Wage Active Ideological Struggle within the Party

Mao Zedong put forward: “We stand for active ideological struggle because it is the weapon for ensuring unity within the Party and the revolutionary organizations in the interest of our fight. Every Communist and revolutionary should take up this weapon.” He pointed out: "Opposition and struggle between ideas of different kinds constantly occur within the Party; this is a reflection within the Party of contradictions between classes and between the new and the old in society. If there were no contradictions in the Party and no ideological struggles to resolve them, the Party's life would come to an end.”

“In order carry out ideological struggle within the Party, we must adhere to correct principles and methods.” Mao Zedong advocated that in the struggle within the party, we must adopt the policy of "learning from the past mistakes and avoiding the future ones, and secondly we must adopt the policy of curing the sickness and saving the people", focusing on the root causes of the mistakes and the methods of correction, "so as to achieve the two purposes of refining our ideology and ensuring unity among the comrades."