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Delve into the world of drugs and darkness to explore the assassination of three radio journalists in Miami, which hints at a bigger conspiracy, mainly related to the mafia, and where the mastermind has never been caught.
The emotional reaction to the Tiananmen Square massacre can serve as an entry point to understand China's history and to debunk notions of Chinese people being inherently authoritarian. Shanghai became the world's great revolutionary city in the 20th century, similar to Paris in the 1900s.
The strikes in Shanghai resulted in government crumbling, businesses suffering losses of up to $500 million and riots leading to the massacre of dozens of workers by Ling's armies and white Russian mercenaries.
The May 30th Movement in China saw the rise of the Dog Beating Brigades, a group of organized working-class individuals who beat up scabs and those who did not support labor movements. The movement showed a real alliance of everyone in Chinese society, thus defining the class composition of the movement.
The labor movement in Egypt was sparked by Italian anarchists who organized and used violence to take over the headquarters of the GLU. They then turned to organizing gang foremen for strikes, leading to a constant trade of tactics between both sides.
The KMT in China has always had a few other bases of support, like the Chinese diaspora and backers in the US and Indonesia, that have helped them build a coalition between groups that would not normally be on the same side.
The KMT's ties to organized crime date back to Shanghai Shek's pledge of loyalty to a Green Gang leader. Taiwanese journalist Henry Leo discusses the KMT's use of the Green Gang for labor organizing and opium control in his unauthorized biography of Chen Kaishak's brother.
The KMT in China benefits from Russia's funding, heroin trade, and the Chinese masses as the CCP becomes frustrated with the peasants taking over land, causing conflicts to arise in Palestine. The green gang is motivated solely by financial gain.
This podcast episode discusses the famous Stephen Jay Gould quote and how it applies to studying Chinese poetry in university and the life of Mao Zedong during the period of battles between the CCP and KMT.
The residue on gunpowder and cannons has been theorized to replicate the effects of cloud-seeding, which can bring rain. In ancient China, there were no laws against using cannons as they were widely used in wars.
The warlords and their armies are weakened by internal conflicts as they look towards the south at a formidable communist-supported army.
200,000 workers were defeated in Chiang Kai-shek's white terror, after they fought back with armed pickets amidst confusion of nationalist communist split.
Despite his many challenges, Zhang Zuolin, one of the most powerful warlords in China during the 1920s, demonstrated his determination and military expertise, digging a series of trenches to stop his rivals while dodging petty police corruption along the way.
The podcast covers some disturbing moments in Chinese history such as gangs of wives being forced into concubinage, people being force-fed soy pucks and more. The speaker also talks about the dark side of owning concubines and armored trains.
A true crime podcast that delves into the unsolved murders of three radio journalists in Miami that shocked the world. Investigative journalists explore the dark world of drugs and a possible conspiracy to find the elusive mastermind behind the crime.