Overthrow

  Liberation of the nation and liberation of the oppressed classes went together for the Chinese communists from the beginning.  “There can be no salvation from this situation if China does not pick itself up into a country-wide movement for the people’s right to self-determination. ... We still hope that all revolutionary elements of our society will join the Kuomintang to accelerate the victory of the national revolutionary movement. At the same time, we hope that the Kuomintang will resolutely abandon its two previous guiding principles, trust in foreign countries and concentration on military force.... Considering the economic and political conditions at home and abroad, as well as the suffering and needs of those classes of Chinese society (workers, peasants, industrialists and merchants) who urgently need the national revolution, the Communist Party of China never forgets that it represents the interests of workers and peasants.... It is our mission to liberate the oppressed Ch