The People's School presents the first part of a three part series covering J. Peters's book: The Communist Party | A Manual on Organization. In order to be effectively functioning members of a Communist Party, we must have an understanding of how the Party is to be organized in accordance with the Leninist model. This text is available for purchase through our partner publishing house: New Outlook Publishers.
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Literature Used In This Class:
The Communist Party A Manual on Organization by J. Peters (1935)
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Recommended Literature:
Foundations of Leninism by J.V. Stalin (1924)
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Guidelines on the Organizational Structure of Communist Parties, on the Methods and Content of their Work by the Third Congress of the Communist International (1921)
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History of the Three Internationals by William Z. Foster (1955)
https://www.marxists.org/archive/brow...
Toward Soviet America by William Z. Foster (1932)
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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
0:09 Reading & lecture
4:24 Means of production
5:16 Delegates, basic industry, & teachers? (Q&A)
12:11 Emphasis on the proletariat
13:03 Information workers? (Q&A)
14:12 Cellular tower workers? (Q&A)
14:54 CPUSA regression
17:27 Shop papers
18:29 Neighborhood clubs
19:30 Ending
