Mao Tse-Tung:
"Mao Tse-tung is the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our era. He inherited, defended and developed Marxist-Leninism with genius, creatively and comprehensively, and has brought it to a higher and completely new stage" (Lin Piao, 16/12/1966).

 Mao used acts of terror against the corrupt government and against non-supportive peasants to rise to power; and once in power he used terrorism from above to maintain control and protect the state.
Mao was a charismatic leader who used a scotch-earth policy or radical strategy that only the Chinese peasantry offered any change for recovering Chinese dignity.

He espoused a revolutionary ideology that utilized violence and terror, arguing that, “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” and that change comes only thru extreme shocking violence in which the masses must be united for the cause in order defeat the corrupt government.

Che Guevara:
In the late 1950s, Che began to build upon Mao Tse-Tung’s premise that the rural populace could be mobilized for peoples’ war against the existing government in Latin America. He advocated for social and economic reform for the lower class and claims that terror was justified if it promoted revolutionary ideas to overthrow the existing power structure. His commitment to the cause of revolution was now his entire life. This spirit is indispensable to defeat capitalism and win a revolution. It is the quality in Che which those fighting to emancipate the working class and exploited classes today need to emulate.

As he engaged directly in revolutionary struggle his boldness and self-sacrifice was to become very evident. At the same time his ideas developed in a one-sided manner. He based himself on the peasantry and guerrilla struggle. This is one important aspect of the Marxist policy, which applies in the rural areas where a peasant class exists.

The question of the role of the working class and the urban centers is also of decisive importance to apply a correct Marxist policy. Unfortunately because of the uneven development of Che’s ideas it was not possible for him to develop a policy and program, which could bring about a victorious revolution in countries such as Argentina, Brazil or Chile where powerful working classes existed

Franz Fanon:
Franz Fanon was a charismatic activist for black consciousness and identity, and nationalism. Fanon’s burgeoning popularity and influence on more recent post-colonial readings of black liberation and nationalism perhaps serve as an index of his centrality to the movement for Algerian self-determination in the 1950's that shaped (and, in turn, was shaped by) his diverse career as a political activist and critic. He introduced the philosophy of terror to fight imperialism, claiming that violence both therapeutic and helpful even if it fails to enhance revolutionary cause of guerilla warfare because it’s an expression of freedom.