We continue our close reading of Mao’s letter to Lin Biao. In this episode, Mao discusses the roving rebel band mentality and the organizational state of affairs in the army, party, and mass organizations. 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> Agnes Smedley, <a href='https://monthlyreview.org/product/great_road/'>The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh</a> [Zhu De] Mao Zedong, <a href='https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_5.htm#s7'>“On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party”</a> Some names from this episode: Liu Angong, special envoy sent by Party Center to the Fourth Red Army Yang Sen, Sichuan warlord Zhu Yunqing, chief political advisor to the Fourth Red Army Episode artwork: photo of Zhu Yunqing<a rel="payment" href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We continue our close reading of Mao’s letter to Lin Biao. In this episode, Mao discusses the roving rebel band mentality and the organizational state of affairs in the army, party, and mass organizations.&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;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;Mao Zedong, &lt;a href='https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_5.htm#s7'&gt;“On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in the Party”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Some names from this episode:&lt;br/&gt;Liu Angong, special envoy sent by Party Center to the Fourth Red Army&lt;br/&gt;Yang Sen, Sichuan warlord&lt;br/&gt;Zhu Yunqing, chief political advisor to the Fourth Red Army&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Episode artwork: photo of Zhu Yunqing&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 close reading of Mao’s letter to Lin Biao. In this episode, Mao discusses the roving rebel band mentality and the organizational state of affairs in the army, party, and mass organizations.Further reading:Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu...

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Mao’s 14 June 1929 Letter to Lin Biao

Mao’s 14 June 1929 Letter to Lin Biao

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