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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 reading:
Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong:…
Published on 1 year, 10 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 province: https://www.chinamaps.org/china/provincemaps/…
Published on 2 years 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 map of Jiangxi province: https://www.chinamaps.or…
Published on 2 years 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 Hunger Every Day”
Minhaz Merchant, “Churchill’s Be…
Published on 2 years 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 reading:
Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chines…
Published on 2 years, 1 month 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 Chinese Communist Party
Chang Kuo-t’ao [Zhang Guotao], …
Published on 2 years, 1 month 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 reading:
Nikolai Bukharin, “On the International S…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Bukharin on the Theory of the Productive Forces (and Mao’s counterpoint on New Democratic Revolution)
Season 1 Episode 103
Bukharin articulates a vision of the Chinese Revolution at the 6th Party Congress which is highly colored by the non-revolutionary Marxism of the 2nd International.
Further reading:
Nikolai Bukharin, “…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
The ‘Third Period’ of the World Revolution: Bukharin’s Speech at the Sixth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (June 1928)
Season 1 Episode 102
Nikolai Bukharin kicks off the party congress with a very long speech.
Further reading:
Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party
Chang Kuo-t’ao [Zhang Guotao], The Rise of the Chines…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Preparations for the Sixth Party Congress (April to May 1928)
Season 1 Episode 101
The decision to hold the Sixth Party Congress in Moscow, and some of the political debate inside the Communist Party of China leading up to that Congress.
Further reading:
Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Roa…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago