The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (GPCR) in 1966 was initiated by Mao Zedong with support from his wife, Jiang Qing, the Defence Minister Lin Biao, and other prominent party members. This group of people were dissatisfied with the revision of the Party constitution and the current policies under the leadership of Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, and Mao established the Great Cultural Revolutionary Committee to compete against the government. Well-built students and workers came together in answer to Mao's calls, and soon competing coalitions were found everywhere.
In the video, the Red Guards are filmed attacking almost everything that had reference to the past, going as far as to destroy the temples in Tibet as an act of destroying religion. Old statues like the Virgin Mary and posters were taken down and replaced with Mao's own potraits. Violent confrontations were widespread, and everyone was making accusations - students were even attacking their schools, tearing down the signboards or putting up accusing posters of their principals or teachers.
-YI CHIAN
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