Rely Directly on the Revolutionary Masses

#PUBLICATION NOTE

This edition of Rely Directly on the Revolutionary Masses has been prepared and revised for digital publication by the Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism under the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Switzerland on the basis of the following edition: Quotation in Absorb Proletarian Fresh Blood, First English Edition, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1968.

#INTRODUCTION NOTE

This is an instruction issued by Comrade Mao Zedong before the 14th of October, 1968. It was first published in the Hongqi, Vol. 11, No. 4 (14th of October, 1968).

#Workers and oppressed people of the world, unite!

#RELY DIRECTLY ON THE REVOLUTIONARY MASSES

#Mao Zedong

#Before the 14th of October, 1968

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Who is it that gives us our power? It is the working class, the poor and lower-middle peasants, the working masses comprising over 90% of the population. We represent the proletariat and the masses and have overthrown the enemies of the people, and therefore, the people support us. Direct reliance on the revolutionary masses is a fundamental principle of the Communist Party.