The Longest Night tells the story of Chinese Trotskyism in its later years, including after Mao Zedong’s capture of Beijing in 1949. It treats the three ages of Chinese Trotskyism: the founding generation around Chen Duxiu, Zheng Chaolin, Wang Fanxi, and Peng Shuzhi, who joined the Opposition after their expulsion from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP); the first generation of those who (after 1931) did not first pass through the ranks of the CCP before becoming Trotskyists; and those who became Trotskyists after 1949, mainly in Hong Kong and the diaspora.
I contributed to the “Bibliography” Appendix. “English Language Sources on Chinese Trotskyism since 1969.” In The Longest Night: Three Generations of Chinese Trotskyists in Defeat, Jail, Exile, and Diaspora, edited by Gregor Benton and Yang Yang, 1158–61. Historical Materialism Book Series. Leiden: Brill, 2024.
