Comparison Between Pro-Palestine Protesters and Red Guards

The podcast discusses comparisons made on Chinese social media between pro-Palestine protesters on American campuses and the Red Guard of the Cultural Revolution. While the podcast acknowledges some similarities in social, intellectual, and political circumstances, it highlights key differences like the presence of opposition, rule of law, and democratic structures in the U.S. versus the one-stream-prem leader in the Cultural Revolution. The discussion emphasizes how both groups were influenced by media propaganda and oppression narratives, with the podcast drawing parallels in radical methods and organizational structures between the Red Guards and pro-Palestinian protesters.