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THE EAST IS RED

text by Lincoln Bergman paper cuts by members of a People's Commune In Fatshan

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copyright 1972 by Peoples Press r INTRODUCTION

A blade designed Many people worked on them To cut a line so fine So in them we can see It cannot fail Creative collectivity. To capture each detail. The struggle to create a revolutionary culture proceeds Paper cuts a traditional Chinese art form Art speaking to the people's needs Served as decoration at New Years celebrations Everything useful from the great heritage of the past In windows, at weddings, and birthdays. Is studied with the purpose of making the past Serve the present and help insure the future Many of the most famous paper-cutters have been women. Much has to be rejected and criticized For new revolutionary culture to constantly arise. Revolution brings A startling transformation in Chinese art and culture Mao asked artists to understand Paper cuts are no exception What we demand is the unity of politics and art The contents are more striking today The unity of content and form Portraying actual events that have shaped the lives - The unity of revolutionary political content Of the people of China And the highest possible perfection of artistic form. Many new methods are being employed Skills have become highly creative. A blade designed To cut a line so fine A blade designed It cannot fail To cut a line so fine To capture each detail It cannot fail Cut through To capture each detail. To truth In tapestry These paper ciits Of victory Were created by people Always remember Who live on a people's commune in Fatshan And understand Which is near Canton. The blade is held in human hands. I THE EAST IS RED

Red sun rising in the East The night was long Red sun of victory Red sun now rising strong Chinese revolution rising in the East Night long Huge new changes in world history Crimson dawn 800 million rise so much humanity Mao Tse-tung wrote Red sun red sun of dawn now rising free. To the melody of an ancient song:

Revolution in Asia The night was long the crimson dawn cracked slowly As today more struggles for self determination For hundreds of years demons monsters danced frantically Hasten toward liberation of whole populations Our hundreds of millions of people were not united As in Vietnam and all of Indochina Now the rooster has crowed all beneath the sky is bright The crimson dawn unfurled New music rises rises from a thousand different locations The changing changing changing of the world. Filling the poet with unparalleled inspirations.

The night was long Red sun rising in the East Strife war sacrifice Red sun of victory Process more intricate than these paper cuts Chinese revolution rising in the East Sunflowers only one way to b6gin to show Huge new changes in world history Beautiful new lives which now can grow 800 million rise so much humanity Night long but red sun rose. Red sun red sun of dawn now rising rising free. i-^ II THE YEARS OF MISERY

The night was long before the liberation Old Shanghai foreign controlled Old China landlord whip fore^ warship Corruption and starvation bought and sold Suffering poverty disease exploitation A few rich Chinese businessmen could profit if they kowtowed The night was long before the liberation. Sign in a Shanghai park said no Chinese or dogsallowed.

Always popular resistance sometimes war Child dead in mine, boss says come back another time Taiping Revolution 1851 to 1864 Can you imagine what it must have meant Revolution of 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen For the landlord to take away your daughter Resistance rising again and again. When you could not pay an impossibly high rent?

These rebellions failed to unify or liberate The three heavy mountains had to be removed Their contributions great but failed to see Only when that was done That the major obstacles to freedom were three Could liberation be won All had to be removed to reach victory. So long so long before the rising of the sun.

Three heavy mountains as the Chinese now say The night was long before the liberation Foreign imperialism, starting with the opium slave trade Old China landlord whip foreign warship Early capitalist production, workers brutalized Suffering poverty disease exploitation Feudalism, landlord-warlord rule of the countryside. The night was long before the liberation. ni DAWN IN THE EAST

There was this philosopher Marx Have you heard? Have you heard? Whose red dialectics drew sparks What the Russian workers did? And up rose the spectre as he finished the lecture Spread the word! Spread the word! Little fish will devour the sharks. From Nanking to Hamburg!

