The Communist Party begins its labor organizing drive, and the Comintern pushes for a united front with the Guomindang.Further reading:Elizabeth … [Read more...] about Episode 19: Communist Unionizing and the Genesis of the United Front with the Guomindang
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Episode 18: Workers’ Revolution or Nationalist United Front? Early Strategic Decisions of the Chinese Communist Party
The early divergence in strategic thinking and revolutionary priorities between the CCP and the Comintern. Further reading:Tony … [Read more...] about Episode 18: Workers’ Revolution or Nationalist United Front? Early Strategic Decisions of the Chinese Communist Party
Episode 17: Demarcation and Organization: The Chinese Communist Party is Founded
Polemics with non-revolutionary Marxists and anarchists, and then the party congress in July 1921.Further reading:Arif Dirlik, The Origins of … [Read more...] about Episode 17: Demarcation and Organization: The Chinese Communist Party is Founded
Episode 16: From Russia with Organizational Expertise: The Comintern Comes to China
Gregory Voitinsky comes to China and helps get the ball rolling to found the Communist Party. Also, a few words on commodity fetishism as the keystone … [Read more...] about Episode 16: From Russia with Organizational Expertise: The Comintern Comes to China
Episode 15: The Communist International
Explaining how the strategic thinking of the Communist International developed, as background to the key role the ComIntern played in facilitating the … [Read more...] about Episode 15: The Communist International