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"In the struggle to defend the legacy of Leninism . . . [Stalin] proved himself to be an outstanding Marxist-Leninist fighter. . . . Stalin's works should, as before, be seriously studied . . . [to] see what is correct and what is not.
On the Historical Experience of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1956)
". . . Stalin emphasized only technology, technical cadres. He wanted nothing but technology, nothing but cadre; no politics, no masses. . . . Stalin speaks only of the production relations, not of the superstructure, nor of the relationship between superstructure and economic base. . . . Stalin mentions economics only, not politics."

Concerning Economic Problems of Socialism in the U.S.S.R. (1958)

All selections from volumes I, II and III of the Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung are English translations based on the second Chinese edition of these volumes. Selections from volumes IV and V are translations from the first Chinese edition.
It is worth noting that volume V was published after the death of Mao. This raises the question of the "authenticity" of the texts appearing in this volume. If one compares, for instance, the essay "On the Ten Major Relationships" contained therein, the "official" version, with the "unofficial" version that appeared during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the differences are striking. Equally worthy of mention is that volume V (at least the English-language edition) is no longer available.

Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung

1926-37

1937-41

1941-45

1945-48

1949-57

1958-66

Vol. I.pdf
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Vol. II.pdf
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Vol. III.pdf
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Vol. IV.pdf
(1.7mb)

Vol. V.pdf
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QCM.pdf
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C O N T E N T S

-- Volume I --

THE FIRST
REVOLUTIONARY CIVIL WAR
PERIOD

-- 1926 --

Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society (32k)

-- 1927 --

Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan (113k)

THE SECOND
REVOLUTIONARY CIVIL WAR
PERIOD

-- 1928 --

Why Is It that Red Political Power Can Exist in China? (33k)
The Struggle in the Chingkang Mountains (95k)

-- 1929 --

On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party (34k)

-- 1930 --

A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire (37k)

-- 1933 --

Pay Attention to Economic Work (22k)
How to Differentiate the Classes in the Rural Areas (8k)

-- 1934 --

Our Economic Policy (15k)
Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work (17k)

-- 1935 --

On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism (88k)

-- 1936 --

Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War (219k)

A Statement on Chiang Kai-shek's Statement (25k)

-- 1937 --

The Tasks of the Chinese Communist Party in the Period of Resistance to Japan (68k)
Win the Masses in Their Millions for the Anti-Japanese National United Front (31k)

On Practice (44k)

On Contradiction (108k)

-- Volume II --
THE PERIOD OF THE WAR OF RESISTENCE
AGAINST JAPAN (I)
-- 1937--
(cont.)

Policies, Measures and Perspectives for Resisting the Japanese Invasion (27k)
For the Mobilization of All the Nation's Forces for Victory in the War of Resistance (21k)

Combat Liberalism (9k)

Urgent Tasks Following the Establishment of Kuomintang-Communist Co-operation (33k)

Interview with the British Journalist James Bertram (37k)

The Situation of the Anti-Japanese War After the Fall of Shanghai and Taiyuan and Our Tasks (45k)

-- 1938 --

Proclamation by the Government of the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region and the Rear Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army (10k)

Problems of Strategy in Guerrilla War Against Japan (99k)

On Protracted War (236k)

The Role of the Chinese Communist Party in the National War (49k)

The Question of Independence and Initiative within the United Front (14k)

Problems of War and Strategy (49k)

-- 1939 --

The May 4th Movement (9k)
The Orientation of the Youth Movement (25k)
Oppose Capitulationist Activity (16k)
The Reactionaries Must Be Punished (14k)
Interview with a New China Daily Correspondent on the New International Situation (20k)
Interview with Three Correspondents from the Central News Agency, the Sao Tang Pao and the Hsin Min Pao (17k)
The Identity of Interests between the Soviet Union and All Mankind (27k)
Introducing The Communist (34k)
The Current Situation and the Party's Tasks (8k)
Recruit Large Numbers of Intellectuals (9k)
The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party (89k)

Stalin, Friend of the Chinese People (6k)
In Memory of Norman Bethune (7k)

-- 1940 --

On New Democracy (132k)

Overcome the Danger of Capitulation and Strive for a Turn for the Better (11k)

Unite All Anti-Japanese Forces and Combat the Anti-Communist Die-Hards (20k)

Ten Demands on the Kuomintang (19k)

Introducing The Chinese Worker (6k)

We Must Stress Unity and Progress (7k)

New Democratic Constitutional Government (k)

On the Question of Political Power in the Anti-Japanese Base Areas (10k)

Current Problems of Tactics in the Anti-Japanese United Front (27k)

Freely Expand the Anti-Japanese Forces and Resist the Onslaughts of the Anti-Communist Die-Hards (21k)

Unity to the Very End (9k)

On Policy (26k)

-- 1941 --

Order and Statement on the Southern Anhwei Incident (23k)

The Situation after the Repulse of the Second Anti-Communist Onslaught (13k)

Conclusion on the Repulse of the Second Anti-Communist Onslaught (20k)

-- Volume III --
THE PERIOD OF THE WAR OF RESISTENCE
AGAINST JAPAN (II)
-- 1941 --
(cont.)

Preface and Postscript to Rural Surveys (17k)

Reform Our Study (24k)

Expose the Plot for a Far Eastern Munich (6k)

On the International United Front Against Fascism (4k)

Speech at the Assembly of Representatives of the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region (12k)

-- 1942 --

Rectify the Party's Style of Work (49k)

Oppose Stereotyped Party Writing (47k)

Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art (86k)

A Most Important Policy (11k)

The Turning Point in World War II (15k)

In Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the October Revolution (4k)

Economic and Financial Problems in the Anti-Japanese War (17k)

-- 1943 --

Some Questions Concerning Methods of Leadership (18k)

Some Pointed Questions for the Kuomintang (17k)

Spread the Campaigns to Reduce Rent, Increase Production and "Support the Government and Cherish the People" in the Base Areas (14k)

A Comment on the Sessions of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee and of the People's Political Council (41k)

Get Organized (27k)

-- 1944 --

Our Study and the Current Situation (43k)

Serve the People (7k)

On Chaing Kai-shek's Speech on the Double Tenth Festival (15k)

The United Front in Cultural Work (8k)

-- 1945 --

We Must Learn to Do Economic Work (20k)

Production Is Also Possible in the Guerrilla Zones (12k)

China's Two Possible Destinies (9k)

On Coalition Government (187k)

The Foolish Old Man Who Removed the Mountains (10k)

On Production by the Army for Its Own Support and on the Importance of the Great Movements for Rectification and for Production (14k)

The Hurley-Chaing Duet Is a Flop (13k)

On the Danger of the Hurley Policy (6k)

Telegram to Comrade William Z. Foster (6k)

The Last Round with the Japanese Invaders (5k)

-- Volume IV --
THE THIRD
REVOLUTIONARY CIVIL WAR
PERIOD

-- 1945 --
(cont.)

The Situation and Our Policy after the Victory in the War of Resistance against Japan (54k)

Chaing Kai-shek Is Provoking Civil War (17k)

Two Telegrams from the Commander-in-Chief of the Eighteenth Group Army to Chaing Kai-shek (23k)

On a Statement by Chaing Kai-shek's Spokesman (17k)

On Peace Negotiations with the Kuomintang -- Circular of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (15k)

On the Chungking Negotiations (38k)

The Truth about the Kuomintang's Attacks (18k)

Rent Reduction and Production Are Two Important Matters for the Defence of the Liberated Areas (8k)

Policy for Work in the Liberated Areas for 1946 (16k)

Build Stable Base Areas in the Northeast (15k)

-- 1946 --

Some Points in Appraisal of the International Situation (7k)
Smash Chaing Kai-shek's Offensive by a War of Self-Defence (24k)
Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong (17k)
Concentrate a Superior Force to Destroy the Enemy Forces One by One (17k)
The Truth about U.S. "Mediation" and the Future of the Civil War in China (12k)
A Three Months' Summary (20k)

-- 1947 --

Greet the New High Tide of the Chinese Revolution (31k)

On the Temporary Abandonment of Yenan and the Defence of the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia Border Region -- Two Documents Issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (12k)

The Concept of Operations for the Northwest War Theatre (7k)

The Chaing Kai-shek Government Is Besieged by the Whole People (15k)

Strategy for the Second Year of the War of Liberation (20k)

Manifesto of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (22k)

On the Reissue of the Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points for Attention -- Instruction of the General Headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (7k)

The Present Situation and Our Tasks (60k)