Then up stepped a young lawyer named Lenin Connecting word to deed Love and fire that he dipped his pen in Bread Land and Peace When asked how he did it he said people got with it The Chinese say the Russian revolution built a bridge Fight fire with fire said Lenin. Between workers of the West and oppressed peoples of the East.

Connecting word to deed Marxism-Leninism takes root in China For ideas take seed become reality A revolutionary ideology When they are seized by entire peoples Through trial and error it was learned When they meet deep hopes and pressing needs. It could not be applied mechanically.

October 1917 triumph of the Russian revolution Had to be fitted to Chinese reality Inspiring people all around the world Ideas the arrow the people the bow Connecting Word to deed Concrete conditions what they had to know Showing that a popular liberation struggle could succeed. To hit the target to reach the goal.

IV WORKERS PEASANTS SOLDIERS UNITE

What is to be When we put our guard down Is what is to be done We'll be shot to the ground. Now can see the sun But work has just begun. It took many years to understand The forces at work within the huge land As dawn Reliance on workers and especially peasantry Out of the long night bends Is what came to be the Party policy. They had to ask Who are our enemies who are our friends? Many years including false alliances Which led to many revolutionaries dead For if they do not know Then with experience, reliance on workers and peasants The different groups and classes They learned to maintain strength and independence. And what can be their contribution They cannot organize a winning revolution. As dawn Out of the long night bends If we ally with enemies They had to ask We will be deceived Who are our enemies who are our friends?

V THE SHANGHAI MASSACRE

If we ally with enemies Before Chiang began to plan for the time ahead We will be deceived When his army could shoot all of these reds dead When we put our guard down Meanwhile they had good spirit and style We'll be shot to the ground. An ability to reach the masses of people he'd need If his plans for total rule were to succeed. Shanghai 1927 workers picketing Shot to death by Chiang Kai-shek In 1927 armed workers liberate Shanghai and Nanking Raise their fists defiantly Chiang marching North, seeing the strength of the Party Martyrs fighting to be free. He breaks the united front Communists not warlords bear the brutal brunt In the twenties an alliance or united front was formed U.S. British Japanese French warships shell Nanking Between the Communist Party Killing and wounding 2000 people And the Kuomintang Party of Chiang Strikers and Communists in many cities killed by Chiang On the surface it was agreed to merge forces Many thousands of revolutionaries massacred. To overthrow the warlords who ruled different parts Of a poor and disunited China. Near Nanking today is a place named Yu Hua Tai Where thousands of Communists killed by Chiang lie Chiang talked about democracy An exhibit with personal effects of some of those killed But it didn't take too long to see Notebooks of jr high and high school students That he was into money power and prestige The gentle face in photograph of a young woman teacher Cooperation with foreign powers. And there are pine trees on the rolling hills From the start did not have the people at heart There stands large monument to martyrs of the revolution In addition he was shrewd and cruel Pine trees rolling hills and all over the ground He did not want to serve, he wanted to rule. Beautiful red agates are found And the voice of the guide with anger is filled So in this alliance with the Communists As he says that the stones The ink hardly dry the solemn words said Are bathed in the blood of those who were killed.

VI AUTUMN HARVEST UPRISING

Bloody terror takes many lives Rising in rebellion The Party tries to turn the tide Winding By launching premature armed uprisings in the cities Through the countryside These failed but in defeat some eyes were opened wide First flames of what was to become Saw they had failed to grasp the meaning of the countryside. The prairie fire of agrarian revolution Struggle mounting higher Ninety percent of the people of China A single spark can light a prairie fire. Lived in the country Almost all of them Mao prophesied: Poor and oppressed peasantry. In a very short time Several hundred million peasants 1927 was only the beginning Will rise Peasant rebellion broke out but no hope of winning Like a mighty storm Insufficient preparation organization education Like a hurricane Still there was a huge Autumn Harvest Uprising A force so swift and violent Peasants rising in rebellion That no power however great Winding through the countryside Will be able to hold it back. With whatever weapons they could find Organizing and fighting learning how That prophecy turned into fact. One of the rebellions led by a Communist named Mao.

