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this announced the start of the cultural revolution
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a poster is put up at beijin university denoucing school leaders. This sparked the formation of the red guards. the red guards joined the revolution
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The revolution condemmed all forms of religion and banned all open expression of faith. churches were shut down and believers were imprisonned.
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Mao recieves an estimate of 11 million red guards on eight occasions in tiananmen square
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The revolution reaches army clashes