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Unlike in the US where Christmas is spotlighted, the Soviet Union emphasized the New Year as the big winter holiday. Christmas, Hanukkah, and other religion-based holidays were celebrated but the socialist state focused on New Year’s as it signified the coming of the new. In many Soviet holiday cards, we observe Ded Moroz, or Father Frost as he is known in English, with either a cosmonaut, a rocket, or generally modern innovations. This signified that it was labor, organized for the good of humanity, and not mysticism, that brought joy to the people. Join us for a light-hearted class for New Year’s Eve!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:05 Section 1 - Soviet Celebrations of Christmas and New Years
3:55 Cartoon - Soviet Toys
14:55 Cartoon - New Year's Eve
25:00 Q&A 1
28:55 Section 2 - New Year's Addresses
30:25 Brezhnev's New Year's Greetings
37:50 1982 Soviet Union New Year's Greetings
48:20 Q&A 2 and Conclusion -
On December 17, 1951, black communist heroes William L. Patterson and Paul Robeson submitted a petition to the United Nations. This petition put out by the Civil Rights Congress called attention to the over 10,000 lynchings of black Americans (likely much more that went unreported) committed since the abolition of slavery in 1865. Further, "We Charge Genocide" highlights the inactivity of the US government to deal with these lynchings.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:25 Section 1 - Background of the Petition
12:20 Q&A 1
13:10 Section 2 - The Opening Statement
27:30 Q&A 2
39:45 Section 3 - We Charge Genocide
59:25 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
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As we work to build a Labor-Led Anti-Monopoly coalition, we decided to put the spotlight on a progressive hero during the Popular Front Period and subsequent Post-War Period. This man, Vito Marcantonio, bravely fought against attacks on labor, civil liberties, communists, and socialists during the outbreak of McCarthyism. He was the only Congressperson to voice opposition to the US-initiated Korean War in 1950.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Section 1 - Introduction to IPPACA, Anti-Monopoly Coalition, and the American Labor Party
9:50 Q&A 1
14:40 The November 1938 Election and Career of Marcantonio
31:15 Q&A 2
47:35 Audio of Marcantonio's and Robeson's speech, Q&A 3, and Conclusion -
Communists have long understood that art is an expression of the mode of production of a society. As such, art in the Soviet Union represented its socialist mode of production. Rather than looking from the lens of the individual, Soviet art represented the perspective of the collective. Soviet art presents itself as society with the proletariat and farmers that built it. The art generally presents itself as positive and realistic to show that we do not need fantasy to bring about a progressive society.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Section 1 - Socialist Realism - What is Art to the USSR? Socialist Realism vs. Abstract Expressionism
2:30 Video - From Socialist Realism and the Concept of the Ideal 2017 Lecture by Angela Harutyunyan
5:45 Q&A 1
14:45 Section 2 - Art Movements Throughout Soviet History
18:15 Video - Russian Avant-Garde
35:35 Video - Socialist Realism
43:05 Q&A 2
51:30 Section 3 - Famous Soviet Artists, and Famous Events in Soviet Art
1:00:00 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
The purpose of mass organizations is to be a unifying force for all progressive forces against monopolies and reaction. Join us to learn more about mass organizations in American history and today.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Section 1 - Soviet Mass Organizations
5:10 Q&A 1
19:20 Section 2 - American Mass Organizations Prior to 1945
19:30 Video - PCUSA Educational on Mass Organizations
39:35 Q&A 2
43:35 Section 3 - American Mass Organizations After 1945
1:01:15 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
In this class, the People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies provides a post-election analysis of the US Presidential Election. We will discuss reasons why Trump won, what can we expect from a Trump Presidency, and what we can do about it.
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Timestamps:
0:55 Part I - Why Did Trump Win?
1:50 Video - DNC Delegates Cover Ears and Mock Protesters
3:00 Video - Kamala Harris "I'm Speaking"
5:15 Q&A 1
25:40 Part II - What Can be Expected from the New Trump Administration?
36:20 Q&A 2
44:30 Part III - What is to Be Done?
50:15 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
In the middle of the 18th Century, the British Empire colonized the land that contains India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Towards the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, independence movements sprang up. The British, savvy as they were in dividing and pitting the subject populations against one another had in its arsenal various ethnicities, languages, and religions to create infighting. These conflicts shaped and continue to shape how these Indian movements developed.
