Modern China Pt. 3: The Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution w/ Ken Hammond
In this episode of Guerrilla History, we get into part 3 of our 4 part miniseries on modern Chinese history featuring Ken Hammond (and guest host Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio) with an amazing discussion of The Great Leap Forward and The Cultural Revolution!\xa0
If you haven't already listened to part 1 of the series, on\xa0the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions, or part 2 on\xa0The Chinese Revolution & Civil War, be sure to go back and check those out because we pick up right where we left off last time.\xa0 With these final two episodes in the series, we enter the period where various ideological traditions diverge in their analysis of the events, but regardless of what ideological background you come from, we encourage you to listen to these and engage with the information, as we believe the information will help you deepen your own analysis regardless of your ideological position.\xa0\xa0
Ken Hammond\xa0is Professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University. He has been engaged in radical politics since his involvement in the anti-war movement at Kent State in 1968-70.\xa0 Ken is also the author of the book\xa0China\u2019s Revolution & the Quest for a Socialist Future.
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