The Third World War

The Long Silence of Mao Tse-tung

Under the form of the anti-Stalin campaign, the Soviet Union and the world Communist movement are making the sharpest turn since 1930. Whatever else this campaign signifies, we may be certain that it expresses an acute struggle for power within the Communist apparatus. The present turn, like those of the past (the turns to the Popular Front or the Hitler Pact, for example) is the occasion for a kind of security check on the entire world revolutionary army. Each Communist is now expected to stand up before the eyes of his comrades to be counted.

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The Long Silence of Mao Tse-tung

Under the form of the anti-Stalin campaign, the Soviet Union and the world Communist movement are making the sharpest turn since 1930. Whatever else this campaign signifies, we may be certain that it expresses an acute struggle for power within the Communist apparatus. The present turn, like those of the past (the turns to the Popular Front or the Hitler Pact, for example) is the occasion for a kind of security check on the entire world revolutionary army. Each Communist is now expected to stand up before the eyes of his comrades to be counted.