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People's History of Ideas PodcastAuthor: Matthew Rothwell
In this podcast, Matthew Rothwell, author of Transpacific Revolutionaries: The Chinese Revolution in Latin America, explores the global history of ideas related to rebellion and revolution. The main focus of this podcast for the near future will be on the history of the Chinese Revolution, going all the way back to its roots in the initial Chinese reactions to British imperialism during the Opium War of 1839-1842, and then following the development of the revolution and many of the ideas that were products of the revolution through to their transnational diffusion in the late 20th century. Language: en-us Genres: History, Philosophy, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Chen Duxiu Update (or, the Devil Makes Work for Idle Hands) (1929)
Episode 132
Thursday, 11 December, 2025
The story of how the co-founder and first General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party became a Trotskyist.Further reading:Gregor Benton, China’s Urban Revolutionaries: Explorations in the History of Chinese Trotskyism, 1921-1952 Gregor Benton, Prophets Unarmed: Chinese Trotskyists in Revolution, War, Jail, and the Return from Limbo Lee Feigon, Chen Duxiu: Founder of the Chinese Communist PartyChang Kuo-t’ao [Zhang Guotao], The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party (2 volumes) Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party Jane Price, Cadres, Commanders, and Commissars: The Training of the Chinese Communist Leadership, 1920-1945Some names from this episode:Chen Duxiu, co-founder of the Communist Party of ChinaLi Dazhao, co-founder of the Communist Party of ChinaZheng Chaolin, Chinese TrotskyistLi Lisan, leading CommunistYin Kuan, resigned as Provincial Secretary in AnhuiPeng Shuzhi, resigned as Provincial Secretary in ZhiliWang Zekai, Chinese TrotskyistLiu Bojian, former Provincial Secretary in HubeiRen Xu, Chinese TrotskyistXiang Ying, Jiangsu Provincial Secretary following the 6th Party CongressCai Zhende, member of Jiangsu Provincial CommitteeZhou Enlai, head of the Organization Department of the Central CommitteeWang Ruofei, sent to work in a factory in Moscow as punishment for Trotskyism before recantingQu Qiubai, top leader of Communist Party from the summer of 1927 until the Sixth CongressZhang Guotao, leading Communist Episode artwork:Chen Duxiu with Peng Shuzi in 1932Support the show
