أفضل بودكاسات Matthew Rothwell (2024)

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The Red Army Victorious: The Conquest of Several Counties in Jiangxi and Fujian in the Spring of 1929 29:46

5M ago29:46

29:46

The conquest of Yudu, Xingguo, Ningdu, Longyan, and Yongding counties by the Fourth Red Army. Zhu De reminisces. Also, poetry. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-Decembe…

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Mao Tells Zhou Enlai about Guerrilla Warfare 24:14

6M ago24:14

24:14

Mao’s April 5, 1929 reply to Zhou Enlai. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 David Apter and Tony Saich, Revolutionary Discourse in Mao’s Republic Tony Saic…

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The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai 22:24

7M ago22:24

22:24

A close look at Zhou Enlai’s February 7, 1929, letter to Mao Zedong and Zhu De. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 E. H. Carr, Foundations of a Planned Eco…

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Mao’s March 20 Letter to the Central Committee, and the 5th Red Army’s Retreat from the Jinggangshan (January to April 1929) 25:08

8M ago25:08

25:08

Mao plans to expand guerrilla warfare, and meets up with Peng Dehuai in Ruijin. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highl…

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On the Experience of the National Bourgeoisie in the New Democratic Revolution 26:43

9M ago26:43

26:43

Some reflections on the experience of Shanghai capitalists after 1949 prompted by the ‘Notice to Merchants and Intellectuals’ that Mao issued after taking Changting in 1929. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Yao Wenyuan, “On th…

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A New Communist Order in Changting (March 1929) 34:07

10M ago34:07

34:07

Looking at what Mao and Zhu De did to install a new Communist order after conquering Changting. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of…

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Leaving Donggu, Taking Changting (February to March 1929) 22:50

11M ago22:50

22:50

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: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] Joseph Fewsmith, Forging Leninism in China: Mao…

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From Dabodi to Donggu: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan Continues (February 1929) 20:48

1y ago20:48

20:48

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/jiangxi-province-map.html Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi …

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Running for Their Lives: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan (January to February 1929) 22:00

1y ago22:00

22:00

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.org/china/provincemaps/jiangxi-province-map.html Further reading/watching on the difficulties of finding good maps of China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi…

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Frameworks for Thinking about Tragic Historical Shortcomings of the Socialist Experience 28:28

1y ago28:28

28:28

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 Bengal Famine” Karl Marx, Capital Mike Davis, Late Victorian Holocausts Frederick Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England Support the s…

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The End of the Sixth Congress 33:04

1y ago33:04

33:04

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 Chinese Communist Party Chang Kuo-t’ao [Zhang Guotao], The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party (2 volumes) Daniel Kwan, Marxist Intellectuals and the Chine…

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Clashing Communists and Comintern Guidance: The 6th Congress Gets off to a Rocky Start 21:22

1y ago21:22

21:22

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], The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party (2 volumes) Daniel Kwan, Marxist Intellectuals and the Chinese Labor Movement: A Study of Deng Zhongxia, 189…

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Bukharin on the Nature of the Chinese Revolution in 1928 38:08

1y ago38:08

38:08

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 Situation and the Tasks of the Chinese Communist Party” Lenin, “Speech at the First All-Russia Congress of Working Women” Some names from this episode…

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Bukharin on the Theory of the Productive Forces (and Mao’s counterpoint on New Democratic Revolution) 24:51

1+ y ago24:51

24:51

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, “On the International Situation and the Tasks of the Chinese Communist Party” Andre Gunder Frank, World Accumulation, 1492–1789 Immanuel Wallerstein, …

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The ‘Third Period’ of the World Revolution: Bukharin’s Speech at the Sixth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (June 1928) 25:18

1+ y ago25:18

25:18

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 Chinese Communist Party (2 volumes) E. H. Carr, Foundations of a Planned Economy, vol. 3 Nikolai Bukharin, “On the International Situation and the Tasks o…

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Preparations for the Sixth Party Congress (April to May 1928) 21:43

1+ y ago21:43

21:43

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 Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the C…

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The Bailu Conference: Suppressing Orders from the Party Congress and Preparing to Leave the Jinggangshan (January 1929) 24:01

1+ y ago24:01

24:01

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 enemy encirclement. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establis…

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The Base Area under Economic Blockade and Unification with the Fifth Red Army (End of 1928) 29:25

