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. Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist…

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 Sociali…

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. Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peop…

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 …

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…

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-fascis…

The Comintern of 1935 tasked all Communists to become the patriots of their countries against fascism. We will focus on the campaign led by the Daily Worker journalist Lester Rodney, under the leadership of the Party to make “Communism 20th century Americanism,” by writing in the press, creating YCL-led picketing, and collecting petitions to integr…

Harry Bridges was an Australian who moved to the US and became one of the most prolific trade unionists in US history. He along with the Communist Party led the Great San Francisco General Strike. In this class, the PSMLS joins with the Harry Bridges School of Labor to explore more of his life in labor.Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninis…

This class will discuss the American Revolution and Declaration of Independence from a Historical Materialist point of view.Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netNew Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.storeTimestamps:0:00 Introduction14:30 After the Seven Year…

As part of our series honoring and commemorating the 80th anniversary of different battles of the Great Patriotic War, the Second World War, we will be looking at the 80th Anniversary of the Allied Operation Overlord (better known as D-Day) and Soviet Operation Bagration. This class is special as it allows us as Americans to honor our brave anti-fa…

Join us this week as we study the irregular trial and unjust execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. We will have a viewing from the 1983 documentary "The Unquiet Death of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg."Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netNew Outlook Publishers: new…

Join us this week as the LGBT+ commission of the PCUSA does a class on the book we published through New Outlook Publishers “Communist and the LGBT+ Struggle: An Anthology, Volume 1.” Subjects from the book we will cover is the LGBT+ in socialist countries, and the LGBT+ movement in America.Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: p…

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netNew Outlook Publishers: newoutlookpublishers.store0:00 Introduction1:00 Background7:15 Emergence of the New Left9:00 Q&A 122:30 Protests begin: 1964-196732:00 Video - MLK Speech "Beyond Vietnam"32:30 Video - Newsreel covering Ap…

Ultra-Leftism and Petty Bourgeois Radicalism, phenomena which have existed since the time of Marx and Lenin, have caused disruption and disunity throughout the history of the Communist movement. This class provides an introduction to Ultra-Leftism in general, and it also covers the recent Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Pal…

In this class, we will dive into the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the problems therein. We’ll learn about this history of NATO during the Cold War, and how the alliance postured itself against the USSR and the Warsaw Pact. Lastly, we will explore the history of NATO during the period of American Unipolarity in the wake of …

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:30 On the Peoples Schule4:00 The Spirit of the Warsaw Ghetto and Passover9:00 Nazi Germany's Invasion of Poland11:10 Video - The Warsaw Ghetto - US Holocaust Memorial Museum18:15 Q&A 127:00 April 19…

The PSMLS presents a long-awaited class on the Spanish Civil War, with an overview of the entire war itself and the different forces involved as well as the contribution of American communists to the Republican forces. We will also highlight the reactions and involvement of powers internationally, including a section on the USSR’s anti-fascist fore…

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:00 Video - I Love My Land - Tribute to Women14:30 Q&A 124:30 Video, continued40:30 Q&A 248:45 Clara Zetkin - Lenin on the Woman Question57:30 Q&A 31:07:00 Conclusion…

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:10 Video - History of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Aftermath10:00 Background of the Incident13:20 Q&A 122:00 Second Video on Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire30:40 Women for Racial and Economic E…

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction - History and Background of the 2024 World Youth Festival7:00 Video - UN Press Conference from the American Delegation to the WFY18:30 Q&A 127:30 Video - PCUSA International Secretary Interview with …

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:50 Video - Women's International Democratic Federation 1981 Congress16:15 Q&A 120:10 Video - Women's International Democratic Federation, continued35:20 Q&A 238:30 Video - Rude Awakening - Soviet Fi…

This class is the SERIES FINALE in our series on the History of U.S. Imperialism, with a class on the Fall of American Unipolarity! This covers events and developments from 2020 to the present day. It focuses on the failure of American Imperialism abroad and the return of multipolarity in the world. This is an incredible milestone for our PSMLS as …

This class is a presentation from the Women’s Commission of the PCUSA on Women Communists: Then and Now, looking at women primarily from the latter half of the 20th century and who were Communists, or fellow travelers heavily involved with the Communist movement. Some women that will be touched on are Claudia Jones, Anne Braden, Angela Davis, Marie…

This class is a presentation from the Black Liberation Commission of the PCUSA on Henry Winston’s “Strategy for a Black Agenda.“ The principal focus of the book is a trenchant Marxist-Leninist analysis of neo-Pan-Africanism and Maoism. The similarities of the two ideologies as bourgeois nationalist trends are clearly exposed. Race, instead of class…

This week we continue our series of the History of U.S. Imperialism with a class on the Height of American Unipolarity, covering events from 2005 to 2020. This includes the various wars and interventions under the second term of George W. Bush, and under the presidencies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump. We will touch on Libya, Syria, Yemen, Donbas…

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction0:45 Claudia Jones7:45 Q&A 113:20 W. E. B. DuBois23:10 Q&A 234:30 Other Black Communists41:10 Q&A 3 and Conclusionبقلم PSMLS

Join the PSMLS as we watch and discuss the RT documentary "Black in the USSR", which tells the story of African-American immigrants who found a home in the Soviet Union and their experience in the world’s first workers state. This is a presentation from the Black Liberation Commission of the Party of Communists USA along with US Friends of the Sovi…

The PSMLS presents a class on the 79th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, featuring Professor Barry Lituchy, Director of the Jasenovac Research Institute.The Jasenovac Research Institute was founded on the belief that the failure to learn the lessons of the genocide committed against Serbs, Jews and Gypsies during the Second World War rest…

