Thursday, 15 December 2011
Villagers show Stalinists what communism looks like.
Something quite remarkable is happening in Wukan. The 20,000 inhabitants of this South China fishing village have risen up in open revolt and sent the local Communist Party bureaucrats packing. Tired of Party corruption and the selling off of their land to speculative developers the villagers have taken matters into their own hands, seized control of their community and given Party bosses an object lesson in what real communism would look like. Sadly, common sense tells us that it is only a matter of time before the free market loving Stalinists crush this revolt but in the meantime the courageous people of Wukan remain a beacon to us all.
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http://twitter.com/TomLasseter
is there & tweeting about the situation.
China is a little more concerned with its image these days, so maybe(?) the presence of western press may be a good thing. hope so...
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