Chen Duxiu Update (or, the Devil Makes Work for Idle Hands) (1929)

The story of how the co-founder and first General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party became a Trotskyist. Further reading: Gregor Benton, China’s Urban Revolutionaries: Explorations in the History of Chinese Trotskyism, 1921-1952 Gregor Benton, Prophets Unarmed: Chinese Trotskyists in Revolution, War, Jail, and the Return from Limbo Lee Feigon, Chen Duxiu: Founder of the Chinese Communist Party Chang Kuo-t’ao [Zhang Guotao], The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party (2 volumes) Tony Saich, The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party Jane Price, Cadres, Commanders, and Commissars: The Training of the Chinese Communist Leadership, 1920-1945 Some names from this episode: Chen Duxiu, co-founder of the Communist Party of China Li Dazhao, co-founder of the Communist Party of China Zheng Chaolin, Chinese Trotskyist Li Lisan, leading Communist Yin Kuan, resigned as Provincial Secretary in Anhui Peng Shuzhi, resigned as Provincial Secretary in Zhili Wang Zekai, Chinese Trotskyist Liu Bojian, former Provincial Secretary in Hubei Ren Xu, Chinese Trotskyist Xiang Ying, Jiangsu Provincial Secretary following the 6th Party Congress Cai Zhende, member of Jiangsu Provincial Committee Zhou Enlai, head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee Wang Ruofei, sent to work in a factory in Moscow as punishment for Trotskyism before recanting Qu Qiubai, top leader of Communist Party from the summer of 1927 until the Sixth Congress Zhang Guotao, leading Communist Episode artwork: Chen Duxiu with Peng Shuzi in 1932 Support the show