Debate breaks out within the Communist Party and the Comintern over how to assess the balance of forces and relate to the developing revolutionary … [Read more...] about Episode 42: More Mass Movements, More Problems: The Aggressive Line of the Guangdong Comrades
Episode 41: Revolution in the Countryside: The Peasant Movement in Hunan in the Wake of the Northern Expedition
Mass upheaval in Hunan and elsewhere after people are liberated from warlord rule. Further reading:C. Martin Wilbur and Julie Lien-ying … [Read more...] about Episode 41: Revolution in the Countryside: The Peasant Movement in Hunan in the Wake of the Northern Expedition
Episode 40: The Northern Expedition Begins: Attempts at Merging the Mass Movement with Regular Warfare
Examining the role of both organized and unorganized mass support for the Northern Expedition in its first phase, the offensive from Guangdong to … [Read more...] about Episode 40: The Northern Expedition Begins: Attempts at Merging the Mass Movement with Regular Warfare
Episode 39: Mao in 1926: War in Hunan, Coup in Guangzhou, Polemicizing for the Peasant Movement
Mao's political activity and intellectual development during the first nine months of 1926. Further Reading:Gerald Berkley, “The Canton Peasant … [Read more...] about Episode 39: Mao in 1926: War in Hunan, Coup in Guangzhou, Polemicizing for the Peasant Movement
Episode 38: Spreading Peasant Revolution Across Guangdong, and Beyond: The Guangzhou Peasant Movement Training Institute
How the Communist Party took the formula of "Haifeng + armed self-defense" and set out to organize the peasants of Guangdong, and beyond. Further … [Read more...] about Episode 38: Spreading Peasant Revolution Across Guangdong, and Beyond: The Guangzhou Peasant Movement Training Institute
Episode 37: The Beginning of the Peasant Movement in Guangdong Province: How the Communist Party Got a Mass Base of Peasant Support in Spite of Itself
Peng Pai and the beginning of the peasant movement in Guangdong Province. Further Reading:Pang Yong-pil, “Peng Pai: From Landlord to … [Read more...] about Episode 37: The Beginning of the Peasant Movement in Guangdong Province: How the Communist Party Got a Mass Base of Peasant Support in Spite of Itself
Episode 36: The March 1926 Zhongshan Gunboat Incident: Coup and Countercoup in the Pearl River Delta
Tensions come to a head between Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei and General Kuibyshev, as a Soviet plot backfires spectacularly. Further Reading:C. … [Read more...] about Episode 36: The March 1926 Zhongshan Gunboat Incident: Coup and Countercoup in the Pearl River Delta
Episode 35: From Quaker Peace Activist to Maoist Revolutionary: An Oral History of Personal Transformation from a 1971 American Delegation to China
An oral history interview with Monica Shay (née Newbold, aka Kathryn) about her experience in China in 1971-72. Some names from this … [Read more...] about Episode 35: From Quaker Peace Activist to Maoist Revolutionary: An Oral History of Personal Transformation from a 1971 American Delegation to China
Episode 34: Bonus: New China Song by Prairie Fire
The song "New China" by the band Prairie Fire, from the 1976 album Break the Chains. This song will be referenced in our next episode. Listen now: … [Read more...] about Episode 34: Bonus: New China Song by Prairie Fire
Episode 33: The Beginning of Maoism: Mao Zedong’s “Analysis of All the Classes in Chinese Society”
Mao’s first major statement on the need for a strategic reorientation toward mobilizing the peasantry. Further Reading:Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s … [Read more...] about Episode 33: The Beginning of Maoism: Mao Zedong’s “Analysis of All the Classes in Chinese Society”