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Maoist Internationalist Movement
2003 MIM Congress
Art under the dictatorship of the proletariat
Under the dictatorship of the proletariat, allow reactionary music and films
to continue and phase in revisions of reactionary art, because we recognize
it takes time. We seek to improve pop culture as fast as we can without
leaving a vacuum.
[mim3@mim.org adds context comments:
The above resolution was significant because the party started a two-line struggle
over whether it is possible to cut existing pop culture back to what is
progressive without leaving a vacuum or whether the culture-saturated
imperialist countries like the united $tates would be left in a bad
"vacuum" situation. The "vacuum theory" won out the day. This was in line
with MIM's emphasis on its materialist tradition opposing nihilism and for offering
real alternatives.]