The Guangzhou Commune (December 11-13, 1927)
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The last major armed uprising of 1927, in which the Communists temporarily took over Guangzhou. Further reading: Arif Dirlik, “Narrativizing Revolution: The Guangzhou Uprising (11-13 December 1927) in Workers’ Perspective” Marcia Ristaino, China’s Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of Discontent, 1927 and 1928 Hsiao Tso-Liang, “Chinese Communism and the Canton Soviet of 1927” Lenin, “Advice of an Onlooker” Some names from this episode: Zhang Tailei, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party Ye Ting, Communist military leader He Long, Communist military leader Heinz Neumann, German Comintern agent Zhang Fakui, Guomindang militarist who seized Guangzhou on November 17, 1927 Xu Xiangqian, Communist military officer, played leading role in Guangzhou Uprising Deng Zhongxia, Communist labor leader Huang Ping, One of the organizers of the Guangzhou uprising Qu Qiubai, top leader of Communist Party beginning in the summer of 1927 Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ)
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