Struggle session
Struggle sessions (Chinese: 批斗大会; pinyin: pīdòu dàhuì), or denunciation rallies or struggle meetings, were public spectacles in China revolution and Maoist China, during which people accused of being "class enemies" were publicly humiliated, accused and criticized in public, sometimes, it can also contain violence, even to death, often by people with whom they were close. The public rallies were most popular in the mass campaigns immediately before and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, and peaked during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), when they were used to instill a crusading spirit among crowds to promote Maoist thought reform.