One of their flagbearers, Wang Hui, the editor of a widely read and outspoken literary journal, Dushu, says workers should be allowed to have independent trade unions rather than impotent party-controlled ones.

• 新左派的棋手之一，以鼓吹批判政府的论调而聚集读者的刊物《读书》的主编汪晖就主张工会不应该是由党支配的无能的组织，而应该被容许为是独立于党的团体。