Mao discusses problems in party organization and how to fix them. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., <a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'>Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930</a> Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, <a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'>Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949</a> <a href='http://www.marx2mao.com/Other/RTOC68.html'>“On the Revolutionary “Three-in-One” Combination</a>” Episode artwork: May 1967 poster “Resolutely Protect the Policy of the Revolutionary Three-in-One Combination”<a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Mao discusses problems in party organization and how to fix them.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Further reading:&lt;br/&gt;Stuart Schram, ed., &lt;a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao’s Road to Power&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 3: &lt;em&gt;From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, &lt;a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao Zedong: A Biography&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 1: &lt;em&gt;1893-1949&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.marx2mao.com/Other/RTOC68.html'&gt;“On the Revolutionary “Three-in-One” Combination&lt;/a&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Episode artwork: May 1967 poster “Resolutely Protect the Policy of the Revolutionary Three-in-One Combination”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Mao discusses problems in party organization and how to fix them.Further reading:Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949“On the Revolutionary “Three-in-One” Combination”Episode artwork: May 1967 poster “Resolutely Protect the Policy of the Revolutionary Three-in-One Combination”Support the show

“On the Problem of Party Organization” (The Gutian Resolution—Part Three)

We continue our textual analysis of the Gutian Resolution. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., <a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'>Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930</a> Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, <a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'>Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949</a> Mao Zedong, <a href='https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_5.htm'>“On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party”</a> <a href='https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1967/PR1967-16.pdf'>“Bury the Slave Mentality Advocated by China’s Khrushchov”</a> in Peking Review (April 14, 1967) Some names from this episode: Liu Shaoqi, top level Communist Party leader attacked as China’s Khrushchev during the Cultural Revolution Zhou Enlai, head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee Li Lisan, leading Communist Qu Qiubai, top leader of Communist Party from the summer of 1927 until the Sixth Congress Huang Chao, salt merchant who led a rebellion from 875-884 Li Chuang (Li Zicheng), bandit leader who seized Beijing in 1644 and was later defeated by the Manchus Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping Revolution and claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ Chen Yi, member of Front Committee of Fourth Red Army Episode artwork: Gutian village<a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We continue our textual analysis of the Gutian Resolution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Further reading:&lt;br/&gt;Stuart Schram, ed., &lt;a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao’s Road to Power&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 3: &lt;em&gt;From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, &lt;a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao Zedong: A Biography&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 1: &lt;em&gt;1893-1949&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Mao Zedong, &lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_5.htm'&gt;“On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1967/PR1967-16.pdf'&gt;“Bury the Slave Mentality Advocated by China’s Khrushchov”&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;em&gt;Peking Review &lt;/em&gt;(April 14, 1967)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Some names from this episode:&lt;br/&gt;Liu Shaoqi, top level Communist Party leader attacked as China’s Khrushchev during the Cultural Revolution&lt;br/&gt;Zhou Enlai, head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee&lt;br/&gt;Li Lisan, leading Communist&lt;br/&gt;Qu Qiubai, top leader of Communist Party from the summer of 1927 until the Sixth Congress&lt;br/&gt;Huang Chao, salt merchant who led a rebellion from 875-884&lt;br/&gt;Li Chuang (Li Zicheng), bandit leader who seized Beijing in 1644 and was later defeated by the Manchus&lt;br/&gt;Hong Xiuquan, leader of the Taiping Revolution and claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ&lt;br/&gt;Chen Yi, member of Front Committee of Fourth Red Army&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Episode artwork: Gutian village&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We continue our textual analysis of the Gutian Resolution.  Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Mao Zedong, “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” “Bury the Slave Mentality Advocated by China’s Khrushchov” in Peking Review (April 14, 1967)  Some names from this episode: Liu Shaoqi, top level Commu...

“The Problem of Correcting Erroneous and Nonproletarian Ideological Tendencies in the Party” (The Gutian Resolution—Part Two)

On the importance of the Resolution, and a beginning discussion of the actual text. Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., <a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'>Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930</a> Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, <a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'>Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949</a> Mao Zedong, <a href='https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_5.htm'>“On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” </a> Episode artwork: Photo of the Gutian Congress<a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;On the importance of the Resolution, and a beginning discussion of the actual text.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Further reading:&lt;br/&gt;Stuart Schram, ed., &lt;a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao’s Road to Power&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 3: &lt;em&gt;From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, &lt;a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao Zedong: A Biography&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 1: &lt;em&gt;1893-1949&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Mao Zedong, &lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_5.htm'&gt;“On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Episode artwork: Photo of the Gutian Congress&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

On the importance of the Resolution, and a beginning discussion of the actual text.Further reading:Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949Mao Zedong, “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party”Episode artwork: Photo of the Gutian CongressSupport the show

The Gutian Resolution (End of 1929) (Part One)

