Socialists in the Euro-American left have never really understood the dialectics of the Chinese Revolution from the formation of the People’s Republic, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, to the present. Just what is going on with the Communist Party of China (CPC)? Our speaker will help us better understand the dynamics of modern China.
Our speaker, Kenneth Hammond, is a professor in East Asian Studies & Global History at New Mexico State University. He earned his PhD in History and East Asian Studies and was active in the student movement at Kent State Univeristy. He is also the author of From Yao to Mao: 5000 years of Chinese History and other books. Ken has lived and still teaches regularly in China