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'''Maoism''' is the [[Communist]] ideology of [[Mao Zedong]].  Maoism is a form of [[Stalinism]].  Specific to Maoism are Mao's writings on [[guerrilla]] warfare, the [[Great Leap Forward]] and [[Cultural Revolution]], and Mao's ''Red Book''.   

'''Maoism''' is the [[Communist]] ideology of [[Mao Zedong]].  Maoism is a form of [[Stalinism]] that dominated [[China]] from 1949 to the 1970s.  Specific to Maoism are Mao's writings on [[guerrilla]] warfare, the [[Great Leap Forward]] and [[Cultural Revolution]], and Mao's ''Red Book''.  The key theme is that the proletarian revolution will be led by the party and the peasants--not the party and the industrial workers as [[Lenin]] argued.

Maoism became a trendy ideology among [[leftist]] extremists starting in the 1960s, who saw the poor of the [[Third World]], rather than the white [[proletariat]] of the industrialized West, as having the most "revolutionary" potential.  Maoism with its origins in [[China]] rather than Europe was thus deemed by these radicals to be more credible an ideology than the Soviet-line Old Left, this despite Maoism being repackaged Stalinism.  The Maosists fought against the Soviet backed leftists in most countries around the world, with the usual result of two Communist parties that fought each other.

Maoism became a trendy ideology among [[leftist]] extremists starting in the 1960s, who saw the poor of the [[Third World]], rather than the white [[proletariat]] of the industrialized West, as having the most "revolutionary" potential.  Maoism with its origins in China rather than Europe was thus deemed by these radicals to be more credible an ideology than the Soviet-line Old Left.  The Maosists fought against the Soviet backed leftists in most countries around the world, with the usual result of two Communist parties that fought each other.

China gave up Maoism in the 1980s, and today no country is under its control. However, in recent years Maoists have been especially powerful as an insurgent movement in Nepal.  

China gave up Maoism in the 1980s, and today no country is under its control. However, in recent years Maoists have been especially powerful as an insurgent movement in Nepal.