Title: Introductory Essay: Background to the 7 February Peking-Hankou Railway Workers' Strike
Abstract:Abstract The events described in the Bloodshed of the Peking-Hankou Workers had a major influence on the development of the communist movement in China. The massacre of the striking railway workers in...Abstract The events described in the Bloodshed of the Peking-Hankou Workers had a major influence on the development of the communist movement in China. The massacre of the striking railway workers in February 1923 caused the CCP leadership to realise that the party could not rely on the strength of the proletariat alone in its struggle against foreign imperialists and domestic warlord forces. The euphoria of the CCP for the growing power of organised labour was deflated by the defeat. It persuaded many of the doubting members that some form of cooperation with the nationalist movement of Sun Yat-sen would be necessary to overthrow the forces oppressing the people of China. This introduction to the strike touches briefly on three aspects. First, the development of the communist labour movement up until the time of the strike is outlined; secondly, the course of the strike itself is sketched; and finally the implications of the strike and the differing contemporary interpretations about the significance of the strike are reviewed.Read More
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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