VII REVOLUTIONARY BASE IN THE CHINGKANG MOUNTAINS

Autumn Harvest Uprising defeated That city workers were central to the revolution. Group of about 1000 manage to elude capture He said that was fine if they returned Gathered together by Mao Because wherever they were they would be Communists They climb to the Chingkang Mountains Like seeds among the people Here in this high place And the revolution would connect their struggle. Establish the first revolutionary base. Some people left the mountain. Chingkang Mountains For those who remained an intensive campaign Covered with thick jungle Political education and critical examination Wild animals of many kinds Of the history of the Party, Mild weather with rain enough for many crops As they began the task of becoming one with the people Forests of fir and bamboo Serving and working alongside them Coal iron and gypsum Spreading political ideas, learning needs Small villages whose people lived Learning the ways to survive on the mountain. In a clan stone-and-wood age society High natural fortress So began the creation In these green mountains Of a new type of army The guerrilla war begins. Establishing a democratic peasant government At the same time as waging guerrilla war Mao said to those who marched with him Bettering the conditions of life That there would be much hardship and danger While facing blockades and encirclements by Chiang He could well understand how some of them Helping to lead land redistribution Might prefer to return to near their homes In the Chingkang Mountains Especially those who were still convinced The first base area of the revolution. mm Vm LAND REFORM

The land is life from deep within Chiang tries military encirclement Sustains sustenance harvest grows And a massive economic blockade Nourished by our labor joy and pain Though these attacks caused much difficulty Rain flows with the sweat and blood They forced the Soviets Of those who work each day To learn self-reliance and self-sufficiency. The shining sun beats heat upon The land is life from deep within The smoke and flames The harvest grows Rising from the piles of old land deeds The martyrs bleed Signal the end of landlord exploitation Life flows In the zones of liberation From conception to birth Poor peasants dividing land As thought grows into deed Gathering together to burn the deeds The peasant bends Condemn the landlord's crimes Close to the earth The changing changing changing times. To plant the living seed. The land is life from deep within Between 1928 and 1934 The harvest grows Revolutionary base areas expand The martyrs bleed Land reform began Life flows Gradually working out a plan As conception to birth So that the peasants As thought grows into deed Could at last have their own land The peasant bends A mighty storm Close to the earth Rebellion roared To plant the living seed. Isolating only the largest landlords. At last at last Revolutionary base areas expand The peasants stand Several large regions called Soviets On their own land.

IX THE LONG MARCH BEGINS

Fifth encirclement by Chiang was strong Japanese sought economic salvation Communist forces suffered many losses In brutal Chinese colonization. Most of the base areas had to be abandoned. Japanese government made agreements with Chiang And soon occupied all of Northeast China In breaking through the encirclement They then attacked Shanghai The Red Army had to move out into new land Chiang tries to stem resistance there And what was to become the Long March began. But it spread wide then he signs An armistice with the Japanese Resting briefly after capturing the town of Tsunyi Which guaranteed that there would be Communist leaders held an important meeting No Chinese troops stationed in Shanghai Which the Chinese say marked the growth of the Party He also outlawed the resistance movement Up from childhood to maturity But it refused to die and mounted high. Also marks the rise to top leadership of Mao Development of what was to be the winning strategy. The Communists saw that the Japanese occupation Changed the entire Chinese situation They analyzed the errors of the past Hated the actions of Chiang to appease The alliance with Chiang And at Tsunyi adopted the slogan As well as actions that were hasty or premature Go North to Fight the Japanese. Such as failing to build a political base of support For large scale military activities As the Red Army And failing to see that the Chinese revolution Broke through the encirclement Had to be made in the countryside among the peasantry. Moving To the countryside the winning direction Moving Not in quick urban insurrections. Out into new land The Long March Analyzed the international situation The Long March Depression had hit capitalist countries The Long March began. Ufiw>

