freedom of the press was a goal of the student protestors in tianamen square in 1989.
what was a goal of the student protestors in tianamen square in 1989?
freedom of the press
on may 6, "people's daily" issued a news article titled “beijing post-secondary schools gradually resumed classes; zhao ziyang's speech received positive responses (首都高校昨日起陆续复课; 赵紫阳讲话引起积极反响),” recognizing the patriotism of the student protestors. on may 15, jiang zemin, then shanghai's party secretary, suspended the "world economic herald". 102 staff members from the "people's daily" along with hundreds of media practitioners signed an open letter to the shanghai municipal party committee, asking the shanghai government to revoke the penalties given to qin benli and withdraw the leading group of rectification that was in charge of the organization at the time. from may 17 to may 19 when the student-led hunger strike triggered massive protests against the government in beijing, an estimated more than half of the "people's daily" staff members took to the streets, with giant poster such as “freedom of press” and “we want to report truth! don't force us to lie!” and the slogan, “april 26 editorial was not written by us!”
people's daily during the 1989 student movement
in the 1960s, tensions between classes flared up again. the student protestors, many of whom had deferments and were therefore exempt from fighting in the vietnam war, were generally the youth of the professional middle class. though the student protestors envisioned solidarity with the working class as a means of opposing "establishment" policies with regard to war, race, and other social issues, the student protestors' lack of support for the vietnam war, as well as generalized antipathy toward youthful rebellion, alienated the working classes.





















































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professional and working class conflict in the united states