The Anti-Rightist Campaign (1957)
| When my mother's level [in the Party hierarchy] was told about Mao's speech soliciting criticism of officials, they were not informed about some other remarks he had made around the same time [1957], enticing snakes of their lairs--to uncover anyone who dared to oppose him or his regime. (WS,212) ... Mao said that "rightists" had gone on a rampage attacking the Communist Party and China's socialist system. He said these rightists made up between 1 percent and 10 percent of all intellectuals ... and that 5 percent ... had to be caught. To meet it [the quota] my mother was expected to find over a hundred rightists in the organizations under her. |
So, who were these "rightists," enemies of the state and the society?
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