Propaganda, Criticism and Corruption: Mao as Propagandist and Disciplinarian (October 1925 to early 1926)

08/13/20 • 23 min

Mao as acting head of propaganda for the Guomindang.
Further Reading:
C. Martin Wilbur and Julie Lien-ying How, Missionaries of Revolution: Soviet Advisers and Nationalist China, 1920-1927Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 2: National Revolution and Social Revolution, December 1920-June 1927Some names from this episode:
Wang Jingwei, Leader of Guomindang government in Guangdong in late 1925 and early 1926
Mikhail Borodin, Comintern agent and head of Soviet mission to aid the Guomindang
Chen Duxiu, General Secretary of the Communist Party
Gregory Voitinsky, Comintern representative in China at various points
Dai Jitao, Right-wing Guomindang ideologue

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08/13/20 • 23 min

People's History of Ideas Podcast - Propaganda, Criticism and Corruption: Mao as Propagandist and Disciplinarian (October 1925 to early 1926)

Transcript

Welcome to episode 32 of the People’s History of Ideas Podcast.

To recap where we are in our story, we spent the last three episode talking about the Soviet military alliance with the Guomindang and the consolidation of the left-wing Guomindang government and the development of the National Revolutionary Army in Guangdong province. And before those three episodes, back in episode 28, we discussed how Mao Zedong took a break from his work with the Communist Party in Shanghai and went ba

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