Problem
Counter revolution
Other Names:
Counter-revolutionary activitiesCounter-revolutionary propaganda
Nature:
Counter revolutionary forces may group to avert a revolution, or after it has happened, to overthrow it. In so doing they may have to adopt some of the tactics and even some of the programmes of the revolutionaries. Such groups are often elitist and may be supported by foreign governments against the revolutionaries. Counter revolution may constitute a barrier to progress and may introduce repression and militarism, if this has not already taken place during the revolution. Incidence:
In China in 1993, thousands of people, labelled as counter-revolutionaries by the government, were behind bars and reportedly often subject to beating and humiliation. They included 25 Tibetan and Chinese journalists serving 20-year sentences for counter-revolutionary propaganda. Despite abolishing that crime, the number of counter-revolutionaries still in prison in 1998 was reported to be 2,000. Broader Problems:
Revolution Related Problems:
Civil disobedienceDeliberate blockage of reforms Aggravates:
Civil disordersInternal refugeesIncitement to violenceBourgeois deviationismHarassment of journalists Strategies:
Reducing number of political prisonersPropagandizingAnti-imperialist propagandizingReducing amount of counter-revolutionary propagandaEngaging in counter revolution References:
Dede, Spiro: Counter-revolution in the Counter-revolutionKolar, F: Export of Counter-Revolution: past and present Subject(s):
Action → Action Communication → Influencing
Government → Revolution
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST