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New Democracy
New Democracy was the political theory developed by Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong. It holds that a semi-feudal society like 20th century China which did not undergo a bourgeois revolution must create a temporary alliance with progressive and anti-feudal classes in which a "joint-dictatorship" is exercised to carry out the tasks of a democratic revolution. Under the hegemony of the proletariat, power is also shared with the peasantry, petite-bourgeoisie, and progressive segments of the national bourgeoisie. After the success of New Democracy, a conventional dictatorship of the proletariat is developed.
Criticism
New Democracy has been accused by critics of Mao as being class collaborationist in implementation.[1]
Further reading
- On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong. Available on the Marxists Internet Archive.
See also
References
- ↑ Jim Washington. Socialism Cannot Be Built in Alliance with the Bourgeoisie. Available on the Internet Archive.