January 27th, 2024 marks 80 years since the infamous Siege of Leningrad came to an end with a Soviet victory that foreshadowed the ultimate Nazi defeat. As we have done before with the 80th Anniversaries of famous parts of the Great Patriotic War such as the Victory at Stalingrad, Battle of Kursk and Liberation of Ukraine, we will hold a class to s…

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:00 Background: The Soviet Constitution of 19777:15 Q&A 115:55 Film - In the USSR, the Right to Work34:25 Q&A 245:30 Film - In the USSR, the Right to Housing1:02:10 Q&A 3 and Conclusion…

This class is our next installment in this series on the history of U.S. imperialism. With the last class leaving us at the end of the Cold War and the counter-revolution in the Soviet Union, we will now cover the subsequent rise of American unipolarity. This class spans from 1991-2005. First we will address the counter-revolution in the USSR and c…

The PSMLS presents a class on "The Popular Front" by Earl Browder, former CPUSA General Secretary. We will be explaining the concept of the Popular Front strategy and how it would be significant in 2024, as well as discussing the Ultraleftist Trotskyite position on the Popular Front.Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplessc…

This week's class was on Soviet Holiday cartoons along with a short history of the celebrations of the holidays in the USSR. We showed a variety of cartoons from the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1970s.Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Intro…

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:20 The Soviet Union on the Two State Solution7:50 Q&A 138:30 The Ideological Stance of the Soviet Union Towards the Israel-Palestine Issue49:00 Q&A 21:17:20 Soviet Relationships with the Middle East…

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents chapter 1 of Lenin's monumental work "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism", addressing the concentration of production and monopolies under imperialism. #Lenin #Leninism #Leninists #Imperialism #Imperialismo #Capitalism #Communism #Socialism #Marxism #MarxismLeninism #PSMLS #PCUSAThi…

Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:00 Introduction1:20 October 7, 20234:45 Video - Israel Admits Burning Hundreds of People in October 75:30 Video - Survivor Speaks: Israeli forces shot their own civilians11:15 Q&A 118:40 Background on Hamas31:55 Q&A…

The PSMLS presents a class on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Kiev and the life of Nikolai Vatutin, a Soviet military commander during the Great Patriotic War who played a key role in the victory in Kiev.Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcommunistsusa.netTimestamps:0:0…

Continuing our series on the History of U.S. Imperialism from where we left off at the end of WW2, we will be delving into the early years of the international struggle between Western Imperialism and the world Communist movement following the end of the Second World War up to 1960. This will include happenings domestically, such as severe repressi…

The PSMLS presents a class on the documentary Babi Yar: Lessons of History. This video tells the story of the Babi Yar Massacre, a horrendous event carried out by Fascists in occupied Ukraine at the Babi Yar ravine near Kiev. "Babi Yar: Lessons of History" dates to the 1970s, and it was released in the West in the 1980s. It was originally produced …

The PSMLS presents a much-needed class on the Hungarian Counter-Revolution of 1956. We’ll be delving into some of the background information of Hungary before and during WW2 with the fascist Horthyite regime, as well as the conditions which led to the 1956 Counter-Revolution after WW2. The class will examine the 1956 counter-revolution itself and t…

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents the preface and introduction of Lenin's monumental work "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism." #Lenin #Leninism #Leninists #Imperialism #Imperialismo #Capitalism #Communism #Socialism #Marxism #MarxismLeninism #PSMLS #PCUSA00:16 - Preface03:22 - Preface to the French and German Editi…

The PSMLS presents a class on the Great Patriotic War and the Great Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK. The class examines how the anti-fascist war from 1941-1945 paved the way for the creation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies: peoplesschool.usParty of Communists USA: partyofcom…

The Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a class exploring the history of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, as well as the background of the Indochinese Communist Party and the Vietnamese intervention in Kampuchea which brought about the People's Republic of Kampuchea. We'll look at the ultra-leftist genocidal crimes in Democratic Kampuc…

This class is our next installment in this series on the history of U.S. imperialism. It covers the events and developments between 1975 and 1990, the supposed end of the Cold War. We’ll cover the interventions in Grenada, Libya, Panama and more, as well as other interference abroad, such as the Iran-Contra Affair, the propping up of the Mujahideen…

October 3rd, 2023 was the 30th Anniversary of Black October of 1993. Black October was the name for the events which took place in Russia in 1993 when the new, capitalist Yeltsin administration attacked the House of Soviets, arrested lawmakers, ended the regional and local Soviets and all their institutions and adopted a new constitution for the co…

September 11th, 2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Chilean Coup of 1973, in which the Popular Unity Government was overthrown by the Chilean Armed Forces led by the fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet, and Salvador Allende was assassinated. We will mark this anniversary by learning about the background of what was happening in Latin America in th…

In this class we study the history of Marxist-Leninist education in America, including our Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies. This will be covering multiple different party-sponsored schools that operated between the early 20th century and today, and discussing the importance of party sponsored collective education. This is a great first …

This is a presentation from the Animal Rights Commission of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) called “Why Animal Rights?” It focuses on a dialectical view of the animal rights question rather than a moral one. The presentation explains how speciesism is a form of chauvinism and how our level of consciousness should evolve as the reality changes.V…

What do Marxist-Leninists think about the current housing struggle, and what do we think housing will look like in the future? The Housing Commission of the Party of Communists USA (PCUSA) presents a class on the housing struggle, looking at books on the subject including Blueprint for Survival and Life without Landlords.Visit us at:Peoples School …

The PSMLS continues its series on U.S. Imperialism, picking up where we left off at the end of the Dawn of the Cold War, 1960. This class explores U.S. Imperialism in the 15 year period between 1960 and 1975, from the US response to the Cuban Revolution all the way to the Fall of Saigon, during the Height of the Cold War, where tensions were at the…