Episode 05 - "DESTROY THE OLD WORLD!": THE RED GUARD MOVEMENT EXPANDS (SEPT-OCT 1966) episode artwork

EPISODE · Oct 30, 2022 · 51 MIN

Episode 05 - "DESTROY THE OLD WORLD!": THE RED GUARD MOVEMENT EXPANDS (SEPT-OCT 1966)

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Though the bloodshed of Red August has been curbed by Mao, the Red Guards expand their struggle through the "Destroy the Four Olds Campaign," filled with chaos and excess. Youth find new ways to express themselves and learn what it means to be a communist revolutionary. Meanwhile, Mao and his allies have to decide which direction to take the Cultural Revolution next.

Though the bloodshed of Red August has been curbed by Mao, the Red Guards expand their struggle through the "Destroy the Four Olds Campaign," filled with chaos and excess. Youth find new ways to express themselves and learn what it means to be a communist revolutionary. Meanwhile, Mao and his allies have to decide which direction to take the Cultural Revolution next.

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