Communist Unionizing and the Genesis of the United Front with the Guomindang


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May 14 2020 25 mins   60
The Communist Party begins its labor organizing drive, and the Comintern pushes for a united front with the Guomindang. Further reading: Elizabeth Perry, Shanghai on Strike Tony Saich, The Origins of the First United Front in China Steve Smith, A Road Is Made: Communism in Shanghai 1920-1927 Some names from this episode: Henk Sneevliet, alias Maring, Dutch Communist and Comintern leader in China beginning in 1921 Zhang Guotao, emerged from founding congress as an important Communist leader Sun Zhongshan/Sun Yatsen, leader of the Guomindang Li Qihan, communist teacher and labor organizer who pioneered utilization of secret society contacts in labor organizing Huang Ai, anarchist labor organizer executed in 1922 Pang Renquan, anarchist labor organizer executed in 1922 Chen Duxiu, first general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Gregory Voitinsky, leader of Comintern delegation to China in 1920 Chen Jiongming, progressive southern warlord, sometime opponent of Sun Yatsen V. Lidin, Comintern agent in China, subordinate to Maring Li Dazhao, leading Communist Adolph Joffe, Soviet ambassador to China Georgy Safarov, head of eastern section of the Comintern Wu Peifu, northern warlord who crushed railroad workers’ strike in 1923