We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies but even they do a dual job, warfare and production. With these two kinds of armies, and with a fighting army skilled in these two tasks and in mass work, we can overcome our difficulties and defeat Japanese imperialism.

“Get Organized!” (November 29,), Selected Works, Vol. III, p. 153.

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    You might be surprised how often the US military is just wandering around picking up trash, sweeping sidewalks, etc. They’ll have battalions out cutting grass with a folding shovel and then the next day contractors show up with lawnmowers.

    There’s even a word for this kind of shit that I can’t remember. I used to work in a restaurant on a base and watched this shit all the time