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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…
2 years, 9 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
Cha…
2 years, 9 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 Cong…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Bailu Conference: Suppressing Orders from the Party Congress and Preparing to Leave the Jinggangshan (January 1929)
Season 1 Episode 100
Potentially explosive guidance arrives in the Jinggangshan from the 6th Party Congress of the Communist Party, and plans are laid to break out of the…
3 years ago
The Base Area under Economic Blockade and Unification with the Fifth Red Army (End of 1928)
Season 1 Episode 99
The national Guomindang center takes note of the Communists’ resilience, and takes charge of organizing a new suppression campaign, which is preceded…
3 years, 1 month ago
Vagrants, Mercenaries, and Rich Peasants (November 1928)
Season 1 Episode 98
A close reading of a couple portions of Mao’s November 25, 1928 report to the Central Committee.
Further reading:
Stephen Averill,
3 years, 3 months ago
Transforming, Building, and Purging the Party (September to November 1928)
Season 1 Episode 97
Finishing our close reading of the resolution of the Border Area Party Congress of October 4 to 6, 1928. Also, the reorganization and purge of the pa…
3 years, 4 months ago
Opportunism and Self-Criticism: The Jinggangshan Party Congress Resolution of October 1928
Season 1 Episode 96
A discussion of the concept of opportunism as it developed in the international communist movement, and a close reading of the self-critical portion …
3 years, 4 months ago
“Why Is It that Red Political Power Can Exist in China?” (October 1928)
Season 1 Episode 95
A close reading of the portion of the resolution of the Border Area Party Congress of October 4 to 6, 1928, which later became a key early text in th…
3 years, 5 months ago
The August Defeat (Part 2): The Communists Strike Back (August to November 1928)
Season 1 Episode 94
The Communists fight to regain lost territory, and ethnic tensions explode among the peasants in the base area.
Further reading:
Stephen Averill,
3 years, 7 months ago