M'/ X FRIENDSHIP WITH MINORITY PEOPLES

March Through political explanation and negotiation March Had won their friendship and support. March Trying to get away In Szechuan From bombing The Black and White Lolos lived Marching They had never been conquered Often fighting Resisted with warfare Trying to cross the Yangtse River The Red Army approached there. Going North Crossed at the city of Sikang They sent envoys ahead to speak with the Lolos By wearing stolen uniforms of Chiang's troops As they captured cities And tricking government guards On the edge of Lolo territory Into bringing the ferry boat over They set some imprisoned Lolo chieftains free. Crossed into the province of Szechuan. The envoys explained the Communist ideas China is a country On the position of national minorities Of great diversity Which involved autonomy within a Peoples Republic, Not only geographically Explained the differences between themselves and Chiang But in terms of humanity Gave the Lolos guns to demonstrate the trust between them Many national minorities Swore blood brotherhood according to Lolo custom. Peoples who had been oppressed By the Han people Some of the Lolos joined the Red Army for the Long March Who were the majority. And the army was able to pass quickly through Lolo territory Marching safely gaining needed time on pursuing enemies. Earlier Communist forces had met The Miao and Shan peoples ^Mmm XI CROSSING THE TATU RIVER

Tatu River links of chain Stretching across for 100 yards Every link is freedom's name. Usually thick wood boards lashed over the chains So people could walk across Head North leave Lolo land But the boards had been removed by the enemy. Reach Tatu River Small ferries captured Guards and enemy machinegun nest on other side But river at flood tide But bridge had to be crossed before enemy reinforcements For entire army to cross would have been suicide arrived Too much time as troops of the enemy One by one 30 young soldiers volunteer Moving quickly from North and South Armed with swords pistols and hand grenades. Bombers were aware of their position. Covered by fire from Communist troops Hurried military conference They crawled along the chains Decide to try to cross at an iron suspension bridge They crawled along the chains to the other side Named Liu Ting Chiao Only three of them died Means a march to the West Overpowering the guards, who were astonished, Failure to cross would mean at best a long detour. They took the boards Placed them on the chains and the army crossed Communist soldiers many barefoot press on Soon they encountered more troops from the enemy Over the tortuous winding trail along the gorge In the fighting they gained a victory March day night doubletime short breaks Moved on in Long March determination See enemy forces following on the other side Great Snow Mountain their next destination. Push harder the enemy falls behind. Tatu River links of chain The bridge ^ Every link is freedom's name. Sixteen heavy iron chains mm XII CROSSING THE GREAT SNOW MOUNTAIN

Climb More huge mountains Climb More losses Climb Finally To 16,000 feet They entered June but it was cold up there A large and fertile valley Some of the soldiers from the South Of about 100,000 who had left at the beginning Died from exposure to the cold Of the Long March Climb Over 50,000 had died. Climb Climb In the valley On to Paotung Kang mountain They met another group Desolate and difficult to Of about 50,000 Communist troops Climb Reorganized Climb Marched on again Climb North to fight the Japanese. Had to build their own path Over deep mud and rocks Party issues a proclamation called Many soldiers Appeal to Fellow Countrymen concerning Two-thirds of the transport animals lost Resistance to Japan and National Salvation Sometimes winds so strong Urges the creation of a united front They could only walk in the morning Of all forces favoring resistance. Some nights soldiers killed By huge rock hard hailstones And then Climb The most difficult part CUmb Of the Long March began Climb Crossing the Great Grasslands.

