Chapter 41 2 How to do "Current Affairs Briefing"

(1) The "Current Affairs Briefing" is held in the red area to raise the fighting spirit of the masses and break the conservative ideas of the masses. In the countryside, in small towns, and in small cities, there are no newspapers.The struggling masses, before the revolution and after the revolution, were not far apart in terms of being ill-informed and narrow-minded.The phenomenon of frogs jumping in wells still persists among the masses.Comrades, this phenomenon is not good.This phenomenon leads the masses to lower their enthusiasm for struggle and leads them to move towards a conservative situation.This conflicts with the task of expanding the struggle and striving for national victory.It is the responsibility of the Soviets and popular organizations to try to eradicate this phenomenon.Cleaning methods, such as congresses, mass meetings, traveling speeches, group visits, etc. are all good, and holding "Current Affairs Briefing" is a good method.

(2) Use the "Current Affairs Briefing" to promote mass struggles in newly acquired areas. The "Current Affairs Briefing" has a greater role in those newly won places.When the Red Army occupies a new place and leads the masses to rise up to fight, fight against local tyrants, divide the land, divide the grain, abolish debts, form partisans, set up soviets, when the masses of this place rise up to do these struggles , While they were fighting there, they always had doubts: Are we not alone? Will our struggle not fail? When the revolutionary masses have such doubts, it is the time for hidden reactionaries to spread rumors and intimidate.At this time, what the revolutionary masses yearn for is the assistance of the revolutionary Red Army near and far.At this time, the "Current Affairs Briefing" ran out to answer their questions.I remember that when the Red Army occupied Dayu in March last year (1930), a "Current Affairs Briefing" was published and posted on a pavilion on a large wooden bridge, causing crowds of people to watch it incessantly.Many people looked at the newspaper and read it in their mouths, and the air on a bridge was full of joy.Dayu is an example.In the past, the Red Army used this method as a tool to mobilize the masses, and some of them achieved great results. Unfortunately, it was not practiced widely, let alone frequently. This is a major shortcoming.

(3) The content and preparation method of the "Current Affairs Briefing". 1. "Current Affairs Briefing" is not printed but written, not in small print but in big print, not in small sheet but in large sheet. 2. "Current Affairs Briefing" does not make articles, but only publishes news.The news posted are: (1) Mass struggle news (strike local tyrants, divide the land, capture the AB regiment [3], set up poor peasant associations, eliminate landlords' armed forces, develop red areas, ten cows died of plague in town A, no salt to eat in town B , no food, etc.); (2) the activities of the Soviets (the Congress was held, important announcements were made, etc.); The number of people, guns, establishment, actions, serial numbers, etc. cannot be published to prevent leakage); (4) The situation of the ruling class (warlord melee, etc.).

3. It is not that there is no discussion at all, but two sentences should be inserted into the news to make people who read it understand the meaning of this matter.But don't post too much, three comments in one piece of news will feel like too much.It is better to interrupt the discussion vigorously, and it is better not to intervene if you are tired.Don't talk about everything.The meaning of many news is already obvious, and it can be understood at a glance. If you add comments, it's like superfluous.Only those news that have no obvious meaning should interject two sentences into the discussion.

4. The order of posting news, from the local township, the district, the county, the province, the country, and foreign countries, from near to far, is very interesting. 5. The local "Current Affairs Briefing" must be completely in the local dialect.For those unpopular news copied from other newspapers, the original text must be completely changed.The Red Army's "Current Affairs Briefing" cannot write in the local dialect, but also uses very plain Mandarin. 6. The materials of the "Current Affairs Briefing" can be easily obtained from the local and nearby areas; for the remote areas, national and international materials, they can be collected from the "Red Army Daily" published by the General Political Department or from other newspapers take.

7. Words and materials must be inspiring. 8. However, lying is strictly prohibited. For example, the Red Army claimed 10,000 for 1,000 guns, while the White Army claimed only 1,000 for 10,000.Such statements that are too far from the truth are harmful. The Current Affairs Brief does not live on lies. 9. The "Current Affairs Briefing" will be issued once every three days, ten copies a month, and one a day in places where the struggle is tense. 10. Editing method.The Su Culture Department of the local county set up a special person to compile a manuscript every three days.The news on the manuscript is from the county, neighboring counties, the whole country, and the world, but not every issue has all kinds of news. A few issues have more news from the county, and a few issues have more news from neighboring counties. What matters is the county. , Neighboring counties, these two parts of the news, because it is welcomed by the masses.Every issue of the province and the whole country is enough, and the international news is published in other issues within a few issues. Such news is indispensable. Without it, the masses will not be able to guide the masses to participate in large-scale struggles.There are too many, first, it takes up space, and the important news of the local area is reduced; second, these news are not interesting, and it is difficult for the masses to understand.The editors of the "Current Affairs Briefing" of the County Su Cultural Department compiled the manuscript for this issue, and according to the number of district Soviets, each district Soviet made a copy and sent it to the district Soviet cultural committee.The District Soviet Cultural Committee received the manuscript from the County Soviet Cultural Department and added news from the district to it.This part of the news occupies the first important position in the "Current Affairs Bulletin", because without this part of the news, the "Current Affairs Bulletin" will lack the central content, so it will never be able to attract the attention of the masses, and it will never be able to achieve the "Current Affairs Bulletin". effect.After adding the news from the district, the District Soviet Cultural Committee sent a copy of the entire manuscript to each township according to the number of townships in the district.The Xiangsu Cultural Committee received the manuscript from Qusu and added local news to it.This part of the news is also important, its main significance is to arouse the interest of newspaper readers.Until this time, the entire manuscript will be considered compiled.According to the number of villages in the village, one for each village, written in large characters on the big paper, with a red circle mark, write the date of publication, and send someone to post it in a prominent place in each village for the masses to see.It is only at this time that it is called a newspaper.What the Ministry of Culture at the county and district levels write is not a newspaper, but a draft of a newspaper.This approach is very effective. If there are one hundred townships and one thousand villages in the county, the people in the county's hundreds of townships and thousand villages will see the "Current Affairs Briefing" every three days.This kind of newspaper can also be used as materials for literacy campaigns. The leader of the literacy group in the village gives some pointers to those illiterate people, so that they can read the newspaper and learn to read, which is really a good way.