-- 1948 --

On Setting Up a System of Reports (9k)
On Some Important Problems of the Party's Present Policy (25k)
The Democratic Movement in the Army (7k)
Different Tactics for Carrying Out the Land Law in Different Areas (9k)
Correct the "Left" Errors in Land Reform Propaganda (8k)
Essential Points in Land Reform in the New Liberated Areas (7k)
On the Policy Concerning Industry and Commerce (8k)
On the Question of the National Bourgeoisie and the Enlightened Gentry (12k)
On the Great Victory in the Northwest and on the New Type of Ideological Education Movement in the Liberation Army (24k)
A Circular on the Situation (24k)
Speech at a Conference of Cadres in the Shansi-Suiyuan Liberated Area (37k)
A Talk to the Editorial Staff of the Shansi-Suiyuan Daily (15k)
Telegram to the Headquarters of the Loyang Front after the Recapture of the City (8k)
Tactical Problems of Rural Work in the New Liberated Areas (5k)
The Work of Land Reform and of Party Consolidation in 1948 (18k)
The Concept of Operations for the Liaohsi-Shenyang Campaign (21k)
On Strengthening the Party Committee System (6k)
On the September Meeting -- Circular of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (8k)
The Concept of Operations for the Huai-Hai Campaign (13k)
Revolutionary Forces of the World Unite, Fight Against Imperialist Aggression! (12k)
The Momentous Change in China's Military Situation (8k)
The Concept of Operations for the Peiping-Tientsin Campaign (16k)
Message Urging Tu Yu-ming and Others to Surrender (10k)
Carry the Revolution Through to the End (27k)

-- 1949 --

On the War Criminal's Suing for Peace (15k)
Statement on the Present Situation by Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (13k)
Comment by the Spokesman for the Communist Party of China on the Resolution of the Nanking Executive Yuan (8k)
On Ordering the Reactionary Kuomintang Government to Re-Arrest Yasuji Okamura, Former Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Forces of Aggression in China, and to Arrest the Kuomintang Civil War Criminals -- Statement by the Spokesman for the Communist Party of China (25k)
Peace Terms Must Include the Punishment of Japanese War Criminals and Kuomintang War Criminals -- Statement by the Spokesman for the Communist Party of China (12k)
Turn the Army into a Working Force (10k)
Why Do the Badly Split Reactionaries Still Idly Clamour for "Total Peace"? (16k)
The Kuomintang Reactionaries Turn from an "Appeal for Peace" to an Appeal for War (9k)
On the Kuomintang's Different Answers to the Question of Responsibility for the War (24k)
Report to the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (42k)
Methods of Work of Party Committees (16k)
Whither the Nanking Government? (10k)
Order to the Army for the Country-Wide Advance (35k)
Proclamation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (11k)
On the Outrages by British Warships -- Statement by the Spokesman of the General Headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (11k)
Address to the Preparatory Meeting of the New Political Consultative Conference (14k)
On the People's Democratic Dictatorship (43k)
Cast Away Illusions, Prepare for Struggle (26k)
Farewell, Leighton Stuart! (25k)
Why It Is Necessary to Discuss the White Paper (16k)
"Friendship" or Aggression? (12k)
The Bankruptcy of the Idealist Conception of History (25k)

-- Volume V --
THE PERIOD OF
THE SOCIALIST REVOLUTION AND
SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION (I)
-- 1949 --
(cont.)

The Chinese People Have Stood Up! (12k)
Long Live the Great Unity of the Chinese People! (8k)
Eternal Glory to the Heroes of the People! (3k)
Always Keep to the Style of Plain Living and Hard Struggle (3k)

-- 1950 --

Request for Opinions on the Tactics for Dealing with Rich Peasants (6k)
Fight for a Fundamental Turn for the Better in the Nation's Financial and Economic Situation (20k)
Don't Hit Out in All Directions (10k)
Be a True Revolutionary (13k)
You Are Models for the Whole Nation (4k)
Order to the Chinese People's Volunteers (4k)

-- 1951 --

The Chinese People's Volunteers Should Cherish Every Hill, Every River, Every Tree and Every Blade of Grass in Korea (3k)
Main Points of the Resolution Adopted at the Enlarged Meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (16k)
The Party's Mass Line Must Be Followed in Suppressing Counter-Revolutionaries (9k)
Strike Surely, Accurately and Relentlessly in Suppressing Counter-Revolutionaries (12k)
Pay Serious Attention to the Discussion of the Film The Life of Wu Hsun (7k)
Great Victories in Three Mass Movements (14k)
On the Struggle Against the "Three Evils" and the "Five Evils" (19k)
Take mutual Aid and Co-operation in Agriculture as a Major Task (4k)

