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Episode 105: Clashing Communists and Comintern Guidance: The 6th Congress Gets off to a Rocky Start

September 21, 2023

Qu Qiubai’s report and proposal are disputed, and the Comintern intervenes to restore order. Further reading:Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of … [Read more...] about Episode 105: Clashing Communists and Comintern Guidance: The 6th Congress Gets off to a Rocky Start

Tagged With: china, ComIntern

Episode 104: Bukharin on the Nature of the Chinese Revolution in 1928

September 14, 2023

Our third (and last) close look at Bukharin’s speech at the 6th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, held in Moscow in the summer of … [Read more...] about Episode 104: Bukharin on the Nature of the Chinese Revolution in 1928

Tagged With: china, ComIntern

Episode 103: Bukharin on the Theory of the Productive Forces (and Mao’s counterpoint on New Democratic Revolution)

May 27, 2023

Bukharin articulates a vision of the Chinese Revolution at the 6th Party Congress which is highly colored by the non-revolutionary Marxism of the 2nd … [Read more...] about Episode 103: Bukharin on the Theory of the Productive Forces (and Mao’s counterpoint on New Democratic Revolution)

Tagged With: china, ComIntern

Episode 102: The ‘Third Period’ of the World Revolution: Bukharin’s Speech at the Sixth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (June 1928)

May 20, 2023

Nikolai Bukharin kicks off the party congress with a very long speech. Further reading:Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist … [Read more...] about Episode 102: The ‘Third Period’ of the World Revolution: Bukharin’s Speech at the Sixth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (June 1928)

Tagged With: china, ComIntern

Episode 101: Preparations for the Sixth Party Congress (April to May 1928)

May 13, 2023

The decision to hold the Sixth Party Congress in Moscow, and some of the political debate inside the Communist Party of China leading up to that … [Read more...] about Episode 101: Preparations for the Sixth Party Congress (April to May 1928)

Tagged With: china, ComIntern

Episode 100: The Bailu Conference: Suppressing Orders from the Party Congress and Preparing to Leave the Jinggangshan (January 1929)

February 16, 2023

Potentially explosive guidance arrives in the Jinggangshan from the 6th Party Congress of the Communist Party, and plans are laid to break out of the … [Read more...] about Episode 100: The Bailu Conference: Suppressing Orders from the Party Congress and Preparing to Leave the Jinggangshan (January 1929)

Tagged With: china

Episode 99: The Base Area under Economic Blockade and Unification with the Fifth Red Army (End of 1928)

February 2, 2023

The national Guomindang center takes note of the Communists’ resilience, and takes charge of organizing a new suppression campaign, which is preceded … [Read more...] about Episode 99: The Base Area under Economic Blockade and Unification with the Fifth Red Army (End of 1928)

Tagged With: china

Episode 98: Vagrants, Mercenaries, and Rich Peasants (November 1928)

November 27, 2022

A close reading of a couple portions of Mao’s November 25, 1928 report to the Central Committee. Further reading:Stephen Averill, Revolution … [Read more...] about Episode 98: Vagrants, Mercenaries, and Rich Peasants (November 1928)

Tagged With: china

Episode 97: Transforming, Building, and Purging the Party (September to November 1928)

October 31, 2022

Finishing our close reading of the resolution of the Border Area Party Congress of October 4 to 6, 1928. Also, the reorganization and purge of the … [Read more...] about Episode 97: Transforming, Building, and Purging the Party (September to November 1928)

Tagged With: china

Episode 96: Opportunism and Self-Criticism: The Jinggangshan Party Congress Resolution of October 1928

October 20, 2022

A discussion of the concept of opportunism as it developed in the international communist movement, and a close reading of the self-critical portion … [Read more...] about Episode 96: Opportunism and Self-Criticism: The Jinggangshan Party Congress Resolution of October 1928

Tagged With: china

Episode 95: “Why Is It that Red Political Power Can Exist in China?” (October 1928)

September 15, 2022

A close reading of the portion of the resolution of the Border Area Party Congress of October 4 to 6, 1928, which later became a key early text in the … [Read more...] about Episode 95: “Why Is It that Red Political Power Can Exist in China?” (October 1928)

Tagged With: china

Episode 94: The August Defeat (Part 2): The Communists Strike Back (August to November 1928)

July 31, 2022

The Communists fight to regain lost territory, and ethnic tensions explode among the peasants in the base area. Further reading:Stephen … [Read more...] about Episode 94: The August Defeat (Part 2): The Communists Strike Back (August to November 1928)

Tagged With: china

Episode 93: The August Defeat (Part 1)

July 24, 2022

The 29th Regiment goes against Mao’s orders and decides to stay in Hunan, with disastrous results for the Communists. Further reading:Stephen … [Read more...] about Episode 93: The August Defeat (Part 1)

Tagged With: china

Episode 92: The Yongxin Joint Conference and Mao’s July 4, 1928 Report to the Hunan Provincial Committee

July 17, 2022

Mao explains his refusal to comply with orders from the Hunan Provincial Committee. Further reading:Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: … [Read more...] about Episode 92: The Yongxin Joint Conference and Mao’s July 4, 1928 Report to the Hunan Provincial Committee

Tagged With: china

Episode 91: Clandestine Transcripts of Revolutionary Globalization: The Shining Paths of Late Cultural Revolution Maoism

April 28, 2022

A talk that I recently delivered at the University of Hamburg, focused on the development of a new socialist political economy late in the Cultural … [Read more...] about Episode 91: Clandestine Transcripts of Revolutionary Globalization: The Shining Paths of Late Cultural Revolution Maoism

Tagged With: china, Peru

Episode 90: Nuclear War and Communist Revolution

March 7, 2022

In light of the Ukraine crisis, a historical look at communist thinking on the connection between a third world war and revolution. Further … [Read more...] about Episode 90: Nuclear War and Communist Revolution

Tagged With: china, Russia, USA

Episode 89: The Beginning of the Midyear Crisis (June 1928)

February 27, 2022

The Hunan Provincial Committee decides that Mao must obey its authority. Further reading:Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s … [Read more...] about Episode 89: The Beginning of the Midyear Crisis (June 1928)

Tagged With: china

Episode 88: Land Revolution and Communist Party Growth: The High Tide of the Jinggangshan Base Area (Summer 1928)

February 10, 2022

In the wake of their military victories in late Spring 1928, the Communists carried out a major land redistribution and a mass recruitment drive. … [Read more...] about Episode 88: Land Revolution and Communist Party Growth: The High Tide of the Jinggangshan Base Area (Summer 1928)

Tagged With: china

Episode 87: Beating Back Suppression Campaigns and Expanding the Jinggangshan Base Area (May to June 1928)

February 3, 2022

Mao Zedong and Zhu De learn warfare through warfare as they face continuing onslaughts from Guomindang forces. Further reading/watching:Stephen … [Read more...] about Episode 87: Beating Back Suppression Campaigns and Expanding the Jinggangshan Base Area (May to June 1928)

Tagged With: china

Episode 86: The Jinggangshan Junction of Forces: Mao Zedong and Zhu De Unite (April to May 1928)

January 27, 2022

The unification of Mao Zedong’s and Zhu De’s forces. Some discussion of the problems involved in unifying the Communist armed forces. Further … [Read more...] about Episode 86: The Jinggangshan Junction of Forces: Mao Zedong and Zhu De Unite (April to May 1928)

Tagged With: china

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