ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a chronological narrative account of the major stages of the movement and details on the political process. Even when the fieldwork teams returned in late October and early November 1966, there was considerable confusion about what, if anything, should be done, particularly since the Cultural Revolution was still considered to be basically a student affair. After the fieldwork staff members returned, a number of politically active people argued that the Cultural Revolution was calling for criticism of the unit's leadership. The departure of the conservatives left the way open for the rebels to execute a "power seizure". The only people left in the unit at this time were the rebels and thirty-odd people who were not members of either faction at the time. Late 1968 and early 1969 saw continued factional activity and attempts by external political actors and groups to bring the factions together to form a revolutionary committee.
