In Colombia an international gathering in observation of the international holiday was held of more than 150 activists from around the world. The Red Herald reported that “The celebration was organized by the newspapers Nueva Democracia (Colombia) and El Pueblo (Chile), attending the call of the Campaign of International Celebration called by the International Communist League (ICL), and had the presence of international delegations, democratic and revolutionary mass movements from more than a dozen of countries.”
In Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the celebration took place with over 300 in attendance. According to A Nova Democracia “They were peasants, workers, students, journalists, lawyers and revolutionary activists who gathered to celebrate Chairman Mao Zedong’s 130th birthday ….The activity, which was organized by the Revolutionary Front in Defense of People’s Rights – Brazil (FRDDP), was marked as ‘a great celebration of the ideology of the international proletariat, Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, contributions of universal validity by President Gonzalo’”.
In Mexico, a large event was held in the state of Oaxaca in which the politics and culture of the international proletariat were raised. Periodico Mural reports that “Culture is a powerful weapon and has its influence on our daily lives. The music you listen to in the bus, the books you read or the soap operas that show on TV, everything transmits ideas and – coming from the mass media – those ideas are usually those of the ruling class. An example of this are the narco-corridos that glorify drug trafficking, reactionary violence and the life of hitmen, generating the self-proclaimed ‘narco-culture.'” The comrades carried out the painting of murals, performed song and dance, and raised a memorial wall to fallen comrades including Luis Armando Fuentes Aquino, Javier López Martínez, Jorge Alberto Hernández Jimenez , Jorge Alberto Hernández Torres, among other, also including a recently deceased young comrade Irma Soledad Sorrroza Moguel.
In the USA, revolutionaries held an event in Columbus, Ohio where speeches were given and books were sold. This event is significant in the ongoing struggle to overcome the dispersal of forces facing the Maoists of this country. The speeches focused on topics of critical importance to the process of uniting under Maoism, the universality of People’s War, The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and the contributions of Chairman Gonzalo to Maoism.
Numerous propaganda actions were taken around the world in observation of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Chairman Mao Zedong which have been documented on the Red Herald website.
