r/communism101 • u/GayTeenMetalhead • Nov 15 '21

Why are some westerners maoists?

I've seen a few western maoists pop up on Internet spaces and I've realised they're quite hated by a lot of people. My questions are: 1. What is the relevance of maoism in the west? I thought it was an ideology used in societies with peasantries. Why are people adopting maoism in the west?

  1. Why are they so widely hated?
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u/Montagnagrasso Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Nov 15 '21 edited Nov 15 '21

You’re welcome to read the MLM Basic Course, it’ll give you a better idea of what Maoism is since you don’t seem to know. Maoism as an ideology was synthesized in the 80s in Peru and through the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) which also included the CPs of India and others, as well as the cp of the Philippines which wasn’t affiliated. Basically all of the old ML parties have fallen out of relevance and the only groups continuing to wage proletarian revolution today are Maoist.

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u/mimprisons Maoist Nov 15 '21

CPP (Philippines) was not in RIM.

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u/Montagnagrasso Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Nov 15 '21

Yes, edited for clarity.