Revolutionary Solidarity Quotes
Rival to Mao. This quotation is historically important because it shows how intensively the Chinese Communists concentrated on organizing the fringe and unpopular groups of society to the point where the struggle was between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and everybody else. The Chinese Communist coalition included many who had not idea of what communism was but knew that Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists were not very good for them or the people they knew.
There was an attempt by some Libyans to attack a Libyan student at an American University who was an outspoken critic of the Qaddafi regime.
The Menshevik Party was the Communist Opposition to the Bolshevik Party. Unlike the Mensheviks, the Bolsheviks seized as much power as they could and then denied anyone else a share.
William V, Prince of Orange, was a very hapless monarch of Holland who was ineffective in dealing with revolutionary discontent despite help and support of England. The King of England was resigned to Holland becoming, like France, a Republic. The English statesmen and diplomats, while aiding William, were also secretly providing money and other assistance to the Patriot rebels, to ensure good relations with the Dutch republican leaders.
Durruti’s and other Republican columns were advancing on Saragossa on the Aragon front to free it from the Fascists. Durruti’s army was made up of idealist libertarians and anarchists who also didn’t much like straight communists because they would restrict individual freedom. The regular communist army was more conservative and wanted to coordinate and attack and wait for planning and more coordination between the columns. The libertarians pushed ahead with the others following and they took Saragossa
