‘Blind Actionism’ in Action: Understanding the Hundreds of Small Revolts Led by Communists at the End of the 1920s in China
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Using the early November 1927 peasant revolt in Jiangsu province to illustrate features common to the many small Communist-led uprisings at the end of the 1920s. Further reading: Marcia Ristaino, China’s Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of Discontent, 1927 and 1928 Chang Liu, “Making Revolution in Jiangnan: Communists and the Yangzi Delta Countryside, 1927-1945” Some names from this episode: Qu Qiubai, top leader of Communist Party beginning in the summer of 1927 Zhu De, Communist military commander Zhou Enlai, leading Communist Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ)
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