Rivers of Blood in the Streets of Shanghai: The Massacre of the Communists by the Guomindang Right

Chiang Kai-shek’s April 12, 1927 coup against the Communists.Further reading:Steve Smith, A Road Is Made: Communism in Shanghai, 1920-1927Elizabeth Perry, Shanghai on Strike: The Politics of Chinese LaborMaurice Meisner, Li Ta-chao and the Origins of Chinese MarxismStuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930Some names from this episode:Wang Shouhua, President of the General Labor UnionDu Yuesheng, One of three top leaders of the Green GangHuang Jinrong, One of three top leaders of the Green Gang (and top cop in the French Concession)Zhou Enlai, Leading Communist responsible for the workers’ armed forces in ShanghaiBai Chongxi, NRA commander whose forces occupied ShanghaiLi Dazhao, Co-founder of the Communist PartyGregory Voitinsky, Chairman of the Far Eastern Bureau of the CominternSupport the show