Mao as acting head of propaganda for the Guomindang. Further Reading:C. Martin Wilbur and Julie Lien-ying How, Missionaries of Revolution: Soviet … [Read more...] about Episode 32: Propaganda, Criticism and Corruption: Mao as Propagandist and Disciplinarian (October 1925 to early 1926)
Episode 31: Strike, Assassination and War: The Revolution/Counter-Revolution Dialectic in Guangdong in the Second Half of 1925
The Hong Kong strike, the assassination of Liao Zhongkai, and the Second Eastern Expedition. Further Reading:C. Martin Wilbur and Julie Lien-ying … [Read more...] about Episode 31: Strike, Assassination and War: The Revolution/Counter-Revolution Dialectic in Guangdong in the Second Half of 1925
Episode 30: Guangdong Spring 1925: Revolutionary Warfare Erupts and Workers Shut Down Hong Kong
The National Revolutionary Army battles the warlords for supremacy in Guangdong, while the British and French escalate tensions by massacring … [Read more...] about Episode 30: Guangdong Spring 1925: Revolutionary Warfare Erupts and Workers Shut Down Hong Kong
Episode 29: The Soviet Military Alliance with the Guomindang, and the Creation of the National Revolutionary Army
The first year of the Soviet military alliance with the Guomindang, including the creation of the Whampoa Military Academy, the formation of the … [Read more...] about Episode 29: The Soviet Military Alliance with the Guomindang, and the Creation of the National Revolutionary Army
Episode 28: Peasant Revolution?: An Exhausted Mao Rediscovers His Roots
Mao gets sick of all the BS in Shanghai and returns to his hometown of Shaoshan, where he discovers a militant peasantry. Further Reading:Stuart … [Read more...] about Episode 28: Peasant Revolution?: An Exhausted Mao Rediscovers His Roots
Episode 27: Gonzalo in the Middle Kingdom: What Abimael Guzmán Tells Us in His Three Discussions of His Two Trips to China
A podcast version of a recently published article which discusses what the leader of Peru's Shining Path, Abimael Guzmán, has to say about the time he … [Read more...] about Episode 27: Gonzalo in the Middle Kingdom: What Abimael Guzmán Tells Us in His Three Discussions of His Two Trips to China
Episode 26: The May 30 Movement: The Chinese People’s Uprising Against the British and Japanese in 1925
Workers, students and merchants in Shanghai take on the British authorities of the International Settlement and Japanese mill owners after protesters … [Read more...] about Episode 26: The May 30 Movement: The Chinese People’s Uprising Against the British and Japanese in 1925
Episode 25: Lenin’s Ideas on Revolutionary Situations and the Situation in the United States Today
In response to a listener request, we consider the situation in the United States today in light of historical thinking on the question of … [Read more...] about Episode 25: Lenin’s Ideas on Revolutionary Situations and the Situation in the United States Today
Episode 24: Back to the Labor Front!: The Japanese Mills Strike of 1925
The Communist Party tries to figure out how to put the workers in the lead of the nationalist revolution, and has some initial success. Further … [Read more...] about Episode 24: Back to the Labor Front!: The Japanese Mills Strike of 1925
Episode 23: The Proletarian Nation vs. The Theory of the Productive Forces
The thinking of Chinese Communism’s two founders, Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu, diverges as revolutionary experience is gained. Further Reading:Maurice … [Read more...] about Episode 23: The Proletarian Nation vs. The Theory of the Productive Forces