People's History of Ideas Podcast Communist Unionizing and the Genesis of the United Front with the Guomindang
May 14, 2020
Henk Sneevliet, Zhang Guotao, and Sun Zhongshan discuss the Communist Party's labor organizing drive and the united front with the Guomindang. It explores the challenges faced, collaborations with secret societies, successes in labor organizing, negotiations between the parties, and the aftermath of a defeated strike.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Communist Labor Organizing and the Dilemma of Balancing Old and New
02:35 • 5min
Successes and Collaborations: Labor Organizing, Strikes, and the Second Congress
08:02 • 11min
Negotiations and Swearing-in of Chinese Communists as Gomendong Members
18:51 • 3min
Communist Unionizing and the Genesis of the United Front with the Guomindang
21:28 • 3min