Re: [Marxism] Workers bore brunt of Tiananmen Repression

["farmelantj@xxxxxxxx" <farmelantj@xxxxxxxx>]

Arguably, the entrance of workers into the
Tianamen protests was what led the Chinese
government to decide to repress them.
Up to that point, the government seemed
tolerant of the student protesters and
was willing to negotiate with them and
event to debate them on television.
The student protests were not seen as
a threat to the regime.  When workers
began to join the protests then the
government's attitude towards them
changed radically.  While the students
were neither able nor willing to overthrow
the regime, the same could not necessarily
be said for the workers, and the government
decided it wasn't going to take any chances.

Jim F.


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: farmelantj@xxxxxxxx
Subject: [Marxism] Workers bore brunt of Tiananmen Repression
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:07:16 -0400

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0604/p06s14-woap.html

Tiananmen Square: Workers bore brunt of repression
On 20th anniversary of massacre, few remember the key role state
employees played in supporting students ? and the price some paid for
organizing.

By Peter Ford | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

from the June 4, 2009 edition



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