Today, the Hindutva Nationalist movement threatens the democratic-loving Indian people. In tonight’s class, we will analyze how the social movements in India developed. We will be reading from Rajani Palme Dutt’s “India Today”. We will also attempt to use this analysis to look at Indian social movements in the 21st Century.
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New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Section 1 - India Today and India's Independence Movement
13:25 Q&A 1
22:40 Section 2 - Hindutva
30:00 Q&A 2
33:50 Section 3 - Political Movements in Modern India
47:40 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
Films and other media may appear to some simply as forms of entertainment. The reality is, however, that film can shape how the public thinks. Films can be used to advance society by pushing pro-peace ideals or it can galvanize the public for the next imperialist war. For this reason, the film industry serves as an important battleground for Socialists. Join us as we dive into the role of films in shaping public perception.
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Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net
New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Section 1 - Film in the Battle of Ideas by John Howard Lawson
1:50 Video - John Howard Lawson testifies before HUAC
16:05 Q&A 1
26:35 Section 2 - The Hollywood Ten
39:00 Q&A 2
46:45 Section 3 - The Function of Film in Class Society
54:05 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Section 1 - What is Industrial Concentration? The Bolshevization of the Communist Parties
18:40 Q&A 1
27:30 Section 2 - The Communist Party USA on Industrial Concentration (1919-1991)
45:10 Q&A 2
57:50 Section 3 - PCUSA on Industrial Concentration
1:13:50 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
Join the People’s School for Marxist-Leninist Studies for a reading and examination of The October Revolution by Joseph Stalin. "The October Revolution" is a collection of articles and speeches by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, JV Stalin. We have republished this work due to the distorted view in the United States of the Great October Socialist Revolution thanks to an overemphasis of the writings of Socialism’s biggest traitor, Leon Trotsky. This book contains a brilliant take down of the theory of “Permanent Revolution” aimed at weakening the world’s first Socialist Republic.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Section 1: Conditions for Revolution
6:45 Q&A 1
10:20 Section 2: The October Revolution and the National Question
21:20 Q&A 2
31:00 Section 3: October and Trotsky's Theory on "Permanent" Revolution
45:45 Q&A 3
53:30 Section 4: October and Trotsky's Theory on "Permanent" Revolution Part 2
1:10:20 Conclusion -
Join the People’s School of Marxist-Leninist Studies for a presentation on John Reed’s work concerning the Russian Revolution, Ten Days That Shook the World. John Reed wrote about the revolution as it unfolded in front of him. This work is the inspiration for the movie Reds!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Biography of John Reed
2:30 Ten Days That Shook the World - Preface
5:55 Q&A 1
12:00 Preface, cont'd
18:00 Q&A 2
20:15 Timeline of Ten Days That Shook the World
24:00 Q&A 3
29:50 Excerpts from the Book
35:10 Q&A 4 and Conclusion -
In this class, the Peoples School discusses the history of Belarus after the treacherous counter-revolution of 1991 which illegally broke up the USSR. We will discuss the politics, government, Party, and the situation in Belarus during the 1990s.
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Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us
Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net
New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Belarus - Pre-History and Geography
5:30 Q&A 1
15:55 The Byelorussian SSR
22:40 Q&A 2
25:45 Belarus in the Great Patriotic War
35:15 Q&A 3
38:25 Post-1991 Belarus and Western Myths
53:50 Q&A 4 and Conclusion -
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Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net
New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Short Biography of Wilfred Burchett
3:00 Q&A 1
7:30 Founding of the DPRK
14:05 Q&A 2
20:30 Call for Signing of a Peace Treaty / Division of Korea
37:10 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
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Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.us
Party of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.net
New Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Origins of the International Workers Order
10:15 Q&A 1
14:35 How the International Workers Order Worked
29:10 Q&A 2
36:50 The Popular Front and the IWO's Campaigns
38:50 A People's Culture
43:30 Q&A 3
48:50 Destruction of the International Workers Order
53:30 Q&A 4 and Conclusion -
Join the PSMLS as we look at the history of Communism and Zionism. While we do not support Zionism, as it is a reactionary bourgeois ideology, it is important to look at the history of when Communists worked in coalition with more left-leaning Zionist elements and what tactical and strategic goals were served.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 The PCUSA on Zionism
2:15 Section 1 - Communists in Israel and Palestine Dealing with Zionism
11:50 Q&A 1
17:30 Reading - The New State of Israel - Alexander Bittelman
22:42 Reading - On the Communist Approach to Zionism
27:45 Q&A 2
42:40 Communists and the Oslo Accords, and Other Contemporary Examples
49:45 2006 Lebanon War
56:10 On Recent Events
1:02:30 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
Join the PSMLS as we read passages from "Communism vs Fascism" by former CPUSA General Secretary William Z. Foster. Cold War Propaganda, which began with monopoly media moguls like William Randolph Hearst who knew the American working class hated fascist barbarism, tried to obfuscate the working class and pro-democracy movements by equating Socialism with fascism. In reality, the socialist system was the polar opposite of fascism, which is the most openly terrorist, chauvinist, and imperialist form of finance capital.
