What is Hoxhaism?: Debunking hoxhaite claims.

 

What is Hoxhaism?: 
Debunking hoxhaite claims.

By: Ivet. J and Paulus Strother

Between 1978 and 1985, many Maoist parties began to adopt dogmatic positions. The primary reason for this shift was the influence of Enver Hoxha’s false claims about Chairman Mao. We have carefully analyzed the misrepresentations made against Maoism, and today we will debunk these distortions found in essays and books such as:

 Declaration of War on Maoists by the Comintern (SH), Imperialism and the Revolution (1978) by Enver Hoxha, Can the Chinese revolution be called a proletarian revolution? (1979) by Enver Hoxha. 

Can the Chinese revolution be called a proletarian revolution?

This book, written by Enver Hoxha, claims that the Chinese revolution was led by the peasantry rather than the proletariat. This argument is often used by Hoxhaists.

The claim is partly true, since around 80–90 percent of the Chinese population during the Republican and Kuomintang era were peasants. The peasantry had existed in China for thousands of years. The revolution was led by both proletarians and peasants; however, the proletariat was a minority at the time, as pre-Mao China was largely agrarian and had not yet developed significant industry.

During Chairman Mao’s era, many peasants were transformed into proletarians. It is important to note that the Chinese economy was based on both agriculture and industry. By the 1970s, Maoist China had surpassed the United Kingdom in steel production, demonstrating that China was not solely reliant on agriculture but had also developed a strong industrial base.

Maoist China developed both heavy and light industry, which grew steadily from the 1960s through the 1970s.

Accusations of Class Collaborationism

Calling Maoism Class Collaborationist is a common trope among Hoxhaist arguments but how true is this? Not at all, the "Collaboration" with the Petty Bourgeoisie they speak of is not "Collaboration" but rather the proletarianizing of the other oppressed classes in Chinese society, by the end of the transition period all of these such classes had been liquidated and proletarianized.[1][2][3]

,,Bureaucrats and capitalist inside the Communist Party of China''

Enver Hoxha claimed that bureaucrats, “capitalists,” reactionaries, and revisionists were present within the Communist Party of China. This is true as is in all communist parties there will always be a left wing and a right wing, this even applies to the Party of Labor of Albania which collapsed due to a rise in revisionism after Hoxha's death. However Mao and the CPC were persistent in expelling revisionists in the party. Furthermore, during the Cultural Revolution, a major campaign was launched against revisionists and other reactionary elements within the Party. Many reactionary CPC members were purged during this period.

About the Nixon and Chairman Mao meeting

Hoxhaists often claim that Chairman Mao formed an “alliance” with Nixon. This is not accurate. It was not the opening of a relationship between the two nations, but rather peace talks. This does not mean that Maoist China traded with the United States or maintained any other significant contact with it.

Here is an overview of Chinese foreign policy during Chairman Mao’s rule:

Mao never relented in his support for the broader revolutionary struggle, Maoist China constantly funded and trained foreign revolutionaries such as in the Philippines where the revolutionaries there (The NPA led by the CPP) were given 1,400 M-14 rifles and 8,000 rounds of ammunition as well as training in China. With the meeting with Nixon Mao demanded that the U.S. withdraw from Vietnam and to stop helping the Kuomintang in Taiwan. This meeting did not actually change anything as Maoist China continued their support for the Vietnamese revolutionaries and never normalized relations with America.

The direction of the party in Mao's old age

Mao was very sick in his old age and even then he was clearly upset and depressed on where the country was going. He very much aligned with the Gang of four which also rejected the capitalist roaders advances. Even in his old age and illness he took every opportunity he had to fight against the revisionist elements inside the party such as harshly criticizing Zhou Enlai and Deng.

We, the Maoist Students Collective, view the Hoxhaist era of Albania very critical and dogmatic. Enver Hoxha made false claims on Chairman Mao, one of the last standing Socialists together with Hoxha himself until 1978.

We wrote this essay in order to debunk Hoxhaist lies and slanders about Chairman Mao.

Proletarians of the World, unite!
Maoist Students Collective