Jun 17 2020 20 mins 52
The Communist Party tries to figure out how to put the workers in the lead of the nationalist revolution, and has some initial success. Further Reading: Steve Smith, A Road Is Made: Communism in Shanghai, 1920-1927 Some names from this episode: Deng Zhongxia, Leading Communist labor organizer Li Dazhao, Co-founder of the Communist Party, often credited as China’s first Marxist Li Lisan, Leading Communist labor organizer Chen Duxiu, Chen Duxiu, General secretary of the Communist Party Gregory Voitinsky, Comintern representative in China in 1925 Yang Zhihua, Communist leader in women’s movement
