Please enjoy the fourth part of a five-part PSMLS series covering the history of the American Communist Movement, with the obvious international context necessary to comprehend its development. You probably know a lot about the C.P.S.U., but how much do you know about American Communist history? We hope you learn something new!
Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information
Watch the Series:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/qt-UtQrvJmU
Part 2: https://youtu.be/6z_2s5tDt_A
Part 3: https://youtu.be/0B7NBjMz9ms
Part 5: https://youtu.be/TGm63bqqLBA
No Literature Used In This Class
Recommended Literature:
History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/brow...
History of the Communist Party of the United States by William Z. Foster (1952)
http://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/
The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/j-pet...
Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932)
http://ouleft.org/wp-content/uploads/...
Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924)
https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/jv-st...
Afghanistan - Washington's Secret War by Phillip Bonosky (1985)
ISBN-10: 0717807320
ISBN-13: 978-0717807321
The Road to Life by A.S. Makarenko (1925-1935?)
https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvin...
PSMLS Website:
http://peoplesschool.org/contact/
Party of Communists USA Website:
https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/
Timecode Key:
(Q&A) = Question & Answer/Response
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Opening Lecture
10:25 Gorbachev & the CPUSA? (Q&A)
11:56 U.S.S.R. & U.S.A. exchange
12:43 Gorbachev vs. Leninism
13:38 Sam Webb? (Q&A)
14:43 Perestroika supporters? (Q&A)
17:15 Ebbs & flows
22:39 Tiananmen Square
24:58 Eastern bloc's demise
25:48 JCP Revisionism
26:10 1991 CPUSA convention
30:57 Gorbachev ideology? (Q&A)
32:54 Fall of Angela Davis
34:49 Radio Free Europe & Asia
35:36 Red diaper babies? (Q&A)
37:35 CPUSA split
42:20 Socialism Betrayed
43:43 Afghanistan & the U.S.A.
44:40 Gorbachev's election
45:06 Ending
