a memoir of mao's manifesto

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

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This is a diary in the eyes of a professor during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. It tells of his journey through the decade of disaster, and his hatred to the system as he learns the truth of Communism in his suffering.

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Page 1: A memoir of Mao's manifesto

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Page 2: A memoir of Mao's manifesto

July 19th, 1966 – Mao Zedong’s Historic Swim

Mao swimming in the Yangtze in Wuhan

Poster commemorating Mao on his swim

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July 1968 – Dispersing of the Red Guards

A poster expressing criticism towards the Red Guards

The once proud Red Guard is now no more

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December 1968 – Down to the Countryside

Worker-Peasant-Soldiers being deployed out to the countryside

Propaganda poster encouraging youth to labor in the countryside

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January 1972 – “Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius”

Poster criticizing Lin’s ideals

Children preform hard labor in criticism of Lin

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September 9th, 1976 – Mao Zedong: Man, Not God

Tiananmen square, where only Mao’s portrait hangs now

Mao’s burial casket, in the mausoleum.

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September 9th, 1976 – Mao Zedong: Man, Not God

Tiananmen square, where only Mao’s portrait hangs now

Mao’s burial casket, in the mausoleum.