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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 (10[1])for publishing (10[1])a pamphlet opposing the caste-like “bloodline theory” (10[1])promoted by this organization. Members of this organization referenced an earlier classification of 10 castes (10[1])in their campaigns against the “Stinking Old Ninth.” (10[1])Members of this organization (10[1])desecrated (10[1])the grave of a 16th-century minister who was the subject of a play about being (10[1])“dismissed from office.” (10[1])A 1966 (10[2])“big-character (-5[1])poster” (10[1]-5[1])encouraged (10[2])this (10[1])organization to destroy the “Four Olds.” (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])name these student-led paramilitary groups during the Cultural Revolution. (10[4]0[1])■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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