An oral history interview with Monica Shay (née Newbold, aka Kathryn) about her experience in China in 1971-72.
Some names from this episode:
William Hinton, author of Fanshen and other books on China
Jiang Qing, leading radical during Cultural Revolution and wife of Mao Zedong
Revolutionary Union (RU), pro-China communist group in the US in early 1970s
Dazhai, model agricultural commune
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