-- 1952 --

New Year's Day Message (4k)
On the Policies for Our Work in Tibet -- Directive of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (12k)
The Contradiction Between the Working Class and the Bourgeoisie Is the Principal Contradiction in China (3k)
Let Us Unite and Clearly Distinguish Between Ourselves and the Enemy (11k)
Hail the Signal Victory of the Chinese People's Volunteers! (5k)

-- 1953 --

Combat Bureaucracy, Commandism and Violations of the Law and of Discipline (8k)
Criticize Han Chauvinism (5k)
Solve the Problem of the "Five Excesses" (9k)
Liu Shao-chi and Yang Shang-kun Criticized for Breach of Discipline in Issuing Documents in the Name of the Central Committee Without Authorization (4k)
Refute Right Deviationist Views that Depart from the General Line (7k)
The Youth League in Its Work Must Take the Characteristics of Youth Into Consideration (17k)
On State Capitalism (3k)
The Party's General Line for the Transition Period (4k)
Combat Bourgeois Ideas in the Party (27k)

The Only Road for the Transformation of Capitalist Industry and Commerce (10k)
Our Great Victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea and Our Future Tasks (17k)
Criticism of Liang Shu-ming's Reactionary Ideas (28k)
Two Talks on Mutual Aid and Co-operation in Agriculture (29k)

-- 1954 --

On the Draft Constitution of the People's Republic of China (20k)
Strive to Build a Great Socialist Country (5k)
Letter Concerning the Study of The Dream of the Red Chamber (6k)

-- 1955 --

The Chinese People Cannot Be Cowed by the Atom Bomb (6k)
Speeches at the National Conference of the Communist Party of China (51k)
In Refutation of "Uniformity of Public Opinion" (10k)
Preface and Editor's Notes to Material on the Counter-Revolutionary Hu Feng Clique (21k)
On the Co-operative Transformation of Agriculture (64k)
Rely on Party and League Members and Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants in the Co-operative Transformation of Agriculture (8k)
The Debate on the Co-operative Transformation of Agriculture and the Current Class Struggle (67k)
Prefaces to Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside (20k)
Editor's Notes from Socialist Upsurge in China's Countryside (95k)
Request for Opinions on the Seventeen-Article Document Concerning Agriculture (13k)

-- 1956 --

Speed Up the Socialist Transformation of Handicrafts (10k)
On the Ten Major Relationships (67k)

U.S. Imperialism Is a Paper Tiger (12k)

Strengthen Party Unity and Carry Forward Party Traditions (33k)

Some Experiences in Our Party's History (17k)

In Commemoration of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (5k)

Speech at the Second Plenary Session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 51k)

-- 1957 --

Talks at a Conference of Secretaries of Provincial, Municipal and Autonomous Region Party Committees (96k)

On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People (105k)

Speech at the Chinese Communist Party's National Conference on Propaganda Work (40k)

Persevere in Plain Living and Hard Struggle, Maintain Close Ties with the Masses (12k)

Things Are Beginning to Change (19k)

The Chinese communist Party Is the Core of Leadership of the Whole Chinese People (3k)

Muster Our Forces to Repulse the Rightists' Wild Attacks (9k)

Wen Hui Pao 's Bourgeois Orientation Should Be Criticized (18 k)

Beat Back the Attacks of the Bourgeois Rightists (44k)

The Situation in the Summer of 1957 (29k)

Be Activists in Promoting the Revolution` (43k)

Have Firm Faith in the Majority of the People (46k)

A Dialectical Approach to Inner-Party Unity (9k)

All Reactionaries Are Paper Tigers (5k)

End of Texts from the Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung, vols. 1-5.

-- 1958-60 --
(A Critique of Soviet Economics (294k))

Concerning Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR (1958)

Critique of Stalin's Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR (1959)

Reading Notes on the Soviet Text Political Economy (1960)

-- 1963-65 --

People of the World, Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Lackeys -- Statements Supporting the Afro-Americans and the Peoples of Southern Vietnam, Panama, Japan, the Congo (L.) and the Dominican Republic in Their Just Struggle Against U.S. Imperialism (1967 ed.) (105k); .pdf (200k) (1966 ed.)

-- 1966 --

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (424k); .pdf (1.1mb)

From Marx
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*Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung*
1926-37	1937-41	1941-45	1945-48	1949-57	1958-66
Vol. I.pdf (1.4mb)	Vol. II.pdf (1.7mb)	Vol. III.pdf (1.0mb)	Vol. IV.pdf (1.7mb)	Vol. V.pdf (1.8mb)	QCM.pdf (1.1mb)