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Mao’s March 20 Letter to the Central Committee, and the 5th Red Army’s Retreat from the Jinggangshan (January to April 1929)
Season 1 Episode 113
Mao plans to expand guerrilla warfare, and meets up with Peng Dehuai in Ruijin.
Further reading:
Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography,…
1 year, 11 months ago
On the Experience of the National Bourgeoisie in the New Democratic Revolution
Season 1 Episode 112
Some reflections on the experience of Shanghai capitalists after 1949 prompted by the ‘Notice to Merchants and Intellectuals’ that Mao issued after t…
2 years, 1 month ago
A New Communist Order in Changting (March 1929)
Season 1 Episode 111
Looking at what Mao and Zhu De did to install a new Communist order after conquering Changting.
Further reading:
Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedo…
2 years, 1 month ago
Leaving Donggu, Taking Changting (February to March 1929)
Season 1 Episode 110
How the Fourth Red Army spent their time in Donggu, and how they took the first city in the new base area in the Jiangxi-Fujian border region.
Further…
2 years, 3 months ago
From Dabodi to Donggu: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan Continues (February 1929)
Season 1 Episode 109
The Mao-Zhu Army raises funds in Ningdu and moves on to the Donggu base area for rest and recovery. Background on Donggu.
Link to map of Jiangxi provi…
2 years, 4 months ago
Running for Their Lives: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan (January to February 1929)
Season 1 Episode 108
Mao and the Fourth Red Army break the encirclement of the Jinggangshan and retreat across southern Jiangxi with the Guomindang in hot pursuit.
Link to…
2 years, 4 months ago
Frameworks for Thinking about Tragic Historical Shortcomings of the Socialist Experience
Season 1 Episode 107
Answering a listener question on the Great Leap Forward famine.
Further reading:
Mobo Gao, The Battle for China’s Past
United Nations, “Losing 25,000 to…
2 years, 5 months ago
The End of the Sixth Congress
Season 1 Episode 106
We wrap up our discussion of the Sixth Congress with a discussion of the political line coming out of the congress, and some related issues.
Further r…
2 years, 5 months ago
Clashing Communists and Comintern Guidance: The 6th Congress Gets off to a Rocky Start
Season 1 Episode 105
Qu Qiubai’s report and proposal are disputed, and the Comintern intervenes to restore order.
Further reading:
Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chin…
2 years, 5 months ago
Bukharin on the Nature of the Chinese Revolution in 1928
Season 1 Episode 104
Our third (and last) close look at Bukharin’s speech at the 6th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, held in Moscow in the summer of 1928.
Further…
2 years, 5 months ago