We look at two letters written by Mao on November 28, 1929, and introduce our discussion of “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” and the other parts of the Gutian Resolution. Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, <a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'>Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949</a> Stuart Schram, ed., <a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'>Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930</a> Mao Zedong, <a href='https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_5.htm'>“On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party”</a> Abimael Guzmán, <a href='https://redlibrary.info/works/pcp/report-of-the-meeting-of-the-central-leadership-with-the-cangallo-fajardo-regional-committee.pdf'>“Report of the Meeting of the Central Leadership with the Cangallo-Fajardo Regional Committee”</a> <a href='https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1967/PR1967-06.pdf'>Peking Review (Feb. 3, 1967)</a> Some names from this episode: Li Lisan, Chairman of Central Committee Propaganda Department Yang Kaihui, Mao’s first wife Mao Anying, Mao’s first son Chen Yi, member of Front Committee of Fourth Red Army Chen Duxiu, former general secretary of the Communist Party Mao Zemin, Mao’s brother Xie Hanqiu, observer from the Fujian Provincial Committee Liu Heting, Guomindang military commander Jin Handing, Guomindang military commander Zhang Zhen, Guomindang military commander Episode artwork: <a href='https://chineseposters.net/artists/hekongde'>He Kongde</a>’s Gutian Meeting poster<a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We look at two letters written by Mao on November 28, 1929, and introduce our discussion of “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” and the other parts of the Gutian Resolution.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Further reading:&lt;br/&gt;Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, &lt;a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao Zedong: A Biography&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 1: &lt;em&gt;1893-1949&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Stuart Schram, ed., &lt;a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao’s Road to Power&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 3: &lt;em&gt;From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Mao Zedong, &lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_5.htm'&gt;“On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Abimael Guzmán, &lt;a href='https://redlibrary.info/works/pcp/report-of-the-meeting-of-the-central-leadership-with-the-cangallo-fajardo-regional-committee.pdf'&gt;“Report of the Meeting of the Central Leadership with the Cangallo-Fajardo Regional Committee”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/peking-review/1967/PR1967-06.pdf'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Peking Review&lt;/em&gt; (Feb. 3, 1967)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Some names from this episode:&lt;br/&gt;Li Lisan, Chairman of Central Committee Propaganda Department&lt;br/&gt;Yang Kaihui, Mao’s first wife&lt;br/&gt;Mao Anying, Mao’s first son&lt;br/&gt;Chen Yi, member of Front Committee of Fourth Red Army&lt;br/&gt;Chen Duxiu, former general secretary of the Communist Party&lt;br/&gt;Mao Zemin, Mao’s brother&lt;br/&gt;Xie Hanqiu, observer from the Fujian Provincial Committee&lt;br/&gt;Liu Heting, Guomindang military commander&lt;br/&gt;Jin Handing, Guomindang military commander&lt;br/&gt;Zhang Zhen, Guomindang military commander&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Episode artwork: &lt;a href='https://chineseposters.net/artists/hekongde'&gt;He Kongde&lt;/a&gt;’s &lt;em&gt;Gutian Meeting&lt;/em&gt; poster&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We look at two letters written by Mao on November 28, 1929, and introduce our discussion of “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” and the other parts of the Gutian Resolution.  Further reading: Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Mao Zedong, “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” Abimael Guzmán, “Report of t...

Two Letters and “On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party” (November to December 1929)

The Communists take the fortified city of Shanghang in southwestern Fujian. Further reading and watching: Agnes Smedley, <a href='https://monthlyreview.org/product/great_road/'>The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh</a> [Zhu De] <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dorvl5JR6uY&amp;rco=1'>The Battle for Dien Bien Phu </a>Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, <a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'>Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949</a> Stuart Schram, ed., <a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'>Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930</a> Some names from this episode: Lin Biao, commander of the first column of the Fourth Red Army Lu Hanmin, Guomindang militarist Liu Angong, special envoy sent by Party Center to the Fourth Red Army Episode artwork: Aerial view of modern Shanghang<a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Communists take the fortified city of Shanghang in southwestern Fujian.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Further reading and watching:&lt;br/&gt;Agnes Smedley, &lt;a href='https://monthlyreview.org/product/great_road/'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; [Zhu De]&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dorvl5JR6uY&amp;amp;rco=1'&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Battle for Dien Bien Phu&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, &lt;a href='https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/history/east-asian-history/mao-zedong-biography-volume-1'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao Zedong: A Biography&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 1: &lt;em&gt;1893-1949&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Stuart Schram, ed., &lt;a href='https://www.routledge.com/Maos-Road-to-Power-Revolutionary-Writings-1912-49-v-3-From-the-Jinggangshan/Mao-Hodes/p/book/9781563244391'&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mao’s Road to Power&lt;/em&gt;, vol. 3: &lt;em&gt;From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Some names from this episode:&lt;br/&gt;Lin Biao, commander of the first column of the Fourth Red Army&lt;br/&gt;Lu Hanmin, Guomindang militarist&lt;br/&gt;Liu Angong, special envoy sent by Party Center to the Fourth Red Army&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Episode artwork: Aerial view of modern Shanghang&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Communists take the fortified city of Shanghang in southwestern Fujian.  Further reading and watching: Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] The Battle for Dien Bien Phu Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930  Some names from this episode: Lin Biao, commander of the first column of the ...

The Battle for Shanghang (mid-September 1929)

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