Chapter 97 Propaganda points of the Central Propaganda Department[1]

(January 26, 1942) (1) The main points of the propaganda in this department. In the past, it focused on propaganda outside the party. Starting from this issue, it is decided to add propaganda within the party. I hope comrades in all places pay attention. (2) Considering that before the Zunyi Conference, the mistakes of subjectivism and sectarianism caused extremely great losses to the Party and the revolution. Although the Party's line after the Zunyi Conference was correct, it was still difficult for the whole Party, especially in some special areas and special areas. In the departments, the remnants of subjectivism and sectarianism have not been eliminated, or they still exist very seriously. Therefore, in the past year, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee has repeatedly discussed this issue, and issued a decision on strengthening party spirit. A decision to conduct research studies, a decision on cadre schools and a decision on advanced study groups.In addition, Comrade Mao Zedong delivered a speech against sectarianism at the Senate Council of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region in accordance with the decision of the Central Committee.These decisions and speeches have played a guiding role in the whole party, have attracted the attention of many comrades, and have concretely corrected the remnants of subjectivism and sectarianism that still exist today. This is a good phenomenon. This is on the one hand. The phenomenon.But on the other hand, the decisions of the Central Committee and the speeches of comrades in the Central Committee did not attract deep attention among many other comrades.The reason for this may be that some comrades made quite serious mistakes of subjectivism and sectarianism in the past, and at the time they did not have a deep understanding of their own mistakes, and were unwilling to make profound self-criticism and quickly correct their mistakes; or It is because some comrades think that they have not committed the mistakes of subjectivism and sectarianism in the past, so they have nothing to do with themselves and hang on high, but they do not know that they have also had subjective ideas in their past and present thoughts and actions. Because of the factors of doctrine and sectarianism, some mistakes have also been made.For example, being impulsive, substituting feelings for policy, knowing little about the situation of the enemy, friends, and ourselves, and being content with it, lacking the spirit of scientific and thorough investigation and research of objective things, but having a self-righteous spirit, these are all erroneous factors of subjectivism .Furthermore, for example, in the struggle for independence within the party, the correct things such as promoting the ability to work independently and promoting the creativity of Marxism are compared with disobedience to superiors, disobedience to the majority, disobedience to the central government, opposing the individual to the party, and the individual surpassing the party ( individual prominence), individual heroism (as distinguished from national heroism and mass heroism), and are confused with such erroneous things.In the relationship between foreign cadres and local cadres, in the relationship between army cadres and local cadres, in the relationship between cadres in the army and cadres in the friendly army, and in the relationship between old cadres and new cadres, we do not pay attention to mutual help and solidarity. Belittle one, or even bully one.Here, the responsibilities of foreign cadres, army cadres, local army cadres, and veteran cadres were not increased, and local cadres, local cadres, friendly army cadres, and new cadres were not forgiven or helped in order to unite them and promote them. Overcome various weaknesses.Since various abnormal internal relations still exist in many places, these are the manifestations of sectarianism remaining in the party.As for the relationship between party members and non-party members, party cadres and non-party cadres, there is a very big gap, ignorance, indifference and contempt, and the responsibility should mainly be borne by party members and party cadres. However, the "three-three system" [2] has not been thoroughly and thoroughly implemented in the various base areas, which is the manifestation of the existence of this kind of sectarianism.It is a true fact that all or most comrades have not paid deep attention to the fact that there are very serious sectarian errors in the relations between inside and outside the Party.All these subjectivist and sectarian thoughts and actions cannot be overcome and the victory of the revolution cannot be won unless there is a thorough, serious and profound struggle.In order to fight and overcome it, the mobilization of the whole party will not be very effective. Therefore, it is hoped that the leading organs and leading comrades at all levels of the whole party and the whole army will pay attention to this problem, carry out publicity, and carry out work. .The headquarters will continue to provide the above-mentioned materials on this issue, as a reference for comrades' work.

Published according to Mao Zedong's manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is the main point of the propaganda of the Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China drafted by Mao Zedong before the whole party is about to launch a general rectification movement.Then, on February 1, 1942, Mao Zedong gave a speech on "Rectifying the Party's Style of Work", and on February 8, he gave a speech on "Opposing Party Stereotypes". [2] "Three-Three System" is the regime policy of the Chinese Communist Party's united front during the War of Resistance Against Japan.This policy stipulates that in the distribution of personnel in the anti-Japanese democratic regime, the Communist Party members account for roughly one-third, the leftist progressives roughly one-third, and the middle and other elements roughly one-third.