Chapter 128 Lessons from the NLD[1]

(November 3, 1947) The NLD should learn a lesson now that any illusions about the American aggressors and Chiang Kai-shek’s ruling clique (or certain factions within them) are not beneficial to themselves and the people, and they should eliminate such illusions and stand firm on the true In terms of the people's democratic revolution, there is no middle road.If the NLD can do this, the NLD's being declared illegal by Chiang Kai-shek will not harm the NLD, but on the contrary, it will give the NLD the possibility of walking on a brighter road than in the past. Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript.

-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] On October 27, 1947, the Kuomintang government declared the China Democratic League an "illegal organization".On November 6, the NLD headquarters was forced to issue a disbandment announcement.On November 7, "People's Daily" published Xinhua News Agency's current affairs commentary "Chiang Kai-shek Disbands the Democratic League".The article said that this incident made the people more aware that the Democratic League has carried out political cooperation with the CCP on some democratic programs at certain historical junctures, thereby advancing the cause of democracy in China, which is the glory of the Democratic League.In the Democratic League, there are many democratic fighters who resolutely oppose Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship and US imperialist aggression, and some people, such as Wen Yiduo, Li Gongpu, Du Bincheng, etc., have sacrificed their lives for this; Chiang Kai-shek is a dictator, but on the other hand, he not only had but also still has certain illusions about Chiang Kai-shek, especially about American imperialism.The basic feature of China's democratic movement is that the armed revolutionary people oppose the armed counter-revolutionary groups.Chiang Kai-shek's terrorist actions of disbanding the Democratic League and persecuting democrats can only educate the people that to have freedom and real peace, one must resolutely use force to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek, support the armed revolutionary struggle of the People's Liberation Army, and must not rely on any peace legitimate means of improvement.This article is a paragraph added by Mao Zedong when revising this article.In January 1948, Shen Junru, Zhang Bojun and others held the Third Plenary Session of the First Central Committee of the Democratic League in Hong Kong, and decided to rebuild the leading organization and resume activities.The plenary session pointed out that we have failed to fight for democracy in a peaceful and legal way in the past. In the future, we should actively support the people's armed forces to resist the anti-people's armed forces, cooperate closely with the Chinese Communist Party, and at the same time unite with other democratic parties to completely overthrow the rule of the Kuomintang reactionary clique And expel U.S. imperialism from China.Never have the slightest illusions about reactionary groups, and must not have a neutral attitude on the issues of the people and the anti-people, democracy and anti-democracy, the middle road will not work.