The Guangzhou Commune (December 11-13, 1927)

09/02/21 • 21 min

The last major armed uprising of 1927, in which the Communists temporarily took over Guangzhou.
Further reading:
Arif Dirlik, “Narrativizing Revolution: The Guangzhou Uprising (11-13 December 1927) in Workers’ Perspective”
Marcia Ristaino, China’s Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of Discontent, 1927 and 1928
Hsiao Tso-Liang, “Chinese Communism and the Canton Soviet of 1927”
Lenin, “Advice of an Onlooker”
Some names from this episode:
Zhang Tailei, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party
Ye Ting, Communist military leader
He Long, Communist military leader
Heinz Neumann, German Comintern agent
Zhang Fakui, Guomindang militarist who seized Guangzhou on November 17, 1927
Xu Xiangqian, Communist military officer, played leading role in Guangzhou Uprising
Deng Zhongxia, Communist labor leader
Huang Ping, One of the organizers of the Guangzhou uprising
Qu Qiubai, top leader of Communist Party beginning in the summer of 1927

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09/02/21 • 21 min

People's History of Ideas Podcast - The Guangzhou Commune (December 11-13, 1927)

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Welcome to episode 75 of the People’s History of Ideas Podcast.

Last episode, we discussed the background to the uprising that the Communists launched in Guangzhou at the end of 1927, with a particular emphasis on the history of the workers’ movement in the city. This episode, let’s see what actually happened during what came to be called the Guangzhou Commune.

As we discussed last episode, the Communist Politburo in Shanghai had decided on November 17 to launch an uprising i

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