2y ago29:25

29:25

The national Guomindang center takes note of the Communists’ resilience, and takes charge of organizing a new suppression campaign, which is preceded by a tight economic blockade. Peng Dehuai makes his way to the Jinggangshan. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Roa…

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Vagrants, Mercenaries, and Rich Peasants (November 1928) 41:10

2y ago41:10

41:10

A close reading of a couple portions of Mao’s November 25, 1928 report to the Central Committee. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Stuart Schram, ed.,…

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Transforming, Building, and Purging the Party (September to November 1928) 25:00

2y ago25:00

25:00

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 party following the Communist recovery of the Jinggangshan base area after the August Defeat. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Stuart Schram, …

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Opportunism and Self-Criticism: The Jinggangshan Party Congress Resolution of October 1928 29:26

2y ago29:26

29:26

A discussion of the concept of opportunism as it developed in the international communist movement, and a close reading of the self-critical portion of the resolution of the Border Area Party Congress of October 4 to 6, 1928. Further reading: Lenin, “Opportunism, and the Collapse of the Second International” Cheng Yen-shih, ed., Lenin’s Fight Again…

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“Why Is It that Red Political Power Can Exist in China?” (October 1928) 41:13

2y ago41:13

41:13

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 the Maoist canon. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment…

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The August Defeat (Part 2): The Communists Strike Back (August to November 1928) 24:08

2+ y ago24:08

24:08

The Communists fight to regain lost territory, and ethnic tensions explode among the peasants in the base area. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Pang…

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The August Defeat (Part 1) 21:54

2+ y ago21:54

21:54

The 29th Regiment goes against Mao’s orders and decides to stay in Hunan, with disastrous results for the Communists. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] Jurgen Domes, Peng Te-huai: The Man and the Image Stuart Schram, ed.…

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The Yongxin Joint Conference and Mao’s July 4, 1928 Report to the Hunan Provincial Committee 27:30

2+ y ago27:30

27:30

Mao explains his refusal to comply with orders from the Hunan Provincial Committee. Further reading: Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Ma…

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The Red Army Victorious: The Conquest of Several Counties in Jiangxi and Fujian in the Spring of 1929 29:46

1
Mao Tells Zhou Enlai about Guerrilla Warfare 24:14

1
The Party Center Attempts to Assert Control over the Red Army and Orders Mao and Zhu to Report to Shanghai 22:24

1
Mao’s March 20 Letter to the Central Committee, and the 5th Red Army’s Retreat from the Jinggangshan (January to April 1929) 25:08

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On the Experience of the National Bourgeoisie in the New Democratic Revolution 26:43

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A New Communist Order in Changting (March 1929) 34:07

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Leaving Donggu, Taking Changting (February to March 1929) 22:50

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From Dabodi to Donggu: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan Continues (February 1929) 20:48

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Running for Their Lives: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan (January to February 1929) 22:00

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Frameworks for Thinking about Tragic Historical Shortcomings of the Socialist Experience 28:28

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The End of the Sixth Congress 33:04

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Clashing Communists and Comintern Guidance: The 6th Congress Gets off to a Rocky Start 21:22

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Bukharin on the Nature of the Chinese Revolution in 1928 38:08

1
Bukharin on the Theory of the Productive Forces (and Mao’s counterpoint on New Democratic Revolution) 24:51

1
The ‘Third Period’ of the World Revolution: Bukharin’s Speech at the Sixth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (June 1928) 25:18

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Preparations for the Sixth Party Congress (April to May 1928) 21:43

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The Bailu Conference: Suppressing Orders from the Party Congress and Preparing to Leave the Jinggangshan (January 1929) 24:01

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The Base Area under Economic Blockade and Unification with the Fifth Red Army (End of 1928) 29:25

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Vagrants, Mercenaries, and Rich Peasants (November 1928) 41:10

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Transforming, Building, and Purging the Party (September to November 1928) 25:00

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Opportunism and Self-Criticism: The Jinggangshan Party Congress Resolution of October 1928 29:26

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“Why Is It that Red Political Power Can Exist in China?” (October 1928) 41:13

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The August Defeat (Part 2): The Communists Strike Back (August to November 1928) 24:08

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The August Defeat (Part 1) 21:54

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The Yongxin Joint Conference and Mao’s July 4, 1928 Report to the Hunan Provincial Committee 27:30

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