Jul 01 2020 28 mins 49
Workers, students and merchants in Shanghai take on the British authorities of the International Settlement and Japanese mill owners after protesters are massacred. Further Reading: Steve Smith, A Road Is Made: Communism in Shanghai, 1920-1927 Some names from this episode: Li Lisan, Communist leader of the Shanghai General Labor Union Zhang Xueliang, son of Zhang Zuolin, occupied Shanghai’s Chinese city Zhang Zuolin, northern warlord Gregory Voitinsky, Comintern representative in China in 1925 Liu Shaoqi, Communist leader just below Li Lisan in the Shanghai General Labor Union Liu Hua, Union activist executed for leading role in May 30 Movement
