Mao-Spontex
Mao-Spontex is an economically far-left, libertarian, Marxist, and revolutionary socialist ideology that believes that a revolution should occur from below through mass action by the working class as opposed to with the aid of a vanguard party, professional revolutionaries or political parties.
While Mao-Spontex borrows ideas and influences from 
Maoism, he rejects the ideology of 
Marxism–Leninism, especially 
Lenin's critique of spontaneous revolutionary action. He supports democratic centralism as a means to organize a worker's party but maintains this party must remain revolutionary by having a constant internal conflict and must always come from a mass worker's movement as opposed to a small group of revolutionary intellectuals.
History
Mao-Spontex was born in France as a trend of 
Libertarian Marxism after May 68 and its popularity lasted until 1972 inspired by the Cultural Revolution in China. They largely agreed with Leninism, but rejected Lenin's vanguardism (without rejecting democratic centralism).
During its time of popularity, it became popular on the left in Western Europe, in countries such as Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. During the New Left protests, its followers described themselves as 
anti-authoritarian while defending spontaneity and rejecting Marxism-Leninism.
By the early 1970s, the vast majority of Mao-Spontex organizations self-dissolved, leading many young followers to depression and even suicide. There were throughout the decade failed attempts to revive the movement and the last major mention of the ideology was in 2008 by the French police in the midst of the Tamac Affair.
French Maoism
French Maoism is what the Maoist movement is called in France, which was greatly influenced by May 68. An important exponent of French Maoism is the newspaper La Cause du peuple, which had the collaboration of people like 
Sartre and 
Foucault until its last publication in 1972.
How to Draw
- Draw a ball
- Draw a diagonal line across the ball in black
- Fill the space below in black and the space above in red
- Draw a black star on the top left (Optionally as an eyepatch)
- Add the eyes and you're done
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black | #202020 | 32, 32, 32 | |
| Red | #FF0000 | 255, 0, 0 | |
Relations
Friends
Libertarian Socialism - Libertarian DotP gang.
Council Communism - Fellow decentralized infantile disorder.
Neozapatismo - Left-libertarian with a Maoist sub-faction? I like it.
Trotskyism - Fellow supporter of permanent revolution.
Anarcho-Communism - He is pretty close to me.
Maoism–Third Worldism - Favorite brother! You still could be better, though...
Frenemies
Marxism-Leninism - Democratic Centralism is cool but your Vanguardism is not.
Maoism - You have some really good ideas but the PRC degenerated into a totalitarian bureaucracy.
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism - Gosh, what happened to you?! Oof!
Enemies
Capitalism - Yeetable pig.
Fascism - Bash the fascist pig!
Lys Noir - Fuck you, and your fake anarchist crap!
Gallery
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Further Information
Wikipedia
- ↑ many French Maoists in the 60's and 70's, such as André Glucksmann or Stéphane Courtois (for whom the latter is best known for co-authoring the Black Book of Communism), would go on to become Neoconservatives
