A sociological analysis of the factions within this organization was performed in the history Fractured Rebellion by Andrew G. Walder. A book translated by the pseudonymous “T. P. Sym” detailed incidents of cannibalism perpetrated by this organization. A middle schooler was executed for publishing a pamphlet opposing the caste-like “bloodline theory” promoted by this organization. Members of this organization referenced an earlier classification of 10 castes in their campaigns against the “Stinking Old Ninth.” Members of this organization desecrated the grave of a 16th-century minister who was the subject of a play about being “dismissed from office.” A 1966 “big-character poster” encouraged this organization to destroy the “Four Olds.” For 10 points, name these student-led paramilitary groups during the Cultural Revolution. ■END■
ANSWER: Red Guards [or Hóng wèi bīng; accept Fractured Rebellion: The Beijing Red Guard Movement; prompt on Chinese Communist Party, Communist Party of China, CCP, or CPC; reject “People’s Liberation Army” or “PLA”] (“T. P. Sym” was the pseudonym of Zheng Yi, who reported on the Guangxi Massacre.)
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