XIII CROSSING THE GRASSLANDS

The Great Grasslands marsh swamp quicksand Cold are the iron chains bridging Tatu River Constant rain fog winds medical supplies gone Joy over Min Mountain—a thousand miles of snow Attacks from hostile Mantzu tribes using poison arrows After the Army crossed every face smiled so. Poison mud blistered legs Little food ate wheat green no firewood. Long March far more than heroic feats and immense difficulty Took ten days to cross, there were many losses. Mao wrote it was the first of its kind in the annals of history A manifesto a propaganda force a seeding machine The Great Grasslands cold and hail For 12 months we were under daily reconnaissance Soldiers had to sleep standing up Bombing from the skies, on land encircled and pursued In pairs or groups of four back to back We encountered untold difficulties and dangers Pursuing enemy troops had to turn around Yet by using our own two legs we swept across a distance But more enemy troops waiting on the other side Of 6000 miles through 11 provinces Communists won some fierce battles Announcing to some 200 million people in these provinces Cut through two more enemy lines That the road of the Red Army Finally met troops from a northern Soviet Is their only road to liberation. Long March ended a year after it had begun Heroic struggle to survive A manifesto Of the original 100,000, only 20,000 left alive. A propaganda force A seeding machine As the march came to an end Mao took up his pen: Has sown many seeds Which will sprout The Red Army does not fear difficulties of the Long March Grow leaves Ten thousand rivers a thousand mountains—easy Blossom into flowers The Five Ridges merely little ripples Bear fruit Immense Wu Meng Mountain—merely a mound of earth. And yield a crop in the future. Warm are the cloudy cliffs beaten by the Gold Sand River

XIV JOINING FORCES IN NORTH SHENSI

As the Long March was ending Would refuse to fight the Communists or join them. For other Red Army divisions it was just beginning Another group Chiang used Manchurian troops Took 40 days to cross the Great Grasslands For attacks on the Communists in the North Until finally at the Soviet in North Shensi The Communists appealed to them to stop They met their comrades clasped hands Denouncing Japanese occupation of Manchuria. The war of resistance against the Japanese began. Negotiations between Chou En-lai Even during the fighting against the Japanese And the Manchurian general Communists had to contend Resulted in a major battle in which With constant attacks by Chiang's men. Only the units of Chiang's general fought While the Manchurian troops watched. Often soldiers from Chiang's army were captured They were treated humanely The Manchurian general Spoken to about the Japanese invasion of their land Then ordered by Chiang Many of them allowed to return to their units To capture the Communist base Where they told others the Communists were patriots Instead Interested in fighting the Japanese He arranged a peaceful exchange Soon some officers were influenced Giving the Communists And later some whole sections of Chiang's army A new capital in Yenan. em}^m XV YENAN

Yenan Work

Hill with high pagoda Work

Yenan Along with the people

Many caves in the sides of mountains Build economic strength

Dry dusty earth Combat the blockade

Yenan Yenan

Capital of Communism Hill with a high pagoda

There they lived in caves University and training school for revolution

Lived simply Inside the caves resistance raged

A table a chair Dry dusty earth gave birth to revolution

Lived simply Yenan

Be they leaders or ordinary soldiers Pagoda beaconlight spreads wide

Work Revolution becomes truly nationwide

XVI SELF RELIANCE

In Yenan there is a place named Naniwan In this way the army became a peoples army Very poor region when the Communists arrived Of the kind which Mao had said Through extraordinary efforts it began to thrive. Would grow to be invincible.

Agricultural production greatly increased Building self reliance Crops diversified Establishing a government Spinning wheels and iron forging Marked another turning point in the revolution An economy engaged in constant activity. The government involved everyone Who opposed the Japaneseand supported land redistribution. From the beginning soldiers joining with the people Many non-Communists were involved. In the production drives Many schools and hospitals constructed. Soon reaching relative prosperity At a time when in the areas controlled by Chiang The liberated areas There was huge inflation and increasing poverty. Themselves a great accomplishment Bettering the conditions of life The cooperation of the people and the army Also serving as a dress rehearsal In the drive for self reliance For learning the many tasks Brought them close together Which would be necessary The army serving not only as fighting units For unifying the entire country But as working teams Sowing seeds in deed While many people not in the army Which would meet the people's needs. Served as a people's militia

