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7 - Workers and Citizens

from Part Two - The Tiananmen Protests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2021

Jeremy Brown
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
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The imposition of martial law on May 20 sparked panic buying in addition to motivating citizens to block military convoys attempting to enter Beijing. Martial law also motivated more workers to join the Beijing Workers' Autonomous Federation. An umbrella organization called the Capital Joint Liaison Group tried to create an alliance of intellectuals, students, workers, and other Beijing residents but maintained a hierarchy that kept workers at the bottom. But the protest movement was slowly getting more inclusive in late May 1989.

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June Fourth
The Tiananmen Protests and Beijing Massacre of 1989
, pp. 82 - 88
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Workers and Citizens
  • Jeremy Brown, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: June Fourth
  • Online publication: 01 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107323728.011
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  • Workers and Citizens
  • Jeremy Brown, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: June Fourth
  • Online publication: 01 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107323728.011
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  • Workers and Citizens
  • Jeremy Brown, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
  • Book: June Fourth
  • Online publication: 01 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107323728.011
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