Communist Unionizing and the Genesis of the United Front with the Guomindang

The Communist Party begins its labor organizing drive, and the Comintern pushes for a united front with the Guomindang.Further reading:Elizabeth Perry, Shanghai on StrikeTony Saich, The Origins of the First United Front in ChinaSteve Smith, A Road Is Made: Communism in Shanghai 1920-1927 Some names from this episode:Henk Sneevliet, alias Maring, Dutch Communist and Comintern leader in China beginning in 1921Zhang Guotao, emerged from founding congress as an important Communist leaderSun Zhongshan/Sun Yatsen, leader of the GuomindangLi Qihan, communist teacher and labor organizer who pioneered utilization of secret society contacts in labor organizingHuang Ai, anarchist labor organizer executed in 1922Pang Renquan, anarchist labor organizer executed in 1922Chen Duxiu, first general secretary of the Chinese Communist PartyGregory Voitinsky, leader of Comintern delegation to China in 1920Chen Jiongming, progressive southern warlord, sometime opponent of Sun YatsenV. Lidin, Comintern agent in China, subordinate to MaringLi Dazhao, leading CommunistAdolph Joffe, Soviet ambassador to ChinaGeorgy Safarov, head of eastern section of the CominternWu Peifu, northern warlord who crushed railroad workers’ strike in 1923Support the show