We're back from Sierra Leone and it's time for episode 18! Today Heers is examining change. What is change? To start scratching at the surface of a question as broad as this, Heers takes us back to 50's and 60's China in a case study of the Red Guard. It's a mix of old and new as change puts everything into turmoil.

Links / Further Reading:

• Wikipedia article on the Red Guard
• The Guardian on the Red Guard
• Great picture of a Red Guard rally
• Mao’s Last Revolution by Roderick MacFaquhuar and Michael Schoenhals
• China’s Cultural Revolution, 1966-69: Not a Dinner Party - Michael Schoenhals
• Hai Rui Dismissed from Office - Play by Wu Han

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