本書收錄十篇六四前後與六四事件有關的論文，於一九七三年至一九九零年發表於潮流月刊和明報月刊。本書分為三部份：第一部分為「歷史掃描」，收入論文「家長制與你死我活的權力鬥爭」,論及北京的政治鬥爭,並論證中共沒有黨內民主軌道；第二部分「八六學潮」四篇文章，分析八六學潮前後的政治生態和政治鬥爭；第三部分「八九民運」五篇文章，分析八九年的「人權簽名事件」和第二次天安門事件。
This book contains ten articles related to the June 4th incident, published in China "Trend Monthly" and Hong Kong "Ming Pao Monthly" from 1973 to 1990. This book is divided into three parts: the first part is "Historical Scan", which is included in the paper "Paternalism and the Life-and-Death Power Struggle", discusses the political struggle in Beijing, and demonstrates that the CCP does not have an intra-party democratic track; the second part is "The 1986 Student Movement" "Four articles analyze the political ecology and political struggles before and after the 1986 student uprising; the third part, "1989 Democracy Movement", contains five articles analyzing the "Human Rights Signature Incident" in 1989 and the second Tiananmen Incident.
