Mao's Little Red Book

There are a handful of books that have influenced 100 of millions of people’s lives over the decades, centuries and millennium of human existence.

Mao’s little Red Book or ‘Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung’ was one of these.

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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner

Script: Conan White

Narrator:

Chris Kane

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Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Lau Tzu Ehru - Doug Maxwell

Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History
edited by Alexander C. Cook
Mao: A Very Short Introduction
By Delia Davin

[MarcofKenya]

Talking about China


*Plays the music in every Chinese restaurant*

[dantealighieri]

I've read it, and not only that, I've read the whole set. I remember the first sentence is: who are our friends and who are our enemies? This is the first question of the revolution.

[benauditore]

The background music is too traditional Chinese...Mao disliked this one

[mustardbottle]

He actually wrote that Politics is war without blood and war is Politics with blood

[Simplehistory]

In Mao's cultural revolution millions of people were persecuted, humiliated, tortured or killed.

[emzetkin]

I own a copy in English from 1976
Most copies have a vinyl cover, with the lettering embossed on the front and a photograph of Mao somewhere near the front
The book wasn't discontinued after Mao's passing but many of the quotes on revisionism were omitted by the Dengist government

[privatehudson]

Fun fact: Many of his quotes were used nowadays not to endorse, but to criticize the current status and policies of China. The selected works of Mao had 5 volumes and vo.5, tho not banned, is not nearly as popular as the first 4 in China, mainly because it addressed his criticisms and warnings toward revisionism that he believed would happen to China in the future(which it did after he died). It is a must read if you wish to learn more about the Communist ideology, whether or not you are a Marxist.

[manonational]

I appreciate the detail that you've drawn Type 56 rifles instead of AKMs. Good video 👍🏻

[marthaindahouse]

Sounds like a rapper name
"lil red book"

[yungchill]

"Communism is not love, it is the hammer we use to crush our enemies."

[slaughterghoul]

"Workers of the world, Unite!"



*sounds familiar, huh*

[arronstones]

China has a little red book and Steve Jobs has a little Mac book

[tardarsauce]

Reading this masterpiece right now
+1989 social credits

[velelimaka]

Lenin : We shouldn't deify Communist leaders
Stalin:Yes
Mao:Agree

[poweroffriendship.]

Mao's Little Red Book -- *_Top 10 Best-Selling Mangas Of All Time_*

[LlamaLaura]

Ma0 Zed0ng feat. Lil book - Cultural Revolution

[derekvillorente]

One of the main goals of Mao's little red book was to rid China of the evils of capitalism. Talk about irony.

[jovanweismiller]

It was available in English as well. I owned a copy in the early '70s. Printed in China, same size & binding, etc.

[ChrisKane-]

White hair with black pigtails is wrecking my brain! 😉

[giannb]

Includes some really awesome quotes:

"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed".

"The Japanese aggressor, like a mad bull crashing into a ring of flames, will be surrounded by hundreds of millions of our people standing upright, the mere sound of their voices will strike terror into him, and he will be burned to death."

"All reactionaries are paper tigers."

"A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
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