History GCSE
Anti-Rightist purge
What Anti-Rightist purge means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Anti-Rightist purge
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A brutal crackdown launched in 1957 that targeted intellectuals, students, and party members who had spoken out, labelling them 'rightists' or counter-revolutionaries.
Topics that use Anti-Rightist purge
- Option 32: Key topic 1: Establishing communist rule, 1945–59 - 4 The Hundred Flowers campaign, 1956–57 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Authoritarian control
- Laogai
- political control and repression
- Political opposition
- The role of intellectuals
- Repression and censorship
- rightists
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