11. Approximate distribution of the number of news items.For example, there are eight news articles in the first issue of "Current Affairs Briefing", so there are four articles in County Su (including two in the county, one in neighboring counties, and one in domestic and international news), three in District Su, and one in Township Su, making a total of eight.Each article shall not exceed 40 words, and each issue shall not exceed 400 words. 12. When the Red Army dispersed to do mass work, the purpose of compiling the "Current Affairs Brief" was mainly for the masses to read.This is a powerful weapon for mobilizing the masses.It must not be like in the past, some completely ignore this method and pay no attention to compiling the "Brief on Current Affairs";None of this is right.When the Red Army disperses to do mass work, it is necessary to compile the "Current Affairs Briefing" in a planned way for the masses to read, but it is also important to hang a few more copies of the compiled "Current Affairs Briefing" in the camps of each catering unit for the soldiers to read. of.When the Red Army was stationed in the group, the purpose of compiling the "Current Affairs Briefing" was mainly for the soldiers to read, but at the same time it was necessary to hang a few more for the local people to read.

13. The Red Army compiles the "Current Affairs Briefing". When it is scattered to do mass work, the political department of the army compiles the first draft and sends it to each division; the political department or political commissar of each division adds local news and information about the activities of the headquarters and sends it to each regiment The political commissars of each regiment added local news and news of the regiment's activities and sent them to each company. (The above are all manuscripts.) The company political commissars, sergeants, and others who can write should be written in large characters according to the number of local villages, with red circle marks and the date of publication, one for each village. Send propagandists to post them, and post them in prominent places for the masses to see.At the same time, leave a sticker on the campsite, and the Literacy Movement Committee of the company will direct the literacy team to guide the soldiers in each group to read it.When the Red Army was stationed and trained in the group, the function of the "Current Affairs Brief" was mainly for the soldiers to read. Then, when compiling the manuscripts, the Propaganda Section of the Political Department of the Army, in addition to compiling local struggle news, domestic and international political news (one to two), friendly army news ( One to two), the most important thing is to compile the army news (one to three).Compiled and sent to all divisions.Each division added its own news (one to two) and sent it to each regiment.Each regiment added its own news (one to two), and the political commissar of the regiment commanded the propaganda team and the secretary of the regiment headquarters to write it on large paper and big characters according to the number of companies. One sheet per company was sent to each company to guide the soldiers. to see.Each issue of "Current Affairs Briefing" shall have at most ten articles and a maximum of four hundred characters.

14. The "Current Affairs Briefing" compiled by the Red Army contains less domestic and international news, accounting for only three-tenths, and more information about the army, local and nearby areas, accounting for seven-tenths.Only in this way can the interest of soldiers and the masses be aroused in reading newspapers and the desired effect can be achieved. 15. The news in the "Current Affairs Brief", especially the local and nearby news, must be closely related to the lives of the masses.Such as rinderpest, grain death, rice shortage, salt shortage, Jingwei regiment[4], Red Guard[5], AB regiment spreading rumors, Communist Party meetings, etc., are all closely related to the lives of the masses, and the masses will definitely like to watch them.Anything that is not urgent will not be published.

16. The "Current Affairs Briefing" must be written on a large sheet of paper with large characters, mimeographed is not acceptable.Now the "Red Army Daily" published by the General Political Department, the newspapers published in the provinces, counties, and districts of the Soviet Union, and the newspapers published by the various armies and divisions, all of which are successfully printed in small print, no matter how they are intended to be read by the masses, What is shown to the soldiers is actually only the officers can understand (many lower-level workers and peasants still cannot understand).Therefore, these newspapers must not be used to replace the "Current Affairs Briefing". "Current Affairs Briefing" is written in huge black ink, scattered in seven or eight lines, it looks clear and clear, and it is refreshing to read. It is a real reading material for the masses.

On March 12, 1931, the central revolution Order the General Political Department of the Military Commission in Huangpi It is published according to "Selected Works of Mao Zedong's Journalism Work" published by Xinhua Publishing House in 1983. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is a pamphlet written by Mao Zedong for the General Political Department of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission concerning the general holding of the "Current Affairs Briefing" in the red areas and how to run the "Current Affairs Briefing".Headings typefaced in bold within the article were added by the editor. [2] County Su, District Su, see Note [5] on page 244 of this volume. [3] AB regiment, see note [3] on page 258 of this volume. [4] The Jingwei Regiment is a reactionary local armed force. [5] The Red Guard is an armed organization of the masses in the revolutionary base area, which is not separated from production.