Bonus: New China Song by Prairie Fire

08/24/20 • 7 min

The song "New China" by the band Prairie Fire, from the 1976 album Break the Chains. This song will be referenced in our next episode.

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The song "New China" by the band Prairie Fire, from the 1976 album Break the Chains. This song will be referenced in our next episode.

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Previous Episode

The Beginning of Maoism: Mao Zedong’s “Analysis of All the Classes in Chinese Society”

Mao’s first major statement on the need for a strategic reorientation toward mobilizing the peasantry.
The chart cited in the episode is now on the podcast website (as of 8-24-20): https://peopleshistoryofideas.com/episode-33-the-beginning-of-maoism-mao-zedongs-analysis-of-all-the-classes-in-chinese-society/.
Further Reading:
Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 2: National Revolution and Social Revolution, December 1920-June 1927
Philip C. C. Huang, “Mao Tse-Tung and the Middle Peasants, 1925-1928”
Some names from this episode:
Chen Duxiu, General Secretary of the Communist Party
Li Dazhao, Co-founder of Communist Party

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undefined - From Quaker Peace Activist to Maoist Revolutionary: An Oral History of Personal Transformation from a 1971 American Delegation to China

From Quaker Peace Activist to Maoist Revolutionary: An Oral History of Personal Transformation from a 1971 American Delegation to China

An oral history interview with Monica Shay (née Newbold, aka Kathryn) about her experience in China in 1971-72.
Some names from this episode:
William Hinton, author of Fanshen and other books on China
Jiang Qing, leading radical during Cultural Revolution and wife of Mao Zedong
Revolutionary Union (RU), pro-China communist group in the US in early 1970s
Dazhai, model agricultural commune

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