Red Guard Party

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The Red Guard Party was a radical Asian American political organization active in the late 1960s and 1970s that drew inspiration from the Black Panther Party to fight racism, police brutality, and social injustice in Chinese American communities.

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Red Guard Party canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Asian American organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
radical organization ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
advocatedFor community control of institutions ⓘ
multiracial solidarity ⓘ
self-determination for Asian Americans ⓘ
countryOfOperation United States ⓘ
demographicBase working-class Chinese Americans ⓘ
young Asian Americans ⓘ
focusesOnIssue anti-imperialism ⓘ
community self-defense ⓘ
employment discrimination ⓘ
housing rights ⓘ
police accountability ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
formedAs Asian American counterpart to the Black Panther Party ⓘ
hasEthnicFocus Asian American ⓘ
Chinese American ⓘ
historicalContext Vietnam War era ⓘ
linked to: Vietnam War

civil rights era ⓘ
ideology revolutionary socialism ⓘ
inspiredBy Black Panther Party ⓘ
Maoism ⓘ
mainGoal fight police brutality ⓘ
fight racism ⓘ
fight social injustice ⓘ
movement Asian American Movement ⓘ
notableFor militant rhetoric ⓘ
solidarity with Black liberation movements ⓘ
solidarity with Third World liberation movements ⓘ
operatedInCommunity Chinese American communities ⓘ
opposed U.S. imperialism ⓘ
U.S. racism ⓘ
organized community programs ⓘ
political education ⓘ
protests against police brutality ⓘ
partOf Third World liberation movements in the United States ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
radical left ⓘ
regionOfActivity San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
San Francisco Chinatown ⓘ
status defunct organization ⓘ
typeOfActivism community-based organizing ⓘ
street-level protest ⓘ
usedSymbolismFrom Chinese Cultural Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Cultural Revolution
usedTacticsSimilarTo Black Panther Party ⓘ

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