The Disney cartoon parodying Nazi Germany can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjNtBi_lzzM&pp=ygUQZG9uYWxkIGR1Y2sgbmF6aQ%3D%3D
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Timestamps:
2:05 On Peace and War
10:00 Q&A 1
15:30 Democracy vs Autocracy
23:40 Q&A 2
26:50 Democracy vs Autocracy - Labor, Women, and Youth
34:30 Q&A 3
38:50 Culture for Whom?
48:30 Q&A 4 and Conclusion -
Tonight, we will be working together with the Cervantes Fraternal Society to discuss a brief history of the Panama Canal. We will discuss how and why Panama broke off from Greater Colombia in the late 1800s. We will also discuss how the US used the Panama Canal for its imperialist gains.
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Timestamps:
1:03 Panama History: From Pre-Imperialism to US Imperialist Outpost
8:55 Q&A 1
18:55 Panama As US Imperialist Outpost
24:25 Q&A 2
33:25 Video: The Panama Deception
46:45 Q&A 3 and Conclusion -
The US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and August 8th 1945 were the first and only time nuclear weapons were used in on a civilian population. The nuclear bombings have long been pushed as “necessary evils” by the US bourgeois state. Tonight the Peoples School along with the Asian-American Friendship Congress (aafc.us.org) seek to dispel this myth and show these acts for the atrocities they were. Through education, the peace loving Americans and the people of the world shall never be duped into supporting nuclear aggression anymore.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:10 Video - Hiroshima Before the Bombing - 1935
1:15 Video - Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6th, 1945
8:40 Reading - The Decision to Use the Atom Bomb by Gar Alperovitz
11:50 Section 1 - The Manhattan Project
18:10 Reading - The Decision to Use the Atom Bomb by Gar Alperovitz (continued)
22:50 Q&A 1
35:15 Section 2 - Atomic Aftermath and the Present Day Nuclear Threat
41:20 Video - Nuclear War Simulation
45:10 Video - Scene from "The Day After"
52:10 Q&A 2 and Conclusion -
In this class, we read excerpts from the book Fascism and Social Revolution by R. Palme Dutt provided to us by New Outlook Publishers. We will discuss the Communist definition of fascism and what its defining features are. We will also discuss Communist strategies for combating fascism via an organized working class and democratic elements of other social classes as allies in the fight against fascism. As the book was initially written before the 7th Congress of the Communist International in August 1935, we supplement the text with later documents on the subject to reflect the Popular Front analysis after 1935. If you would like to read the full text, the book can be purchased from New Outlook Publishers following this link: https://newoutlookpublishers.store/shop/theory/fascism-social-revolution/.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Biography of R. Palme Dutt, Fascism and Social Revolution, and Explanation of the Third Period
2:15 Video - What was the "Third Period" of the International Communist Movement?
4:25 Q&A 1
12:30 What is Fascism?
22:10 Q&A 2
28:20 Lenin (then Fascism) on the Women's Question
34:30 Q&A 3
46:10 Fight Against Fascism and the Popular Front
56:40 Q&A 4 and Conclusion -
Bourgeois educational and cultural institutions generally claim that the Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact was an alliance between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in their “shared conquest of Europe”. This is categorically false. The Soviet Union understood the threat of Nazism and Fascism early on and spared no effort in building an anti-fascist collective security agreement with the bourgeois democracies of Britain and France in the decade leading up to WWII. Britain and France as well as their allies refused to sign a collective security agreement and instead opted to a policy of appeasement with Hitler. To bide time in order to build up its industrial base, the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Germany.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
7:30 Q&A 1
19:00 The Pact Itself
24:30 Q&A 2
31:20 From Grover Furr's "Stalin - Waiting for the Truth"
40:45 From Ekaterina Blinova's "Unveiling the Lies of the Cold War"
45:55 Q&A 3 and Conclusion - Visa fler
