed at promoting unity in its own ranks, unity with the friendly armies and unity with the people, and at disintegrating the enemy forces and ensuring victory in battle. 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 265.

We Communists never conceal our political views. Definitely and beyond all doubt, our future or maximum program is to carry China forward to socialism and communism. Both the name of our Party and our Marxist world outlook unequivocally point to this supreme ideal of the future, a future of incomparable brightness and splendor. 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 282.

Without a People's army, the people have nothing. 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, pp. 296-97.

Anyone who sees only the bright side but not the difficulties cannot fight effectively for the accomplishment of the Party's tasks. 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 314.

Communists must be ready at all times to stand up for the truth, because truth is in the interests of the people; Communists must be ready at all times to correct their mistakes, because mistakes are against the interests of the people. 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 315.

Every comrade must be helped to understand that as long as we rely on the people, believe firmly in the inexhaustible creative power of the masses and hence trust and identify ourselves with them, we can surmount any difficulty, and no enemy can crush us while we can crush any enemy. 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 316.

Thousands upon thousands of martyrs have heroically laid down their lives for the people; let us hold their banner high and march ahead along the path crimson with their blood! 
"On Coalition Government" (April 24, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 318.

Be resolute, fear no sacrifice and surmount every difficulty to win victory. 
"The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains" (June 11, 1945), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 321.

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