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Life Underground in Shanghai in the Late 1920s (Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 83
The Communist Party Center remained underground in the dangerous city of Shanghai during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Further reading/watching:
Patr…
4 years, 2 months ago
Mao’s (Temporary) Expulsion from the Communist Party and the Collapse of the South Hunan Uprising (March and April 1928)
Season 1 Episode 82
The Party Center puts the South Hunan Special Committee in charge of the Jinggangshan, and the contrast between the strategies advocated by Mao and t…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Southern Hunan Uprising (Early 1928)
Season 1 Episode 81
We look at the successful conquest of three cities (and one heart) by Zhu De during the course of the uprising he led in south Hunan at the beginning…
4 years, 2 months ago
Studying Marxism and Getting Thrown in Jail: Zhu De in Germany (1922-1926)
Season 1 Episode 80
Following Zhu De in Shanghai and Germany, finishing up our four-part detour through the early life of Zhu De.
Further reading:
Agnes Smedley, The Great…
4 years, 3 months ago
Zhu De and The Army for the Defense of the Republic in Sichuan and Yunnan (1916-1922)
Season 1 Episode 79
As the Army for the Defense of the Republic faces defections from the revolutionary nationalist cause as well as powerful warlord enemies, Zhu De ret…
4 years, 4 months ago
From Gym Teacher to General: Zhu De in Revolution and Rebellion (1907-1916)
Season 1 Episode 78
Following Zhu De from his time as a teacher of physical training at a modern school, through his time at the Yunnan Military Academy, the Revolution …
4 years, 5 months ago
From Poor Peasant to Gym Teacher: The Early Life of Zhu De
Season 1 Episode 77
Taking a look back at the early life of Zhu De, the man who would later be Mao’s main partner in revolution.
Further reading:
Agnes Smedley, The Great …
4 years, 5 months ago
Engels on Insurrection
Season 1 Episode 76
The story behind how guidance on communist armed struggle got into a major American newspaper in 1852. Listener requested background on the text used…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Guangzhou Commune (December 11-13, 1927)
Season 1 Episode 75
The last major armed uprising of 1927, in which the Communists temporarily took over Guangzhou.
Further reading:
Arif Dirlik, “Narrativizing Revolution…
4 years, 6 months ago
Red Canton: Background to the Guangzhou Uprising of December 1927
Season 1 Episode 74
Some background on the situation in Guangzhou leading up to the uprising.
Further reading:
Arif Dirlik, “Narrativizing Revolution: The Guangzhou Uprisi…
4 years, 6 months ago