The Cultural Revolution, 1966
•All Mao’s idea-Mao swims in the river
•Wanted to have a ‘pure’ form of Communism
-The little red book had Maos quotes-everyone had to have one
•Red Guards began openly criticizing the gov’t officials
•Some people were upset about the following and were seen as targets:
•Those who wanted to return to capitalism
•‘Specialists’ - anyone who did not do manual labour were forced to work
•Anyone who disobeyed “Little Red Book”
•The Red Guard got so violent that the PLA had to restore order the Revolution ended by 1969
-The red guards attacked and killed people
•Wanted to have a ‘pure’ form of Communism
-The little red book had Maos quotes-everyone had to have one
•Red Guards began openly criticizing the gov’t officials
•Some people were upset about the following and were seen as targets:
•Those who wanted to return to capitalism
•‘Specialists’ - anyone who did not do manual labour were forced to work
•Anyone who disobeyed “Little Red Book”
•The Red Guard got so violent that the PLA had to restore order the Revolution ended by 1969
-The red guards attacked and killed people
If the red guards didn't get so violent would there have been a revolution to those extreme levels?
QUOTE
Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Mao
Mao
Mao wanted to have a pure form of communism. Also Mao had put out the "red books" which had all of his quotes in it and all the citizens of china had to have one of these little red books.