How Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai’s forces were brought into the Red Army, and Mao cemented the loyalty of the locals by marrying the Two-Gunned Girl … [Read more...] about Episode 70: Hearts, Minds, and a Head on a Spike: The Unification of People and Forces in the Jinggangshan
Episode 69: Secret Agent for International Maoism: José Venturelli, Chinese Informal Diplomacy and Latin American Maoism
A podcast version of an article published a few years back. The Chilean artist José Venturelli was a supporter of Maoist China. This article, a brief … [Read more...] about Episode 69: Secret Agent for International Maoism: José Venturelli, Chinese Informal Diplomacy and Latin American Maoism
Episode 68: Two Incursions, One Betrayal, and Six Points for Attention: The Red Army in Chaling and Suichuan (October 1927 to January 1928)
The early progress of the Red Army in expanding Soviet power in the Jinggangshan region. Further reading:Stephen Averill, Revolution in the … [Read more...] about Episode 68: Two Incursions, One Betrayal, and Six Points for Attention: The Red Army in Chaling and Suichuan (October 1927 to January 1928)
Episode 67: Alliances, Discipline, and an Army to Serve the People: The Beginning of the Jinggangshan Base Area (October 1927)
Mao forges an alliance with Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo, and the Revolutionary Army builds its capacity as a political force. Further reading:Stephen … [Read more...] about Episode 67: Alliances, Discipline, and an Army to Serve the People: The Beginning of the Jinggangshan Base Area (October 1927)
Episode 66: The Early Jinggangshan Revolutionary Movement
How the Chinese revolution came to the Jinggangshan, and how the revolution and counter-revolution developed up until Mao’s arrival in October … [Read more...] about Episode 66: The Early Jinggangshan Revolutionary Movement
Episode 65: Mao’s Bandit Comrades: Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai
The stories of Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai before they joined up with Mao Zedong. Further reading:Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: … [Read more...] about Episode 65: Mao’s Bandit Comrades: Wang Zuo and Yuan Wencai
Episode 64: Bandits of the Jinggangshan
A closer look at the phenomenon of banditry in the Jinggang Mountains, because of the importance that banditry and other forms of collective violence … [Read more...] about Episode 64: Bandits of the Jinggangshan
Episode 63: Background on Society and Economy in the Jinggang Mountains
With particular emphasis on the geographical divisions between valleys and mountainsides, and ethnic divisions between Han and Hakka. Further … [Read more...] about Episode 63: Background on Society and Economy in the Jinggang Mountains
Episode 62: Entering the Jinggangshan: The Sanwan Reorganization of the People’s Army
As Mao’s troops arrive in the Jinggangshan region, a revolutionary reorganization of the people’s army is begun. Also, a tangent on Mao’s leadership … [Read more...] about Episode 62: Entering the Jinggangshan: The Sanwan Reorganization of the People’s Army
Episode 61: The Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hunan
The first days of Mao Zedong’s long career of armed struggle. Further reading:Marcia Ristaino, China’s Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of … [Read more...] about Episode 61: The Autumn Harvest Uprising in Hunan