The story of how the co-founder and first General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party became a Trotskyist. Further reading:Gregor … [Read more...] about Episode 132: Chen Duxiu Update (or, the Devil Makes Work for Idle Hands) (1929)
Russia
Episode 126: The Chinese Eastern Railway: Background to the 1929 Sino-Soviet War
The Guomindang moves to seize Soviet assets in Manchuria. Also, subscribe to the new substack at … [Read more...] about Episode 126: The Chinese Eastern Railway: Background to the 1929 Sino-Soviet War
Episode 90: Nuclear War and Communist Revolution
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
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