Researching He Mengxiong's Practice Of Workers' Movement

As one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China,He Mengxiong is also an outstanding leader of the Workers' Movement in the North of China.He Mengxiong is very concerned about workers and workers' movement.In his short life,he has long been engaged in the research and practice of the workers' movement,which has promoted the development of the Chinese Workers' Movement.He Mengxiong's thought of the workers' movement is a relatively complete ideology,which is gradually formed in the practice of the workers' movement.The emergence and formation of He Mengxiong's thought of the workers' movement was not only influenced by the development of the Chinese working class and the widespread spread of Marxism in China,but also related to He Mengxiong's family background,educational background and his thought transformation in the process of studying Marxist theory.The main contents of He Mengxiong's practice of workers' movement include: initially,He Mengxiong introduced and publicized Marxism to the workers in a simple and clear way.Through the debate with non-Marxists,He Mengxiong clearly pointed out the difference between Marxism and non-Marxism.Furthermore,He Mengxiong attached great importance to worker education.By setting up labor continuation schools and workers' evening schools,He Mengxiong taught the workers in accordance with their aptitude and propagated Marxism to improve the knowledge of workers and inspire the workers' ideological consciousness.Additionally,He Mengxiong believes that trade unions have a vital position in the workers' movement.It can be said that trade unions are the second life of workers.He actively organized and established trade union organizations at all levels of the working class to explore the organization and operation mode of trade unions.Lastly,according to the specific conditions of workers in northern China,He Mengxiong organized and launched a series of workers' revolutionary movements such as Peking University Printing Workers' Strike and Jing-Sui Railway Workers' Strikes,which promoted the climax of the Workers' Movement of North China and provided valuable experience for the domestic workers' movements.To sum it up,He Mengxiong's thought and practice of workers' movement proves that the way that Chinese revolution have to go is encircling the cities from the rural areas.