Peasant Revolution?: An Exhausted Mao Rediscovers His Roots

Mao gets sick of all the BS in Shanghai and returns to his hometown of Shaoshan, where he discovers a militant peasantry. Further Reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 2: National Revolution and Social Revolution, December 1920-June 1927 Yokoyama Suguru, “The Peasant Movement in Hunan” Some names from this episode: Li Lisan, Communist leader of the Shanghai General Labor Union Liu Shaoqi, Communist leader just below Li Lisan in the Shanghai General Labor Union Liu Hua, Unio...