The Great Proletarian Cultural revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was a radical reform initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard or the People's Liberation Army. It was intended to eliminate counter revolutionary elements in the government. It resulted in the purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos. He also made the schools teach the children about the Little Red Book which was a collection of quotes and ideas by Mao Zedong. One of the other programs Mao enacted during his rule was the Redistribution of wealth. This was when he attempted to redistribute the wealth from the wealthy into the lower class and this would benefit all of society. He used this idea because many of his supporters were lower class farmers and this was the beginning of communes. Mao also believed that in order to keep improving his country hi country would need to be in a constant state of revolution. This was an idea by Marx of an uninterrupted time of revolution.
The Cultural Revolution
Was a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard.It was intended to eliminate counter revolutionary elements in the government. It resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos
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People's Liberation Army
Was originally called the Red Army, it grew from 5,000 troops in 1929 to 200,000 in 1933. Worked with the Nationalists to defeat the Japanese, but later beat the Nationalists after world War Two.
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Little Red Book
The little red book was a collection of quotations from Mao Zedong's past speeches and publications. The Chinese were required to learn it and study it in schools.
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Redistribution of Wealth
The redistribution of wealth was the idea that money should be distributed to benefit the poorer members of society. Used by the communists since many of their supporters were the poor farmers and believed the rich were greedy and selfish.
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Communes
A commune is a relatively small, often rural community whose members share common interests, work, and income and often own property collectively. They were formed when the wealth in China was redistributed to the lower class.
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Constant Revolution
Constant Revolution was an idea by Marx and Engels of an uninterrupted revolution. Mao Zedong believed to improve his country's ideas and ideals they must be in a state of permanent revolution
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