XVII GO TO THE REAR OF THE ENEMY

July 7, 1937 Had their own armies, bases Japanese attack on Marco Polo Bridge And new methods of waging war. On the outskirts of Peking Signal for an invasion of all of China Communists saw their role A month of massacres As the establishment of guerrilla bases Rape pillage torture brutalities Behind enemy lines Calculated part of Japanese fascist strategies While waging extensive guerrilla war To suppress the resistance of the Chinese. Along the enemy's flanks As for the united front Kuomintang army of Chiang fell back They would maintain independence and initiative Yielding province after province .No matter how many times Communist Party issues a manifesto Chiang demanded that they give him Calling for total military resistance. Complete military command In lessons of blood they had come to understand Seeking to mobilize The absolute necessity The entire military might Of building strength to hold an independent stand. Of all the Chinese people The Party proposed Widespread organization A united front with the Kuomintang Massive mobilization In order to defeat the Japanese. For guerrilla war began Bringing popular But in this united front Resistance together in There was no capitulation as before Long and bitter war against Japan. Now the Communists Ji

i/Vj* XVIII PROPAGANDA WORK IN THE WAR OF RESISTANCE

Long and bitter war against Japan began Carry Amidst debate about how long it would last As the Communist Party Some thought the war would soon be past Took primary And there would be a quick Chinese victory Responsibility Others despaired and thought their nation For coordinating strategy Would soon come under total subjugation. During the war Organizing On the Protracted War by Mao Explaining Examination of strengths and weaknesses Telling the people Of Chinese and Japanese forces What was happening And of the world war situation Telling them about Yenan Predicted that the struggle would be long Speaking of the time beyond Protracted not a quick victory The defeat of the Japanese But to China final triumph would belong. .Of Communist goals Of eventual peace. Propaganda teams Carry Propaganda teams Carry Have you heard? Carry Carry This analysis Carry To the people Carry Playing The word Decisive role Unite fight In national resistance Time seize Carry We will defeat the Japanese. Carry

XIX THE STUDENT MOVEMENT

August 1945 the Japanese surrender By 1946 students and workers united Chiang immediately begins attacks on the Red Army Behind the slogan "GI's Leave China" Even using some Japanese troops Including a nationwide demonstration Long heroic war of resistance against the Japanese To protest atrocities But when will the people of China have peace? By U.S. soldiers in the cities. These atrocities included People exhausted by the long war Rape of Chinese women Last thing they wanted was more And running over children. But there were many years in store before War would cease and there would be peace. Huge new wave of student protest in 1947 As Chiang announced government reorganization Responding to the peoples need for peace The banners say Communists decided to try to negotiate Stop Civil War Stop Starvation An end to the civil war and an agreement was reached No Civil War No Dictatorship But Chiang again let it all go hang Fight for Democracy and Freedom. As his army with large amounts of U.S. aid Again betrayed the people The government forbid student strikes Marched North in an attempt to occupy The strikes grew even larger The liberated areas but in reply The government forbid the students Students and workers held huge demonstrations From going to the government in Nanking To protest this latest abomination. To present a petition Students got there by taking over a train Student movement in China had a long history And driving it themselves The May 4th movement of 1919 Troops police and undercover agents Through the years students raise their fists Were sent to attack the students Their struggle often serving as a catalyst. Students stuck to their demands Sometimes snatched weapons Out of police hands.

XX CROSSING THE YELLOW RIVER

Chiang leads Wide new areas liberated A nationwide offensive Land reform begun Against the Communists Communists already control But soon 99% of the territory of the Northeast Communists can b^in And are A counter-offensive Moving South Crossing the Yellow River Driving a wedge between Moving South Two centers of the enemy Driving a wedge between The cities of Wuhan and Nanking. Two centers of the enemy The cities of Wuhan and Nanking. The offensive by Chiang Begins to boomerang The offensive by Chiang As the final stages of the civil war begin Begins to boomerang It becomes clear who will win. As the finalstages of the civil war begin It becomes clear who will win.

