#StruggleSessions happened in the 1950s in china, if not earlier. sort of practice runs for the cultural revolution. from Violence in China (books.google.com/books?id=ShGfc…): 
"It was difficult or downright impossible, many Chinese would argue, to remain silent during this campaign. To remain silent was to risk being attacked oneself. At best, people attacked to avoid being attacked." books.google.com/books?id=ShGfc… #StruggleSessions
"Of the true believers, many were convinced not only that struggle and violence were necessary for the achievement of revolutionary goals but also that the sacrifice of a few innocent people was the inevitable price to be paid." #StruggleSessions books.google.com/books?id=ShGfc…
"For many, however, the reasons for participation were more prosaic and petty.... [L]arge numbers of people participated in struggle sessions mindlessly, unquestioningly, for the spectacle they provided." #StruggleSessions books.google.com/books?id=ShGfc…
"Forcing someone to kneel has always meant subjugating that person." #PoliticalHumiliation #StruggleSessions
from The Politics of Humiliation: A Modern History (books.google.com/books?id=H8jXD…):
from The Politics of Humiliation: A Modern History (books.google.com/books?id=H8jXD…):
