Red Guards


Loosely organized bands of militant communists who followed Mao Zedong in attacking conservative or bourgeois elements in China during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.

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How to use Red Guards in a sentence

  • But despite the cruelty of the Red Guards and the highhanded behavior of the Taizhou cadres, Hu never lost faith in the party.

    China's Man of Mystery | Melinda Liu | January 17, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Another parallel from the past is the rampage of the Red Guards in China.

    Iran's Chilling Show Trials | Gary Sick | August 14, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Similar demonstrations were held in Moscow and other cities and were similarly treated by the Red Guards.

    Bolshevism | John Spargo
  • The sailors and Red Guards attempted several times to interrupt the session.

    Bolshevism | John Spargo
  • The population, indignant, gathered in groups on the streets, but the Red Guards dispersed all assemblages.

    Bolshevism | John Spargo