XXI THE HUAI HAI CAMPAIGN

By 1948 Peoples war they cannot beat Victory Guerrilla walks with aching feet. Becomes A certainty Guerrilla walks like you my sister brother Major military campaigns Step by step with one foot following the other. Launched by Red Army In the Huai Hai campaign alone Peoples war Over 550,000 enemy troops Peoples war Were put out of action Peoples war Casualties and mass desertions On the rise High on every terraced mountain As for the first time Rises rice of revolution There were more soldiers Join us in the harvest In the Red Army Than in the army of Chiang We shall win! And victory An entire people cannot be defeated Becomes A certainty. Even against a technically superior enemy A people can gain victory For it is the peoples spirit and unity Guerrilla warfare not a dream Not the guns and bombs which are primary Battle bullets dying scream.

Guerrilla war no fantasy Huge battles rage Midwife to a new historic stage Nothing has to be more rooted in reality. As victory Becomes a certainty.

XXII ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS

Peking That same day And the nearby port of Tientsin The day of the rejection Liberated Nationwide military advance In January 1949 By Communist forces Cross the Yangtse River As Chiang appeals for peace Using many thousands To stall for time Of small fishing boats U.S. generals and advisors Advancing like waves Trying to talk to both sides Across the river While stepping up war supplies On a several hundred mile front. To Chiang Internal dissension The Kuomintang defense collapsed In the Kuomintang Party of Chiang Soon Nanking fell Talks begin in April Then Shanghai Short-lived negotiation As advancing Chou En-lai led All across China The Communist delegation The Red Army at last achieves An agreement reached at the talks Complete military victory But Chiang balks Soon the leadership of the Kuomintang is gone Refuses to accept the agreement. Running to the island province of Taiwan The Party begins plans for the establishment Of a peoples government. r=]M53')jk-i3E3i3 XXIII THE LIBERATION OF NANKING

Nanking liberated Efforts to eliminate the huge differences Brings to mind Between the city and the country Yu Hua Tai the martyr's burial ground And eventually organizing peoples communes Where those beautiful red stones are found. Like the one where the people Who made these paper cuts live and work. Many men and women had fallen Unprecedented struggle on an immense scale Women heavily oppressed in old China Enormous changes in people's lives Bound feet forced marriages forced prostitution Many lessons learned burned Began the process of their liberation during revolution Over long ye£irs of difficulty That was a tremendous change The seeds planted by the Long March Huge source of energy and leadership, great contributions. Blossom bear fruit And the harvest continues. The use of opium by imperialists to enslave Was ended using a combination The great mountains of imperialism and feudalism Of severe detoxification and Removed from China Revolutionary political education. Struggle against capitalism conducted carefully With many businessmen being allowed to retain Sun rise sun shine A portion of their original investment So many accomplishments And the gradual taking over of factories So many more since 1949. Often conducted peacefully Socialism means the abolishment How proud and happy Of individual ownership of the means of production The martyrs buried at Yu Hua Tai And that soon became a reality. The millions who sacrificed Would be In the countryside If they could see Oppression and misery Their people now Of thousands of years now ended The night was long Land redistribution Red sun now rising strong. xxrv THE CHINESE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD UP

Celebration Celebration Sunshine Sunshine Inauguration People gathering Of the Peoples Republic At Tien An Men Square in Peking October 1st 1949 October 1st 1949

A few months previously There in the square Mao had written The crimson dawn unfurled That there could be Mao issued a message to the entire world No complacency about victory His first words His first words Make trouble fail Met by a huge approving roar Make trouble again fail again His first words That is the logic of the imperialists Said it all Of all reactionaries the world over Met by a huge approving roar In dealing with the cause of the people. After long night Of suffering and war They will never go against this logic. His first words His first words When we say imperialism is ferocious As people sip the tea of freedom We mean that its nature will never change From victory cup The imperialists will never lay down His first words said it all Their butcher knives They will never become Buddhas THE CHINESE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD UP!

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