Cultural Revolution

Nota:

• 4 Olds - old culture, ideas, customs, habits. Stop traditional ideas and promote Maoism.

1. sent by Mao to attack Wu Han (historian/playwrite)
2. Given a key role in starting the Cultural Rev

1. Gains power as a result of CR

1. Drops to No.8 on standing committe

1. Supporter of Wu Han
2. Gets dismissed

1. Formed by young people
   1. workers often began to copy children and formed their own units
2. Police didn't interfere with the Red guard
3. Used to terrorise opponents of Mao's thought
4. Deng and Liu tried to make the Red Guard illegal
5. No central organisation or direction
   1. chose their own targets
   2. Did sometimes follow Madame Mao

1. Students attacked their teachers
   1. One primary school headmaster was eaten by his pupils

1. Diminishing food supplies
2. Made Mao possibly begin to think CR might have gone to far
   1. PLA see this as a sign and launch Feb crackdown

      Nota:

      • PLA use very strict tactics to try to bring the Red Guard under control
      1. Mao attacks PLA leaders for being too harsh

1. to prove how revolutionary they were