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The August Defeat (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 93
The 29th Regiment goes against Mao’s orders and decides to stay in Hunan, with disastrous results for the Communists.
Further reading:
Stephen Averill,
3 years, 7 months ago
The Yongxin Joint Conference and Mao’s July 4, 1928 Report to the Hunan Provincial Committee
Season 1 Episode 92
Mao explains his refusal to comply with orders from the Hunan Provincial Committee.
Further reading:
Stephen Averill,
3 years, 7 months ago
Clandestine Transcripts of Revolutionary Globalization: The Shining Paths of Late Cultural Revolution Maoism
Season 1 Episode 91
A talk that I recently delivered at the University of Hamburg, focused on the development of a new socialist political economy late in the Cultural R…
3 years, 10 months ago
Nuclear War and Communist Revolution
Season 1 Episode 90
In light of the Ukraine crisis, a historical look at communist thinking on the connection between a third world war and revolution.
Further reading:
Se…
4 years ago
The Beginning of the Midyear Crisis (June 1928)
Season 1 Episode 89
The Hunan Provincial Committee decides that Mao must obey its authority.
Further reading:
Stephen Averill,
4 years ago
Land Revolution and Communist Party Growth: The High Tide of the Jinggangshan Base Area (Summer 1928)
Season 1 Episode 88
In the wake of their military victories in late Spring 1928, the Communists carried out a major land redistribution and a mass recruitment drive. The…
4 years ago
Beating Back Suppression Campaigns and Expanding the Jinggangshan Base Area (May to June 1928)
Season 1 Episode 87
Mao Zedong and Zhu De learn warfare through warfare as they face continuing onslaughts from Guomindang forces.
Further reading/watching:
Stephen Averil…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Jinggangshan Junction of Forces: Mao Zedong and Zhu De Unite (April to May 1928)
Season 1 Episode 86
The unification of Mao Zedong’s and Zhu De’s forces. Some discussion of the problems involved in unifying the Communist armed forces.
Further reading:…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Wages of Revolution: Life Underground in Shanghai in the Late 1920s (Part 3)
Season 1 Episode 85
Discussing pay for professional revolutionaries, the role of servants in the lives of Communist leaders, and the Comintern in Shanghai.
Further readin…
4 years, 1 month ago
Friendship, Compartmentalization, and Assassination Squads: Life Underground in Shanghai in the Late 1920s (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 84
How did the Communist Party try to protect itself in Shanghai? We discuss the compartmentalized party organization and the creation of the Special Se…
4 years, 1 month ago