If this is too close to sectarianism I get it, but I keep hearing about Marxist-Leninist-Maoists at the periphery of other discussions and all I know about them is:
- they seem to be distinct from other Maoist tendencies
- their name is often shortened to Maoist in conversation
- the tendency is at least nominally a synthesis of Mao's writings into prior ML theory, done by someone named Gonzalo
- their reputation among MLs seems to be deviant
- I think the rapper Power Struggle alludes to being one, which is my sole investment in this question
To expand on the end, Maoists don't like China because they see the Dengist turn as a revisionist betrayal of Mao's vision and strategy. Maoists also will usually defend the cultural revolution and the great leap forward, but not anything more recent like tiananmen, where they tend to start looking like what might be called ultras